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Robinhood, GameStop rebellion brutally crushed by Wall Street

Robinhood’s horror financials, cratering valuation, falling user numbers and practice of selling clients’ trades suggests retail still can’t beat The Street.

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Retail traders’ attempts to overthrow the Wall Street establishment have reached a disastrous end as whipsawed Robinhood users leave the trading platform nursing huge losses on the back of a tech stock crash.

On Friday, Robinhood reported revenues from equities trading plummeted 73 per cent over the March 2022 quarter versus the prior year period fuelled by a 20-fold rise in GameStop shares and collective delusion that making money in the sharemarket is easy.

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Tom Richardson writes and comments on markets including equities, debt, crypto, software, banking, payments, and regulation. He worked in asset management at Bank of New York Mellon and is a member of the CFA Society of the UK as a holder of the Investment Management Certificate. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.richardson@afr.com

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