How Meme Stocks Beat Wall Street

The late January GameStop frenzy forced Wall Street to pay attention to retail investors like never before. Wall Street and news outlets analyzed the persona of the subreddit WallStreetBets and broke down their memes and lingo for clues on how this happened. Here’s an explainer on why these collective actions are becoming more common, the role memes play in these situations and what’s next for retail investing.
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How Meme Stocks Beat Wall Street

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  • @MillionaireMindsetClub
    @MillionaireMindsetClub3 жыл бұрын

    The big boys got a reality check

  • @angelrobinson334

    @angelrobinson334

    3 жыл бұрын

    *I'm so happy I just got into bitcoin trading and I made my first profit,I wish i knew about bitcoin earlier I would have made a lot of money by now*

  • @sarakaren2716

    @sarakaren2716

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not necessarily about ignorance, some has the mind of investing but afraid to meet,trade and invest with wrong and unprofessional brokers

  • @carolynjanet7413

    @carolynjanet7413

    3 жыл бұрын

    I base in New York and I heard alot of people makes money through bitcoin trading how does it work

  • @francesann3562

    @francesann3562

    3 жыл бұрын

    I invested £1000 because it was actually my first time but finally I recieved more than double gain as my profit after 7days Benjamin Lucas is a genius

  • @lanyingluli7088

    @lanyingluli7088

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's the minimum amount to invest I currently have a stimulus of $1500 and i'm ready to put into bitcoin trading

  • @Tential1
    @Tential13 жыл бұрын

    Rofl got to love how they say speculating isn't investing... That's literally exactly what investing is, speculating on the future

  • @juanfelipe8484

    @juanfelipe8484

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but speculation based on hype or memes is rubbish

  • @MalawisLilleKanal

    @MalawisLilleKanal

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@juanfelipe8484 How about speculation based on high short-interest combined with a turnaround of the company under the leadership of Ryan Cohen who grew Chewy from 0 to a 3.3B company(now valued at 33B)?

  • @juanfelipe8484

    @juanfelipe8484

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MalawisLilleKanal I’m simply talking about the AMC, GameStop, crypto stuff

  • @cnbctelevision3288

    @cnbctelevision3288

    3 жыл бұрын

    T.h.a.n.k.s f.o.r w.a.t.c.h.i.n.g F.o.r m.o.r.e g.u.i.d.a.n.c.e +1....-7..-7....-3....-9...-4...-3...-3....-2....-1.....-9 ~W•H•A•T•S•A•P•P~

  • @jarule275

    @jarule275

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@juanfelipe8484 Tell that to my bank account. It doesn't agree. 🤣

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan3 жыл бұрын

    Wall Street: We love money! Wall Street Bets: It's not about the money, it's about sending a message

  • @user-qe8br9ll2q

    @user-qe8br9ll2q

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bitcoin is the future investing in it now is the wisest thing to do especially with the current rise... for real it’s very profitable

  • @rickygutierrez7866

    @rickygutierrez7866

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree on your opinion, generally I always look out for it to dumb so I can purchase some more truly I believe it has come to stay

  • @sarahmargaret234

    @sarahmargaret234

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's really the idea behind this bitcoin investment anyway, because all I do is buy when it falls and sell when it goes high

  • @degenmaximus7760

    @degenmaximus7760

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sarahmargaret234 Bitcoin investment is just like is just like every other form of speculative investment where you trade commodities to determine which gains or losses against another in order to make profits, just like in forex trading

  • @user-kj7be9zo1h

    @user-kj7be9zo1h

    3 жыл бұрын

    Relating Bitcoin investment to forex trading definitely means they are risk involved, and just how do you take appropriate risk measures

  • @lastking235
    @lastking2353 жыл бұрын

    "Who controls the memes, controls the universe" - Elon Musk

  • @bobs8005

    @bobs8005

    3 жыл бұрын

    No wonder he likes to control the memes he wants to control the universe!

  • @cnbctelevision3288

    @cnbctelevision3288

    3 жыл бұрын

    T.h.a.n.k.s f.o.r w.a.t.c.h.i.n.g F.o.r m.o.r.e g.u.i.d.a.n.c.e +1....-7..-7....-3....-9...-4...-3...-3....-2....-1.....-9 ~W•H•A•T•S•A•P•P~

  • @hardeeprajput6564
    @hardeeprajput65643 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't matter how u win. U win means u win.

