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Meme‑stock rallies gave retail traders a louder voice, but institutional participants still dominate price formation
  • Nang notes that before meme stocks, retail was seen as “uninformed”.
  • The GameStop episode showed that coordinated retail buying can move a thin‑float stock.
  • However, for large‑cap, high‑liquidity stocks, retail volume is still too small to affect price materially.
  • Institutions have adapted by monitoring retail sentiment but continue to rely on fundamentals and order‑flow advantages.
Rishi NangTitans Of Tomorrow01:17:36

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Before Wall Street Bets and the meme stock thing, retail traders were viewed as uninformed. Rishi Nang
GameStop only goes up because people keep buying it. It's not like fundamentally the thing deserves to be higher. Rishi Nang

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