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Ep 251: Short Selling, GameStop, and What’s Really Happening On Wall Street

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky
HerMoney with Jean Chatzky
Episode • Feb 3, 2021 • 46m

For the thoughtful, long-haul investor, the news this past week has been frustrating and confusing. What happened with GameStop? What is a “short sale” and how did the whole thing get started on Reddit? Karen Finerman, President of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, breaks it all down for us, and talks about what it means to invest with confidence. In Mailbag, we talk about saving in a HYSA vs. saving in the stock market, and whether to maximize a retirement account or put money somewhere else. In Thrive, 2021’s ultimate debt pay-off plan. 

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