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Mashable | Stan Schroeder | Jan 29, 2021 As the man himself said, it was inevitable. On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to "#bitcoin." This alone perhaps wouldn't be that interesting — after all, Musk expressed his interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies before — but Musk followed up with a cryptic

Mini-bubbles in stocks including GameStop are just the latest sign of unusual activity in markets since the coronavirus pandemic struck.

The stock trading app also raised an additional $500 million in credit lines to help its clients trade stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment.

Stocks on Robinhood's restricted trading list, including GameStop, AMC and Koss Corporation, spiked in premarket trading on Friday.

Many who count on annual tax refunds from federal and state governments will be disappointed in light of new W-4 forms and the tax on unemployment benefits.

Citron Research, which was forced to close out its short position in GameStop amid a frenzy in retail buying, said Friday it will no longer publish short reports.

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Huffpost Canada | | Mel Woods | Jan 29, 2021 The meme stocks came for Wall Street, and hedge funds lost billions of dollars. A David and Goliath fight is being waged in the stock prices of seemingly failing businesses like GameStop and BlackBerry. In this case, Goliath is a group of Wall Street hedge

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are finally embracing touch-free payments. And they may never go back to paper currency again.

"Don't go for the grand slam. Take the home run. You've already won," CNBC's Jim Cramer said Friday. "Please don't lose a lot of money on GameStop."

"I think this is fantastic what's going on. Leave it alone," O'Shares ETFs co-founder and "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary told CNBC.

 "In actuality the data shows that total net shares shorted hasn't moved all that much," Ihor Dusaniwsky of S3 Partners said.

SpaceX is preparing to begin production of the next-generation of its Starlink internet satellites, according to a company job posting.

Short selling is an investment strategy that is common among hedge funds, yet qualified individual investors can use it, too. Here are the risks.