  • @Tential1

    @Tential1

    3 жыл бұрын

    - patriots

  • @xerogue

    @xerogue

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tential1 no

  • @Humptydumps

    @Humptydumps

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tential1 not anymore lmao 😂

  • @Dangic23
    @Dangic233 жыл бұрын

    The entire stock market is a meme stock. Why is CNBC so upset? The entire weekday programming of CNBC is doing the same reddit did.

  • @Arctic707osrs
    @Arctic707osrs3 жыл бұрын

    If $AMC and $GME were films they would have to be age rated 18+ STONKS GO BRRRRR

  • @bishiamme4981
    @bishiamme49813 жыл бұрын

    $GME 🚀🚀🚀🚀

  • @iRxshed

    @iRxshed

    3 жыл бұрын

    in the past year i’ve made $300k off gme and $200k off doge. keep in mind, the week my stocks and cryptos started going crazy, we’re the same week i got into it

  • @whatever_12
    @whatever_123 жыл бұрын

    Oh, madam, No mention that it was already a thing among the big pocket therefore the meme was started to give them a taste back of their own rotten cake... humm

  • @RelaxzMV
    @RelaxzMV3 жыл бұрын

    You short, we the community go long and longer. That's how we win!

  • @MubashirullahD
    @MubashirullahD3 жыл бұрын

    This is like how the compute power of big tech is formidable but it is nothing compared to the collective computer of the people

  • @chuffmeister1130
    @chuffmeister11303 жыл бұрын

    Using labels such as "meme stocks", this video is trying to trivialise the movement that exposed the nefarious practices of the big players, who collude, short squeeze and crush companies in order to make a quick buck. The video conveniently failed to mention this murky side of the story. Reeks of bias.

  • @cnbctelevision3288

    @cnbctelevision3288

    3 жыл бұрын

    T.h.a.n.k.s f.o.r w.a.t.c.h.i.n.g F.o.r m.o.r.e g.u.i.d.a.n.c.e +1....-7..-7....-3....-9...-4...-3...-3....-2....-1.....-9 ~W•H•A•T•S•A•P•P~

  • @ThePowerofJames
    @ThePowerofJames3 жыл бұрын

    "They call themselves apes" - no no, say the other one, come on, say it

  • @jaimejimenez4199

    @jaimejimenez4199

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trader? Rofl 🤣

  • @dannyl3212
    @dannyl32123 жыл бұрын

    Shorts never covered

  • @rvegas8999
    @rvegas89993 жыл бұрын

    We still holding

  • @dvdragon
    @dvdragon3 жыл бұрын

    Reject CNBC. Return to Monke. /s

  • @elongatedpikachu4029
    @elongatedpikachu40293 жыл бұрын

    “Houston, we have a problem”, the “house of cards” is falling!!! This isn’t over. Do your own research people.

  • @exaucemayunga22
    @exaucemayunga223 жыл бұрын

    We're beating them at their own game👌🏾🚀

  • @MubashirullahD
    @MubashirullahD3 жыл бұрын

    No mention of how Game Stop decided to start selling GPUs.

  • @kaialang

    @kaialang

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ya because CNBC is one of them

  • @xerogue

    @xerogue

    3 жыл бұрын

    No wonder they deserve to die

  • @s.aureus1254
    @s.aureus12543 жыл бұрын

    If it was over... why the he'll are they still obsessed about GME 3 months later?

  • @Tenmar.
    @Tenmar.3 жыл бұрын

    One thing about the dot com bust. One factor was that companies got rid of pension plans and forced employees into 401k. That was a lot of people forced to take their money and having to invest on their own. Which is similar to people taking their stimulus and putting it into stocks.

  • @Investingforthe99Percent
    @Investingforthe99Percent3 жыл бұрын

    Here's my equation: people stuck at home + stimmy + no new netflix show drops = $GME 🚀🚀🚀🚀

  • @TheProfessorLee

    @TheProfessorLee

    3 жыл бұрын

    Makes sense to me

  • @ennayak113

    @ennayak113

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha too true

  • @Investingforthe99Percent

    @Investingforthe99Percent

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheProfessorLee - 💎👋💎👋

  • @jordanwilliams9300

    @jordanwilliams9300

    3 жыл бұрын

    Way too reductive

  • @amagrz15
    @amagrz153 жыл бұрын

    Boomers trying explain memes.

