Melvin Capital’s bet against GameStop failed, and people became a bit more knowledgeable about how Wall Street works, or fails to work, because of the saga.
Part one of a two-part series by Daniel Goncalves
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Melvin Capital’s bet against GameStop failed, and people became a bit more knowledgeable about how Wall Street works, or fails to work, because of the saga.
Part one of a two-part series by Daniel Goncalves
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