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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      US equities
      Meme-stock groups have raised $5bn in 2 years since trading frenzy

      Cash bonanza enabled by retail investors fails to boost beneficiaries’ performance

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      Alibaba
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      Entrepreneur presses Chinese ecommerce giant to speed up share buybacks after taking minority stake

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      Four FT investment experts debate the best opportunities for investors in the year ahead

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      Experts warn of market volatility as trading volumes of gold, oil, silver and copper have surged

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      Time for new investors to take an old approach

      Losing money should not lead young people to lose faith in investing

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      UST Restitution Group is trying to track down Do Kwon after the crash of his terraUSD and luna coins

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
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      Purchases of bonds surged 400% in September after years of ‘pathetic’ returns

    • Monday, 26 September, 2022
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      US retail brokerage’s future may lie in the business model it has sought to disrupt

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    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
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      UK-based group says restructuring of nearly $9bn debt and lease burden will dilute equity interests

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
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      ‘I have faith in him’: retail traders rally behind meme baron Ryan Cohen

      Investor gained $60mn on sale of Bed Bath & Beyond shares after dramatic price rise

    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
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      Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
      How a 20-year-old student made $110mn riding the meme stock wave

      Jake Freeman raised $27mn through Wyoming-based fund and bet it all on shares of Bed Bath & Beyond

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
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      Divestment by GameStop chair caps frenzied week for struggling homeware retailer

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      Twenty-year-old Jake Freeman amassed big stake in struggling retailer before share price soared

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      Shares in the home goods retailer have surged despite its shrinking cash position and struggle to revive sales growth

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      Robinhood suffers harshest hangover after pandemic stock trading boom

      Active users desert upstart retail broker while stodgier rivals weather market slump

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      Performance of Tastytrade acquisition helped offset slowdown in do-it-yourself trading

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      New retail trading and betting products blur the lines between gambling and investing

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      Personal Finance
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      As fraud hits record levels, are banks doing enough to compensate innocent victims?

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