Investors are estimated to have lost $930 million on their short positions in meme stocks GameStop and AMC Entertainment over the last five trading days

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are estimated to have lost $930 million on their short positions in meme stocks GameStop and AMC Entertainment over the last five trading days, data from financial analytics firm Ortex showed on Tuesday. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gamestop-amc-short-sellers-sit-110554197.html

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There were 1.9 trillion transactions in penny stocks last month, an increase of more than 2,000% from a year earlier. “The only relevant historical precedent seems to increasingly be the days before the Great Depression.”

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