#Bill Ackman tells investors to follow him on Twitter

#Bill Ackman tells investors to follow him on Twitter

“#Bill Ackman tells investors to follow him on Twitter” Billionaire Bill Ackman appears to be taking a page from Elon Musk with plans to start announcing market-moving news on Twitter. The billionaire investor’s blank check company, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, issued a press release on Friday highlighting Ackman’s Twitter feed and saying it may be…

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#Bots hyped GameStop on major social media platforms: analysis

#Bots hyped GameStop on major social media platforms: analysis

“#Bots hyped GameStop on major social media platforms: analysis” Bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStop and other “meme” stocks, according to an analysis by Massachusetts-based cybersecurity company PiiQ Media, suggesting organized economic or foreign actors may have played a role in the Reddit-driven trading frenzy. Shares in GameStop soared last…

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#GameStop stock explodes for second day, Reddit cheers

#GameStop stock explodes for second day, Reddit cheers

“#GameStop stock explodes for second day, Reddit cheers” GameStop’s stock price exploded again Thursday as Reddit’s army of retail traders launched a second salvo in its rebellion against Wall Street. Shares in the video-game retailer surged 101 percent to an intraday peak $184.64 after more than doubling in a wild Wednesday session, adding as much as $9.7 billion…

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#Ken Griffin blasts ‘insane conspiracy theory’ that he helped tank ‘Reddit Rally’

#Ken Griffin blasts ‘insane conspiracy theory’ that he helped tank ‘Reddit Rally’

“#Ken Griffin blasts ‘insane conspiracy theory’ that he helped tank ‘Reddit Rally’” Ken Griffin brushed off accusations that his massive hedge fund Citadel Investments had a hand in spoiling the “Reddit Rally,” calling it an “insane conspiracy theory.” Fresh off his Thursday testimony on Capitol Hill on last month’s surprise surge in shares of GameStop…

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#Melvin Capital’s Gabe Plotkin was target of anti-Semitism

#Melvin Capital’s Gabe Plotkin was target of anti-Semitism

“#Melvin Capital’s Gabe Plotkin was target of anti-Semitism” The head of the hedge fund at the center of last month’s GameStop frenzy says Redditors targeted him with anti-Semitic insults and text messages. Melvin Capital founder Gabe Plotkin made the disturbing claim in prepared testimony he plans to deliver at Thursday’s House Financial Services Committee hearing…

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