IS short selling a boon or a bane for the stock market? News headlines tend to frame short selling as a manipulative tool that triggers market volatility and instability.
An incident that made international headlines is the GameStop short squeeze saga, where in January 2021, retail investors from the Reddit community (r/wallstreetbets) drove up the price of GameStop shares, which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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