What happened with GameStop and why is Wall Street so upset?

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 9:12 a.m.

The stock market seems like a bit of a mystery to those of us not familiar with it but recently ordinary people on social media figured out a way to game the market the same way hedge funds have done for years. They sent the price of a struggling retailer called Game Stop through the roof costing hedge fund billions and terrifying Wall Street.