GameStop’s Meteoric Rise

Lew W.
3 min readJan 26, 2021

David Beats Goliath at Their Own Game

At the beginning of January 4th, 2021, GameStop’s (GME) stock was at $19. Near the opening of trading on January 25th, it shot up to an unbelievable price near $160! Realistically, this isn’t a common occurrence, but what is more astounding is the reaction to by the media.

One interesting reaction was from Ethan Gach of Kotaku.com stating the “Capitalism is…

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