Gamestop Meme Stock Saga at 5: What Endured and What's Changed

Half a decade has passed since the GameStop upheaval that threatened to destabilize the global financial system. Despite the passage of time, the potential for a similar crisis still exists, warns Thomas Peterffy, founder and chairman of Interactive Brokers.The GameStop event, characterized by retail investors inflating the stock price of the ailing video game retailer, had the potential to trigger a financial crisis. Peterffy explained that if the investors who had purchased GameStop shares on margin had o ...