Analysis: Meme stock investors place risky bet on bankrupt Revlon being the next Hertz
The 30-year-old plumber from Oxford, North Carolina, scored a 350% profit last week by selling half the shares in the U.S. cosmetics maker he bought after it filed for bankruptcy protection on June 16. He thinks he can make even more by holding on to the rest of his shares through the bankruptcy.
Factbox: Fun facts from the U.S. SEC report on January’s GameStop saga
The U.S. securities regulator released its long-awaited post-mortem into January’s GameStop saga, in which retail traders banded together on social media and piled in to GameStop and other “meme” stocks in an attempt to punish hedge funds that had bet against the company, sending its shares soaring.
AMC gives up gains after quarterly results, film release deal
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) shares reversed course to trade down 5.7% on Tuesday a day after it posted better-than-expected quarterly results and a deal with Warner Bros for an exclusive movie release period for cinemas.
Dow, S&P 500 close at records as U.S. infrastructure bill clears Senate
Wall Street rose on Tuesday, with both the blue-chip Dow and benchmark S&P 500 closing at record highs, as economically sensitive value stocksgained with the U.S. Senate’s passage of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.
Robinhood’s meme stock status fuels IPO uncertainty
Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) thrived thanks to the popularity of so-called meme stocks such as GameStop Corp (GME.N) with retail investors. Becoming a meme stock itself comes with trading volatility that is giving pause to some potential investors in its initial public offering.
