GameStop madness — How Bankrate's investing reporter is keeping up with it all
Are you feeling the stock shock with all the GameStop talk? Jim Royal, Bankrate's investing and wealth management reporter, breaks down how he's keeping up with the madness and explains what it all means and why new investors should proceed with caution.
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Meet Jim
James F. Royal, Ph.D., is a senior reporter for investing at Bankrate, and has been investing in the stock market for more than two decades. Royal is the author of The Zen of Thrift Conversions, and holds a doctorate from the University of Florida.
Short-selling explained
With all the craziness going on at GameStop and other stocks, it’s important to understand what short selling is, how it works, and the risks it presents. There’s a reason that short selling is best left to the pros: uncapped risk.
Short selling is a way to invest so that you can attempt to profit when the price of a security — such as a stock — declines. Rather than buying a …
The GameStop kaboom explained
Wondering what’s going on with GameStop stock? I chatted with CNBC about what’s going to happen to the stock and why individual investors should be very careful:
Average Joe investors, coordinated on Reddit, have roughly quadrupled the stock price of the struggling video game retailer GameStop (GME) over the …
Why Robinhood and others blocked GameStop trades
More GameStop craziness: trading app Robinhood and others have stopped customers from buying the stock, though they can still sell. Predictably, the price of GameStop stock plummeted soon after.
GameStop's stock price remains sky-high, but shares are becoming more difficult to buy.
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Mortgage rates are up off their lowest lows, but is it still a good time to refinance? Money is cheap if you want to borrow for the next 30 years.
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