Before inviting Buffett to dinner, the young man had already bought those stocks at a low price and cashed out at the peak, making far more money than what it cost to treat Buffett to a meal.
It was after that event Buffett clearly stipulated that stock-related topics were forbidden during his meal engagements.
Everyone in the stock-trading community knew about this.
However, even those not involved in trading knew that not long ago, to ensure that a certain star got more screen time, middle-aged men had managed to drive up the stock of that toilet company by several times.
Jie Qingshuai, who claimed to be a billionaire, caused the stock of a company he had previously worked for to skyrocket for several days.
The same principle applied to all these incidents.
Today was no different,
After Musk's tweet was widely reported, GameStop's stock began to surge upwards without any pause.
