Meme Stocks, SPACs Rebound: ‘Reddit Raiders Are at It Again’

  • GameStop, AMC likely driven by retail traders, says Wedbush
  • Rally may portend more pain for shorts in speculative shares

     

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Investors are rediscovering their appetite for the market’s speculative fringes.

The shares of GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. -- the poster-children of this year’s Reddit boom -- are surging. Interest in special purpose acquisition companies has reignited with Chamath Palihapitiya’s blank-check firms leading the way. And Bitcoin and Ether are up after last week’s bonfire in cryptocurrencies.