This Thetford Redditor Is Riding The GameStop Stock To The Moon (Or To Make Enough For New Dog Toys)

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 7:51 p.m.

A band of day-trading internet users on the popular website Reddit have pummeled Wall Street by gobbling up the stock of GameStop, a brick-and-mortar video game retail chain. Many Redditors grabbed the stock for just a few dollars before it skyrocketed in value to more than $300 a share. Their gain was nothing but pain for some hedge funds and others on Wall Street. But what’s motivating these rebel investors?