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There was outrage after Robinhood and other trading apps temporarily suspended buying of the stocks being targeted by the Reddit traders.
The question is if and how the regulators can respond.
The easy answer as to why trading was halted relates to the stock’s ‘volatility’ after its dramatic climb in recent weeks. But it could also mean something fishy is going on.
A small band of Reddit users have driven GameStop shares to incredible highs at the expense of multi-billion-dollar hedge funds.
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Lecturer in Economics / Director of the Institute of European Finance, Bangor University
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Deputy Head of the Centre for Digital Finance, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Southampton
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Principal Research Fellow and Co-Director, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance, West Virginia University
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Assistant Department Chair and Professor of Finance, West Virginia University
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