The meme stock era, led by Keith Gill, aka “Roaring Kitty,” seemed to have come and gone — until this week, when he reemerged on social media. It was enough to send shares in GameStop and AMC on a wild ride again, conjuring memories of 2021’s meme stock mania.

So what’s really going on? On today’s episode, Bloomberg’s Money Stuff columnist Matt Levine schools us in Meme Financial Markets — and breaks down for host David Gura what these wild moves mean for anyone interested in putting money in the stock market.

Read more: GameStop Is Back!?

The meme stock era, led by Keith Gill, aka “Roaring Kitty,” seemed to have come and gone — until this week, when he reemerged on social media. It was enough to send shares in GameStop and AMC on a wild ride again, conjuring memories of 2021’s meme stock mania. So what’s really going on? On today’s episode, Bloomberg’s Money Stuff columnist Matt Levine schools us in Meme Financial Markets — and breaks down for host David Gura what these wild moves mean for anyone interested in putting money in the stock market. Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-13/gamestop-is-back?srnd=undefined">GameStop Is Back!?</a>

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The Stock Market After GameStop (Again)

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A race is on to map millions of farms around the globe – all in the hopes of saving the world’s forests. A new EU deforestation regulation requires companies to prove their goods don’t contain products grown on deforested land. But that’s no easy task. And billions of dollars in global trade are at stake.
On today’s Big Take podcast: Bloomberg Global Food Tsar Agnieszka de Sousa breaks down just what’s in these new rules – and why the price of everything from cocoa to coffee and lipstick to tires could rise.

The Little-Known Green Rule That Could Increase Prices on Everything From Lipstick to Coffee

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A New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former US president to be convicted of a felony.
Bloomberg legal reporter David Voreacos, who has been following the case from inside the courthouse, and Washington Bureau senior editor Wendy Benjaminson join host David Gura to discuss the trial, its historic outcome and how this could shape the rest of the 2024 election cycle.

Trump’s Historic Guilty Verdict and What It Means for 2024

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Law professor and author Dan Farber joins Big Take DC host Saleha Mohsin on the powers and limits of the US president, how they’ve evolved since the country’s founding, and what’s at stake if a Commander-in-Chief ignores the office’s unwritten rules and precedents.

Read more: A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’

The US government was built on a system of checks and balances. But there’s always been a tug of war over just how much power the president has — on paper and in practice.
Law professor and author Dan Farber joins Big Take DC host Saleha Mohsin on the powers and limits of the US president, how they’ve evolved since the country’s founding, and what’s at stake if a Commander-in-Chief ignores the office’s unwritten rules and precedents.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-21/voters-fear-trump-won-t-leave-if-he-wins-2024-presidential-election?srnd=undefined">A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’</a>

Just How Powerful Is the US President?

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The Stock Market After GameStop (Again)

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