Occupy Wall Street

The “knee-jerk” decision by Robinhood to stop the trading of high-flying stocks is “a bit troubling,” according to Jordan Belfort, the author of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’. They could have just as easily raised the margin, he says.

The Reddit-driven buying frenzy has spilled over into commodities, and the silver market in particular, pushing futures contracts for the precious metal to a five-month high.

The raging battle between Wall Street hedge funds and retail traders organized on Reddit over companies such as GameStop and AMC has stolen the spotlight this week. RT’s Max Keiser explains what’s it all about.

The fleeting spectre of political unity over the GameStop stock scandal was quickly dispelled as firebrand Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounced Republican Senator Ted Cruz – who just agreed with her – as wanting her dead.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has accused Discord of selling out because it shut down its ‘WallStreetBets’ channel after members wreaked havoc on hedge funds by sending share prices in GameStop and other embattled stocks skyrocketing.

Modern-day protest movements, from Occupy Wall Street to France’s Yellow Vests, are interconnected globally and based on the people’s ire over trickle-down economics, independent journalist Paul Moreira tells RT.