GameStop inventory soared to 110% Monday … all due to a cryptic social media return from viral day dealer Roaring Kitty — who memorably brought about this to occur just a few years in the past.
The web character — whose actual identify is Keith Gill — hinted he is stepping again into the general public eye after nearly 3 years away … by posting an eyebrow-raising meme on X late Sunday.
The submit in query … RK shared a photograph of a person leaning ahead in a chair holding a online game controller … offering no caption as an evidence. It’s a well known meme — and it simply signifies that somebody’s able to get severe … presumably, Kitty is simply too.
He’s since taken to X quite a lot of occasions prior to now 24 hours or so … sharing obscure, inspirational scenes from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ “Peaky Blinders,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the ‘Avengers’ franchise, and “V for Vendetta” … amongst others.
This was sufficient to get his longtime followers to rally round GameStop as soon as extra… as RK beforehand sparked a inventory frenzy in 2021 by getting individuals to spend money on the struggling retailer — screwing over short-sellers, which led to lots of drama on the time — together with politically.
One fan responded to him on X, asking … “hey bro what we shopping for?” It simply goes to indicate he nonetheless has his loyal legion of followers who transfer the needle at his behest.
According to CNBC, a few quarter of GameStop’s out there shares are in a brief place … which suggests the traders misplaced nearly $1 billion from the corporate’s inventory surge Monday.
AMC — one other certainly one of Roaring Kitty’s inventory targets — additionally soared along with his new social media exercise … ensuing within the inventory rising to $5.19 a share.
Remember, the GameStop saga sparked a Congressional listening to — wherein Roaring Kitty defended the investing was a enjoyable strategy to socialize in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The occasions sparked a 2023 biopic starring Paul Dano and America Ferrera, known as “Dumb Money.”
If Roaring Kitty’s on-line antics are any indication … materials for a sequel could also be within the works!!!