Stock market is mad enough already11 Feb 2021 07:13
Yes people out there value bitcoin, something without any real value, or buy shares in firms with a PE in the thousands, over commodities that are actually used in real life or earning companies that pay real dividends.
Thought this was funny.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56020950
Buying shares in the wrong company is on the rise according to two leading stock market academics.
The recent Reddit-inspired trading frenzy around GameStop highlighted the mistakes traders can make.
For example, GameStop is listed as GME on the New York Stock Exchange, but there is also an Australian mining stock (GME) that saw a spike in trades.
In January, when Elon Musk tweeted about using a rival messaging app to Whatsapp called Signal, the shares of the unrelated stock Signal Advance went up 1500%.
There was similar confusion over Clubhouse, an invite-only audio chat app, which is also a private company. After Mr Musk tweeted about using Clubhouse, the shares of unrelated media stock Clubhouse Media Group soared 100%.
Last year some investors even mixed up Tesla (TSLA), the electric carmaker run by Mr Musk, with Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA). Both are listed on the US technology-heavy stock exchange Nasdaq.