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GameStop’s saga: What the stock surge proves about financial (il)literacy

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The GameStop trading frenzy taught inexperienced investors the wrong lessons about investing, drawing new attention to the financial literacy threat America has faced for years.

When first-time and inexperienced traders entered the market by plunging into the GameStop Corp. trading frenzy earlier this year, they may have gotten the wrong idea about investing. 

GameStop’s stock soared to $483 per share in late January — up from less than $3 last April — then ca

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GameStop’s saga: What the stock surge proves about financial (il)literacy

The GameStop trading frenzy taught inexperienced investors the wrong lessons about investing, drawing new attention to the financial literacy threat America has faced for years.

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