Gamestop example of short run, investor activists fight itTucker Carlson did a segment tonight on Gamestop as an example of a short run on a company and what some investors did about it.
I've seen a few companies with share value that went down further and faster than what was reasonable. It happens all the time.
It's worth being informed. Whatever you want to call it, I am sure that a good number of investors have been harmed by these actions, and a lot of small retail investors simply have given up on the markets as a result.
I am told that if you put your shares up for sale at a high price so that the order won't be filled, it will prevent your brokerage from using your stock to short the market. It sounds too simple, and the whole thing sounds perverse and nefarious. But I think that I'll try it tomorrow morning.
What? My brokerage firm using my stock to drive the price of my shares down? Tough to swallow, but, ....
The link below may work, otherwise, if interested, you can go to Fox News and watch the clip on Tucker Carlson.
Wall Street enraged after investors band together to buy GameStop stock | Fox News Video