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Bubble warning: Is GameStop frenzy a sign of turbulence to come?

GameStop shares more than halved in value on Tuesday. © Dado Ruvic, Reuters

It's one of the most remarkable stock market stories in decades: the GameStop saga. Small investors, using online forums like Reddit, piled into stocks of certain companies, including the video game retailer. The resulting spike in share prices caused billions of dollars in losses for big hedge funds who'd bet against these companies.

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