Chatter #208 – Julian Winkler: How Ideas Spread On Reddit And Wall Street Bets

Julian Winkler is the co-author of the paper “Reddit’s self-organised bull runs: Social contagion and asset prices” about the subreddit Wall Street Bets. The paper makes a “theoretical case for how ‘hype’ among retail investors can drive large asset fluctuations”. The paper was written before the GameStop Saga kicked off, but the interesting part about…

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Tendies For All: What The Media Are Missing About The GameStop Saga

It’s More Than Just Memes And Bad Jokes “If Wall Street is occupying President Obama’s State Department and the halls of Congress, it’s time for the people to occupy Wall Street.” – Phil Aroneanu, 350.org The GameStop saga, I believe, will come to be not only a wonderful Netflix original film (as long as they…

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