  • @francispena2818
    @francispena28183 жыл бұрын

    "like 4chan found a Bloomberg terminal"😂😂😂 Jesus this is peak internet

  • @jakewallace9060
    @jakewallace90603 жыл бұрын

    Never gonna give you up never gonna leett you downn. gamestop.

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reach out to Mr Clark on crypto trading investment

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's always active on What's app, phone calls and text !

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    = + = 1 = 7 = 7 = 3 = 9 = 4 = 3 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 9===========

  • @rpopken
    @rpopken3 жыл бұрын

    The shortes covered. WOHAAA. Why arenyou lying?. Hedgies are gonna be blown away! Do you really think people are dumb? How much did the hedgies pay you? This is disgusting.

  • @skidder54
    @skidder543 жыл бұрын

    Do they not realize the fundamentals of GameStop are changing? They’re in the process of transforming into one of the best e-commerce platforms for gaming.

  • @thomasebert5289
    @thomasebert52893 жыл бұрын

    How meme stocks are currently beating wall street*

  • @GMan10321
    @GMan103213 жыл бұрын

    "Shorts have covered"? This is all lies.

  • @thatShelbyMo
    @thatShelbyMo3 жыл бұрын

    This new generation understand only memes!

  • @saulgoodman2018
    @saulgoodman20183 жыл бұрын

    But it's OK for hedge funds to short stocks?

  • @tredd5401
    @tredd54013 жыл бұрын

    AMC🚀🚀🚀🚀

  • @Tential1
    @Tential13 жыл бұрын

    I'd love a deep dive on Citron... The dude who literally is no different than a Wallstreet bets poster.. It's a one man shop for christ sake. This is why news outlets like CNBC lose credibility

  • @VsMichael
    @VsMichael3 жыл бұрын

    Where’s my AMC APES at! HODL ! 100k floor . We’re not going anywhere!

  • @Chitownprince83

    @Chitownprince83

    3 жыл бұрын

    💎🙌🦍🚀🚀🚀🌙 🍿

  • @verdeandrettiiforeigncoupe8174

    @verdeandrettiiforeigncoupe8174

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yerrrrrrrpppp

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reach out to Mr Clark on crypto trading investment

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's always active on What's app, phone calls and text !

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    = + = 1 = 7 = 7 = 3 = 9 = 4 = 3 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 9===========

  • @kevinlemon195
    @kevinlemon1953 жыл бұрын

    I dont understand what the news ladies said about gme. I'm gona go buy gme just to be sure.

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reach out to Mr Clark on crypto trading investment

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's always active on What's app, phone calls and text !

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    = + = 1 = 7 = 7 = 3 = 9 = 4 = 3 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 9===========

  • @AryanSharma-pz4xw
    @AryanSharma-pz4xw3 жыл бұрын

    To the moon 🚀🚀🚀🚀

  • @EinhanderPilotSantos
    @EinhanderPilotSantos3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know what you guys are talking about. I just like the stock.

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's always active on What's app, phone calls and text !

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    = + = 1 = 7 = 7 = 3 = 9 = 4 = 3 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 9===========

  • @user-kr4fp8ng9e

    @user-kr4fp8ng9e

    3 жыл бұрын

    F•O•R• T•R•A•D•I•N•G• &• P•R•O•F•I•T•S ✓ +•1•7•7•3•3•0•3•3•2•2•0

  • @yaman223
    @yaman2232 жыл бұрын

    The AMC movement is just beyond me. It's so incredible!

  • @chiquita683
    @chiquita6833 жыл бұрын

    Market is a casino and now the little guys know how to win. Aot of hedge funds will be hurting this year, the game has been exposed

  • @christodang
    @christodang3 жыл бұрын

    I'm just glad they didn't refer to memes as "mee-mee's"

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reach out to Mr Clark on crypto trading investment

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's always active on What's app, phone calls and text !

