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Some dare call it Conspiracy

What THEY don't want you to know!

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The Mother of all Short Squeezes, or MOASS for short, is an apocalyptic event where the stock value of a select group of companies, referred to as "meme stocks" will dramatically increase. People who believe in MOASS call themselves "apes". Apes believe a vast conspiracy of short sellers, investment apps, and hedge funds are attempting to suppress the price of meme stocks by using shorts.

Here’s how it works:

1. Buy stock in a meme stock
2. Wait for MOASS to happen
3. Profit!

Origins

In late 2020 and early 2021 Redditors at r/WallStreetBets began aggressively investing in GameStop, a failing video game retailer. Because GameStop was failing, hedge funds had made investments that relied on the stock price decreasing, called "shorts".

• The redditors buy GameStop stock caused the hedge funds that had invested in shorts to lose money.
• The price of GameStop stock reached its peak on January 28.
• On January 28, investment app Robinhood barred the purchase of GameStop stock, an action which attracted substantial criticism.

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