Template:Did you know nominations/Meme stock

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:06, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Meme stock

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... that some meme stocks have become popular among retail investors after they had been targeted by professional short sellers, with the aim of causing losses among those firms? Source: Chung, Juliet (10 July 2021). "The Meme Stock Rally Hurt Melvin and Maplelane. It Hasn't Gotten Easier Since". Wall Street Journal. Phillips, Matt (3 June 2021). "AMC Cashes In on Meme Stock Mania, Raising $587 Million". The New York Times. Lynch, David J.; Shaban, Hamza; Denham, Hannah; Newmyer, Tory (January 27, 2021). "GameStop, AMC shares surge after Reddit users lead chaotic revolt against big Wall Street funds". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 October 2021. Alloway, Tracy (27 January 2021). "How 'Flows Before Pros' Is Disrupting Stock Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ALT1:... that interest in meme stocks has given rise to what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has called a "meme stocks phenomenon"? Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (October 14, 2021). Staff Report on Equity and Options Market Structure Conditions in Early 2021 (PDF). p. 15-16.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

Comment: QPQ exempt, but did Template:Did you know nominations/Kursdorf anyway.

Converted from a redirect by JBchrch (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 22 October 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 00:32, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Epicgenius! JBchrch talk 01:31, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

ALT1 to T:DYK/P6