Essays about: "wallstreetbets WSB"

Found 4 essays containing the words wallstreetbets WSB.

1. 1. r/wallstreetbets Influence on the Stock Market

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Gustaf Kinch; Carl Tjernberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Reddit; wallstreetbets WSB ; Stock Return; Sentiment Analysis; Dictionary Analysis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research aims to examine how much impact social media channels have on stock returns during unusual market events. We do this by measuring the sentiment and activity on the Reddit forum wallstreetbets (WSB) regarding some of the six most mentioned companies during the first four months of 2021 and connect this to their relative stock returns. READ MORE

3. 2. $GME To The Moon : Mapping Memetic Discourse as Discursive Strategyin Reddit Trading Community r/WallStreetBets during the GameStop Short Squeeze Saga

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Simon Olofsson; [2021]
   Keywords : internet memes; memetic discourse; Reddit; r wallstreetbets; WSB; GameStop; GME; meme stock; memestock; short squeeze; activist trading; social movements; connective action; critical discourse analysis; CDA;

   Abstract : As social media has emerged to become a key site for contemporary communications and cultural production, the internet meme has penetrated every level of social networking online. Albeit being a global phenomenon with pervasive discursive power in a number of fields ranging from humour to international politics and cyber warfare, comparatively little research has been made into how internet memes work on the discursive level of identity formation and their influence on the formation of internet-based social movements. READ MORE

4. 3. Stocks only go up: Discussions on WallStreetBets and their relationship with stock returns and trading activity

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Julius Döbbe; Philipp Probst; [2021]
   Keywords : WallStreetBets; Reddit; Investor Attention; Stock Returns; Trading Activity;

   Abstract : We investigate the ability of stock ticker mentions on the online message board Reddit WallStreetBets (WSB) to forecast abnormal stock returns and trading activity. By simply counting the number of times a stock is mentioned on WSB, we construct a novel and direct measure of investor attention. In a sample of more than 2,500 U.S. READ MORE

5. 4. The Mobilisation of r/wallstreetbets : A critical discourse analysis of GameStop short squeeze comments

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Emanuel Andersson; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis revolves around the subreddit r/wallstreetbets (WSB) and how members started buying the GameStop stock (GME) to push up the price. This thesis aims to develop an understanding of how WSB was mobilised through internal discourses and what significance social media had as a communication tool in the mobilisation. READ MORE