Let the Apes Have Wall Street
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Let the Apes Have Wall Street
The much-publicized war over "meme stocks" drags a longstanding Wall Street ripoff out of the shadows, to hilarious results
On CNBC’s Fast Money last week, anchor Melissa Lee appeared to mention the unmentionable. She was talking with Tim Seymour, CEO of Seymour Asset Management, who made offhand mention of the hedge funds shorting now-infamous stocks like AMC and GameStop. “Look, there are a lot of short sellers out there who have been borrowing stock they didn’t have,” Seymour said.
“Naked shorts, yeah,” said Lee.
You could almost hear a reverse record-scratch over the airwaves. Did a CNBC anchor really say that out loud?
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