[vladmk]

It usually is crazier than you expect but I feel the authors answer “small trends” is a cop out answer. Small trends can be found in any success, the contrarian view is more interesting: why do things go right when they’re not supposed to? “Small trends” is a bad answer for GameStop, the answer is more complex and the variables aren’t covered in this article

[netsharc]

It seems like cheap thought but he tries to present it like it's deep insight.

And in 2008/09, people probably didn't want to buy from a bankrupt GM because it's hard to get spare parts from bankrupt car manufacturers. At least for the common definition of bankrupt (i.e. shuttered).