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Podcast: Excess Returns
Episode: An Inside Look at the GameStop Story and the Revolution That Wasn't With Spencer Jakab
Description: The GameStop short squeeze in early 2021 was the talk of the investing world. It had all the parts of a great story. It had some investors making massive profits, while others suffered huge losses. It had anonymous investors on social media as its heroes and hedge fund managers as it villains. It also had a significant social side to it, with many seeing it as an example of individual investors getting the best of Wall Street professionals.Â
But there is much more to the story than the popular narrative. In this episode, we go behind the scenes a...