  • @pulisicmark7197

    @pulisicmark7197

    3 жыл бұрын

    = + = 1 = 7 = 7 = 3 = 9 = 4 = 3 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 9===========

  • @user-kr4fp8ng9e

    @user-kr4fp8ng9e

    3 жыл бұрын

    F•O•R• T•R•A•D•I•N•G• &• P•R•O•F•I•T•S ✓ +•1•7•7•3•3•0•3•3•2•2•0

  • @Chitownprince83
    @Chitownprince833 жыл бұрын

    I chewed on the sell button because it was red. My favorite crayon color. All I can do now is buy more $AMC and $GME. 💎🙌🦍🚀🌙

  • @samvid1992
    @samvid19923 жыл бұрын

    what is that app at 3:37???

  • @juggaloclownpreacher
    @juggaloclownpreacher2 жыл бұрын

    You have protest on Wall Street that were not effective but you had a bunch of people on Reddit make Wall Street shake in their boots more than a bunch of protesters. This whole situation was hilarious to me and I'm still laughing about it.

  • @s.aureus1254
    @s.aureus12543 жыл бұрын

    You think this is over? We'll see in the next 3 months.

  • @defnotaghost6460
    @defnotaghost64603 жыл бұрын

    To the moon!🚀🚀🚀

  • @thatotherguy172
    @thatotherguy1723 жыл бұрын

    Hahahah hedge funds closed out their positions. How much they pay you guys to say that 😂

  • @nolanhasjunk
    @nolanhasjunk2 жыл бұрын

    They don't even know what a meme is 😂

  • @muskreality
    @muskreality3 жыл бұрын

    The only meme I'm scared of is "Dump it"

  • @Ilham-wi1bk
    @Ilham-wi1bk3 жыл бұрын

    people who enjoy memes are smart people. memes are for smart people.

  • @k4piii

    @k4piii

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not really

  • @NovelNovelist
    @NovelNovelist3 жыл бұрын

    The rule is don't invest more than you can afford to lose -- whether you're a hedgefund or a meme stock picker.

  • @Blingchachink
    @Blingchachink3 жыл бұрын

    I added to internet shared meme culture in 2005.

  • @XxXK9
    @XxXK9 Жыл бұрын

    Meme stocks - when buffet buys millions of shares

  • @liuzeyuan
    @liuzeyuan3 жыл бұрын

    can not define what a meme stock is... then why have it in your title? how smart

  • @nakiarowtham8263
    @nakiarowtham82633 жыл бұрын

    I watch every video from CNBC

  • @takashimasuda6724
    @takashimasuda67243 жыл бұрын

    We like the stock.

  • @Dee--Jay
    @Dee--Jay3 жыл бұрын

    Wall Street bets takin down wall street lol

  • @jordanimatedstreaming
    @jordanimatedstreaming3 жыл бұрын

    Nice try . there's no such thing as a meme stock. I just like the stock 🚀

  • @Ihavetoreturnsomevideotapes
    @Ihavetoreturnsomevideotapes3 жыл бұрын

    Cbnc making video on wall Street bets ?

  • @marktharion2156
    @marktharion21563 жыл бұрын

    IT AINT OVER YET!!

  • @printerganginvestments
    @printerganginvestments3 жыл бұрын

    Closed out their short positions 😂😂😂 fud

  • @MrZZooh
    @MrZZooh3 жыл бұрын

    Is it legal for hedge funds not to publish their short selling list?

  • @australianinvestmenteducation
    @australianinvestmenteducation3 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing!

  • @user-kr4fp8ng9e

    @user-kr4fp8ng9e

    3 жыл бұрын

    F•O•R• T•R•A•D•I•N•G• &• P•R•O•F•I•T•S ✓ +•1•7•7•3•3•0•3•3•2•2•0

  • @michaelcarroll8570
    @michaelcarroll85703 жыл бұрын

    collective of individual investors (democracy/free market) defeats the hedge funds (wealthy managed by finance lords/non-free market). That’s the true narrative. WSB is truest form of freedom of speech and freedom of financial independence. There has to be losers and winners in business. Don’t understand why people suddenly think that’s terrible.

  • @Joonkor8

    @Joonkor8

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @SkyIon
    @SkyIon3 жыл бұрын

    Not sure they know the difference between a meme and a trend

  • @prajwalbhat7899
    @prajwalbhat78993 жыл бұрын

    same happened with doge. We all spent hours searching for the next best coin and this Dogecoin was booming like a rocket 🚀 just because of a tweet.

