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Investors (or hedge funds) who want to bet against a stock can "sell shorts," or borrow shares of the stock to sell and replace with shares bought later. The investors or hedge funds selling the shorts make money when the stock goes down because they are able to buy their replacement shares at a lower price. But things did not go according to plan for these hedge funds... When the Reddit traders bought up shares and inflated GameStop's share price, the hedge funds that had sold the stock short still had to buy replacement shares to close out their trades. That pushed the stock price even higher, continuing the cycle. On Thursday, the stock closed just above $53. Some of the Reddit traders are still holding despite the gut-wrenching dive down. But the Redditors and the Wall Street giants aren't the only ones who could see a change to their portfolios as a result of last week's events... In fact, you could be affected whether you chose to participate in the gambit or not. 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