“Naked shorting”? “Failures to deliver”?
Even a cursory trip through WallStreetBets and other retail investing social media boards will yield multiple references to phrases like “failures-to-deliver” and “naked shorting” with most of those comments linked to the widely-held theory that short-selling chicanery by hedge funds and other institutional traders is the major reason that stocks like GameStop
GME,
AMC Entertainment
AMC,
and others remain so volatile.
In fact, many retail traders pointed to shady shorting as a key element in AMC’s disappointing start to the week in spite of a monster box office weekend.
But what do these things actually mean and what effect do they really have on the markets, especially meme stocks?
On this week’s episode of MemeMarkets, we talk to Dr. Susanne Trimbath, an economist and CEO of STP Advisory Services, to get answers to those questions.
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