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GameStop Ireland cut workforce by 33% after Covid ‘raised questions’ over future
High-profile gaming outlet says Covid accelerated shift to online sales but still posts €5m loss
Are we facing another dotcom crash?
Buoyed by a surge in retail traders, tech stocks boomed. Then the crash came, wiping out investors and entire businesses. Now, decades later, tech stock fever is again in full swing. Will today’s boom will be a rerun of the 2001 dotcom bust?
Comment: Putting brakes on stock trading would make GameStop-type events worse
Slowing or staunching trades through a transaction tax as is proposed in the US would prolong the time it takes for a meteoric price rise to correct itself
Trading places: the rise of the citizen investor
In the gamification of the stock market, increasing numbers of Irish people are playing the markets alone on free apps or in large groups inside private chat rooms such as Discord
Comment: GameStop saga highlights problem of boards’ reliance on stock prices
A new model of corporate governance that depends on human, board-level judgement is clearly needed
Aidan Regan: Wall Street’s aristocrats prepare to head off barbarians at the gate
Last week proved that Reddit’s 'degenerates’ can beat professional investors at their own game. But for how long?
Platoons of investors beat hedge funds at their own game – for now
It can be seen as the moment when populism stormed the citadels of high finance, but there are likely to be few winners when the GameStop trading episode is over
Analysis: Making sense of the GameStop surge
The wild ride of retailer’s share price has naturally led to much head scratching from those unfamiliar with the drama or the idea of a short squeeze, so what does it all mean and what might the repercussions be?