[carnitine]

Why do you think not a single institutional investor has rallied behind this cause? Hedge funds love fucking each other over and would embrace popularity with the public. Why hasn’t some firm with a few billion under management taken up this cause if there’s really anything there?

[simpleguitar]

Because that would be illegal market manipulation.

Any institute, including GameStop themselves, would be committing a crime if they knowingly triggered a short squeeze. The SEC rules on this is quite clear.

What's interesting to me is that the official SEC report on GameStop "squeeze" specifically called out that the rise in price WAS NOT due to short covering, but rather a large increase in retail buying and market makers balancing options. So the reported % short went from more than 100% to less than %20 with zero short covering and prices falling? Yeah, sure.

[adrr]

It's not illegal to push a stock up just like it's not illegal to short a stock. Certain rules apply when you become significant share holder.

Buying significant calls will move the market as the market maker buys shares the ensure they can cover. Shorting drops price because it "creates" shares. Even six figure trades can move the market,

[JumpCrisscross]

> including GameStop themselves, would be committing a crime if they knowingly triggered a short squeeze

Issuers have precedent for issuing shares into shorts [1][2].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/business/worldbusiness/30...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-03/amc-ha...

[danuker]

How and why is that illegal? I am stumped that market participants would not be allowed to correct the capital misallocations of others.

Is there any law or ruling you can point out to?

[capableweb]

> How and why is that illegal? I am stumped that market participants would not be allowed to correct the capital misallocations of others.

I don't think (but someone correct me as I'm no professional) the occurrence of short squeezes are illegal, unless there is a knowing collusion behind it (check previous cases from courts regarding collusion to trigger short squeezes). What is illegal is naked shorting (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regsho.asp) which could be a trigger/condition to future squeezes..

[pkhamre]

Side note; The CEO of Aterian ($ATER) has tweeted about preliminary data of naked shorts and that they hired a third party company to fight this.

https://twitter.com/yaniv_sarig/status/1455515851541598208

https://twitter.com/yaniv_sarig/status/1448716392656670722

[goldnugget92]

They have? Blackrock just added 10% to their stake recently. Not to mention the former-Amazon staff that GameStop is hiring along with the header of BlockChain at Microsoft mentioning working with GameStop on their new NFT Market Place.

Don't just get your news from Bloomberg or CNN.

[kasey_junk]

Blackrock and Vanguard own GME because they operate the biggest S&P ETFs and mutual funds.

GME has increased its percentage of the S&P because retail investors have bought the position. Blackrock is not taking a position that a short squeeze is possible they are just reacting to the index.

[odonnellryan]

GME isn't in the SPX

[kasey_junk]

They are in sp400 which also makes them a constituent of sp1000.

Further they are in sptmi which massive etfs like vanguards vti & blackrocks itot are benchmarked against st.

[odonnellryan]

Ah sorry - for some reason I thought you said SP500. Should not comment before coffee :(

[cuteboy19]

is this related to Microsoft shutting down Azure Blockchain due to lack of interest?