GameStop Short Squeeze: These Are the Big Wall Street Players Who Stood to Make Billions

GameStop Short Squeeze: These Are the Big Wall Street Players Who Stood to Make Billions

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: February 1, 2021

When it comes to the shares of GameStop, most of the mainstream media’s focus has been on the Reddit message board commentators who stood to make millions of dollars from boosting the stock price. It’s a good bet that the SEC, FBI, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Senate and House investigators are setting their sights on those who stood to make…not millions but billions. The overarching question will be: did any of the big players engage in a direct role on Reddit or incentivize the people posting on the Reddit message board, WallStreetBets, to hawk the shares of GameStop. <snip>