Meme stocks like GameStop and BlackBerry are back. Here's why.
AMC and BlackBerry joined the meme stock surge on Tuesday as investors posted screenshots of their trading gains.
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AMC and BlackBerry joined the meme stock surge on Tuesday as investors posted screenshots of their trading gains.
Rockstar Games said it will reveal the first trailer for the latest GTA game next month, 10 years after the release of Grand Theft Auto V.
The "meme stock" surprised investors by recording a jump in quarterly earnings, but long-term challenges remain.
In January, GameStop was at the center of a trading frenzy fueled by online investors who drove the stock to jump around 1,600%.
Cohen's hedge fund, Point72, has become entangled in market turmoil that has pitted a band of small investors against traders that made bets against — or "shorted" — stock of companies including GameStop.
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have criticized stock trading companies for freezing some individuals out of trading while letting hedge funds continue.
The video game retailer's stock was suddenly soaring because it seems buyers wanted to hurt the big guys, and they succeeded.
The stock market has enjoyed unprecedented gains during the pandemic, with the strange, meteoric rise of GameStop among the highlights.
The price of a GameStop share rocketed from $17 on Jan. 5 to $347 at market close on Wednesday.
Police say a man distracted the clerk, then reached over the counter and grabbed the PlayStation.
Police on Tuesday were asking the public to help them find two suspects who held up a video game store at gunpoint in Marble Hill.
A 22-year-old man is recovering after the facade of a Game Stop store on 92nd Street in Elmhurst came down on Thursday afternoon.
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The action was a little too real last night at a video game store on Long Island.
Authorities said 48-year-old David Piparo entered two Game Stop locations and a pawn shop with a black handgun demanding cash and property.
While Barnes and Noble branches throughout the city hold story times for children and boast a large selection of kids' books these independent bookstores hold sway in their neighborhoods and keep families coming back year after year.
