Targeting GameStop — Spencer Jakab

Subscribe to Charles' Alpha Investor newsletter today: https://pro.banyanhill.com/m/2054150Many touted the GameStop short squeeze as a financial revolution … But Spencer Jakab says the true story is more complex than that. Jakab explores the unique twists and turns of this wild catastrophe in his book, The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors. And he joins host Charles Mizrahi to discuss what everyone got wrong about Wall Street. Topics Discussed:An Introduction to Spencer Jakab (00:00:00) Perfect Storm (00:04:57) Short Seller Villains (00:14:17) Targeting GameStop (00:24:50) The Nasdaq Whale (00:28:31)Robinhood’s Gamification of Investing (00:33:37)Frenzy Sets In (00:40:52)Overload (00:48:43)Fallout (00:57:28)Lessons Learned (01:00:49)Guest Bio:Spencer Jakab is an award-winning financial journalist and editor of The Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column. After leaving a career in finance, Jakab wrote the Lex column for Britain’s Financial Times. And later, he wrote the Ahead of the Tape column on economic and business events. In addition, he is the author of two books on finance.Resources Mentioned:· The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors· Heard on the Street Transcript: https://charlesmizrahi.com/podcast/ Don't Forget To... • Subscribe to my podcast! • Download this episode to save for later • Liked this episode? Leave a kind review!