Benn Eifert Explains How Retail Trading Is Rocking Markets like Never Before
Odd Lots
Bloomberg
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
We know that retail activity, much of it on Robinhood, has been surging since last spring once the lockdowns began. But just how big of an impact is it really having? Is it going to be limited to just GameStop and a few others, or is this a permanent fixture of the new market landscape? We discuss this with Benn Eifert, CIO of QVR Advisors. Benn is an expert on volatility and derivatives, and he helps us make sense of what was so unique about GameStop, and what the ripple effects of this will be.
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| 0:44.7 | I'm Tracy Alloway. |
| 0:46.0 | And I'm Joe, why isn't all? |
| 0:47.7 | Joe, remember when you said GameStop was a value investment? |
| 0:51.2 | Tracy, you're skewing my words. |
| 0:55.4 | And not really. |
| 0:56.6 | I said, and this was at the wake of our recent interview with Rod. |
| 1:02.3 | It started off as a value investment, which is true. |
| 1:05.3 | I would not in any sense characterize the recent trading from |
| 1:10.0 | probably like 15 to 480. |
| 1:14.4 | And now back to 177 after hours. |
| 1:16.7 | Last time I checked is a failure investing. |
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