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Highly Regarded Investors? Mining Predictive Value from the Collective Intelligence of Reddit's WallStreetBets, Buz, T., Schneider, M., Kaffee, L. A., & de Melo, G. (2024)

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Paper: Buz, T., Schneider, M., Kaffee, L. A., & de Melo, G. (2024). Highly Regarded Investors? Mining Predictive Value from the Collective Intelligence of Reddit's WallStreetBets. ACM Web Science Conference. Link: https://doi.org/10.1145/3614419.3643993

A detailed study that analyzes 1.6 million WallStreetBets posts to see if there's real predictive value hidden in the memes and "YOLO" trades. The authors use machine learning to determine if the "collective intelligence" of this retail investor army can actually beat the market.

The Trolls of Wall Street: How the Outcasts and Insurgents Are Hacking the Markets by Nathaniel Popper (2024)

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Book: The Trolls of Wall Street: How the Outcasts and Insurgents Are Hacking the Markets by Nathaniel Popper
Link: Goodreads

Popper traces the complete history of the WallStreetBets subreddit from its creation through all the major events and sagas that shaped it. While the GameStop saga is the most famous episode, he walks you through the entire evolution of this chaotic community and the various market-moving events it spawned. This isn't just another retelling of meme stock madness - it's a detailed look at the people and culture behind one of the most disruptive financial movements in recent history.