Between 2020 and 2021, he became one of the key internet personas who encouraged an army of day traders to heavily invest in GameStop, kicking off the "meme stock" frenzy.
And in 2024, it appears that meme stocks are rallying again.
Short sellers are individual investors or hedge funds who believe a certain stock's price will decline.
If the stock price doesn't fall the way the short sellers anticipated, they can lose money, as happened with GameStop.
Investors should also be wary of chasing meme stocks with the expectation of earning a profit.
Persons:
Keith Gill, he's, Gill isn't
Organizations:
GameStop