How the Robinhood Era Is Changing Stock-Market Investing

When individual-investor communities, not institutions, drive security pricing.

Apr 1, 2021

Mentioned: Eastman Kodak Co (KODK) , AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC) , Vanguard Small Cap Index Adm (VSMAX) , Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Adm (VTSAX) , GameStop Corp (GME)

Not Fully Convincing

Last summer, when I puzzled over the reasons behind the U.S. stock market’s spectacular recovery--which struck me as premature, given that the economy was in a deep recession, with no signs that the COVID-19 virus would be eradicated anytime soon--several readers proposed the following:

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Not Fully Convincing

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