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Citron Research, short-seller caught up in GameStop squeeze, pivoting to finding long opportunities
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Stocks on the Robinhood restricted trading list like AMC and Koss are surging
Stocks on Robinhood's restricted trading list, including GameStop, AMC and Koss Corporation, spiked in premarket trading on Friday.
Robinhood raises $1 billion and taps credit lines to make trading of GameStop available to customers
The stock trading app also raised an additional $500 million in credit lines to help its clients trade stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment.
GameStop surges another 40% in the premarket to touch $490 as mania continues
GameStop has been a red-hot target in the "Wallstreetbets" Reddit chat room where an army of at-home retail investors came together in pushing shares higher.
Robinhood CEO says it limited buying in GameStop to 'protect the firm and protect our customers'
Robinhood on Thursday restricted trading in thirteen equities, including GameStop and AMC Entertainment.
GameStop's stock closes down more than 40% after brokers place restrictions on trades
GameStop has been a red-hot target in the Wallstreetbets Reddit chat room, where an army of at-home retail investors came together in pushing shares higher.
NYU's 'Dean of Valuation' says driving stock price up won't make GameStop's fundamental problems go away
"These are companies with serious, serious structural problems. Those problems aren't going to go away," NYU's Aswath Damodaran told CNBC.
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Interactive Brokers restricted GameStop trading to protect the market, says Chairman Peterffy
On Thursday, Interactive Brokers put option trading into liquidation on a handful of highly volatile stocks like GameStop.
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'The air could go out of the balloon very quickly.' Lessons from the GameStop investing craze
Retail investors have sent stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment soaring to records this week. But experts say the new highs may not last.