  • @teytreet7358
    @teytreet73583 жыл бұрын

    Stonks.

  • @hakiforro3292
    @hakiforro32923 жыл бұрын

    AMC : HODL my BEER

  • @chrisdalpetz2284
    @chrisdalpetz22842 жыл бұрын

    Fundamentals and research are what full service brokers bet on any stock.It,s your nest egg.

  • @jordanwilliams9300
    @jordanwilliams93003 жыл бұрын

    Lol CNBC *still* doesn't get the point.

  • @t42891
    @t42891 Жыл бұрын

    lol. this did not age well at 8:32 in 2022. bbby is making a meme comeback

  • @edsanz2
    @edsanz23 жыл бұрын

    Hedges closed out their positions? Ahahahahaha

  • @djjoshski
    @djjoshski3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @bundeswehrrr4173
    @bundeswehrrr41733 жыл бұрын

    Guess cramer made this one lol

  • @stormyweather2154
    @stormyweather21542 жыл бұрын

    April 1st Drop 2% AMC💣💣💣💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🛩🛫🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

  • @auro1986
    @auro19863 жыл бұрын

    cnbc sells highest meme stocks

  • @callforhelp62
    @callforhelp623 жыл бұрын

    Too bad GameStop isn’t a meme stock. Why were images of the capitol rioters included in this video? This whole video reeks of FUD.

  • @Nas12223
    @Nas122233 жыл бұрын

    Ok so

  • @grandbaycentral5741
    @grandbaycentral57413 жыл бұрын

    Now is best time to reexamine your stock portfolio.🙌

  • @user-uv6hu4bo1z
    @user-uv6hu4bo1z3 жыл бұрын

    We like the stock!!!

  • @edgarcotto
    @edgarcotto3 жыл бұрын

    Stonks

  • @tkholaback
    @tkholaback6 күн бұрын

    Next meme stock redfin

  • @tv-cm6ml
    @tv-cm6ml3 жыл бұрын

    OCGN 🔥🔥🔥

  • @senkumeow5095
    @senkumeow50953 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone wanna start a new company and stock names MEMES...., I would buy that..

  • @aslan339
    @aslan3393 жыл бұрын

    6:23

  • @troystewart4084
    @troystewart40842 жыл бұрын

    GOOD JOB ON THE STOCK CONN TOLD YOU THIS WILL BE A MEME STOCK WATCH THE RUN UP CONN CONN $$$$$ 5

  • @saintfrancisco
    @saintfrancisco3 жыл бұрын

    Only trump supporters are problematic huh...the ministry of truth at work..

  • @juanfelipe8484

    @juanfelipe8484

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ikr, so dumb

  • @troystewart4084
    @troystewart40842 жыл бұрын

    GOOD JOB ON THE STOCK CONN TOLD YOU THIS WILL BE A MEME STOCK WATCH THE RUN UP CONN CONN $$$$$ 6

  • @TheWorldReactsYT
    @TheWorldReactsYT3 жыл бұрын

    Here before fake crytocurrency bot comments

  • @k4piii
    @k4piii3 жыл бұрын

    STONKS

  • @hazbinalastor3891
    @hazbinalastor38913 жыл бұрын

    STONKS!

  • @jameseric653

    @jameseric653

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello fortnite how are you doing

  • @kelvinhau7320
    @kelvinhau73203 жыл бұрын

    Josh brown first hahah

  • @devanshchopra2661
    @devanshchopra26613 жыл бұрын

    They missed Indian Democracy and BJP IT cells 😂

  • @verdeandrettiiforeigncoupe8174
    @verdeandrettiiforeigncoupe81743 жыл бұрын

    AMC > GME...

  • @iamjabby3688
    @iamjabby36883 жыл бұрын

    Its not your money.

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz29643 жыл бұрын

    Nice video.

  • @TracksideViews
    @TracksideViews3 жыл бұрын

    I like to call them ‘me me’s’

  • @ishan6771
    @ishan67713 жыл бұрын

    Say my name

  • @briviotimbuleng5224
    @briviotimbuleng52243 жыл бұрын

    LMFAO

  • @zzm2405
    @zzm24053 жыл бұрын

    $MVIS to the moon 🚀🚀🚀

  • @danieltanasec
    @danieltanasec3 жыл бұрын

    What s a meme