The FTSE

Only to the extent that the short positions have to be closed out. If the shorts are for say 1,000 shares and small investors buy up 2,000. Then some are not going to be cashing in on the flip side of the short contracts. There is also the issue around timing. When exactly are the contracts up.

As ever there is a time to buy and a time to sell.
You're right to some extent. I don't know enough about it to understand what the ceiling is for these stocks and whether they are already there at $400 for GME. I've placed an order at $200 on the off chance there is a wild swing downwards at some point today like there was yesterday, otherwise I'm steering clear of that particular one.
 
Yep, mine too.
Individual UK shares seem to have done the worst but nowhere's looking particularly good.

this is the major problem.

A few people making short term money on shit companies because of internet rumours is not good for the markets and peoples investments and pensions long term.

my long term funds and the markets are all now taking a hit as confidence in the markets starts to suffer.
 
this is the major problem.

A few people making short term money on shit companies because of internet rumours is not good for the markets and peoples investments and pensions long term.

my long term funds and the markets are all now taking a hit as confidence in the markets starts to suffer.
I would argue that the problem is the unscrupulous hedge funds manipulating the markets. You can't blame people for catching them out and making a profit at their expense.
 
A few people making short term money on shit companies because of internet rumours is not good for the markets and peoples investments and pensions long term.
there will be many investments and funds that have these shares and so benefit. Swings and roundabouts.

Next month it may well be your funds and investments that benefit from something unusual
 
this is the major problem.

A few people making short term money on shit companies because of internet rumours is not good for the markets and peoples investments and pensions long term.

my long term funds and the markets are all now taking a hit as confidence in the markets starts to suffer.
Hedge funds shorting companies is the problem - Do your research.
 
I would argue that the problem is the unscrupulous hedge funds manipulating the markets. You can't blame people for catching them out and making a profit at their expense.

two wrongs don’t make a right,

the Confidence in the market and actually investing in good companies is at stake .

i know it’s happened for years . The old city desk boys at the sun used to recommend shares they bought on a rumour. And make shit loads

All of these things don’t help the situation.
 

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