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July 2022
Bears and bulls and social media
By Daniel Daniele (CA) on
The pandemic brought about a shift in how investments are discussed online and has increased the influence social media has on the market. Social media is playing a larger role in the way ordinary retail investors understand and interact with today’s markets. Whether with investments in cryptocurrencies, NFT projects, or traditional security exchanges, social media’s influence has grown drastically in all spaces. What became clear in 2021 with the WallStreetBets GameStop stock rally is that social media allows for investors to band together, learn from one another, and take advantage of markets in novel ways.