Buy-Side Project
Virtual with Notre Dame and University of San Diego
Finance
This will be a virtual presentation to SIBC’s benefactors, alumni, and representatives from Notre Dame and the University of San Diego. Students are researching the recent attempts by Reddit user groups to “short squeeze” the short-sellers of Game Stop (including large hedge funds) which has highlighted both how the stock market works and how it doesn’t work. Students are choosing a position and arguing why they believe this particular issue illustrates their position. They are demonstrating where/how the market works and where/how it doesn’t work even within the same example. Students are including a discussion about the role of Robinhood and its policies, Reddit users, college students, hedge fund managers, and the New York Stock Exchange. They are also including policy recommendations for improvements, where appropriate.