Matt Levine, Columnist

Meme-Stock Vacation Is Over

Also Adam Neumann’s return, ESG’s rebranding, Equifax insider trading, Elon Musk vs. Manchester United and Martin Shkreli Inu.

August 22, 2022 at 6:22 PM UTC

By Matt Levine

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; and an editor of Dealbreaker.

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