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GameStop: I'm one of the WallStreetBets 'degenerates' – here's why retail trading craze is just getting started

  • Written by Mohammad Rajjaque, Program Director, Accounting and Financial Management Division, University of Sheffield
GameStop: I'm one of the WallStreetBets 'degenerates' – here's why retail trading craze is just getting startedWe're not going away. Rafapress

I joined the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit almost two years ago. But I was far from the image of the typical “bored, young Reddit trader” that has been portrayed in the media lately. I had worked in banking, and been a retail investor for more than 15 years – in addition to teaching financial...