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ASX surges 1% on Wall Street gains – Yahoo Finance Australia

Retail investors on WallStreetBets have claimed silver as their next victim in the war on hedge funds.

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(Bloomberg) — So much for a calm 2021. January kicked off with chaotic markets as Reddit-inspired retail investors banded together to spark a rally in beleaguered stocks that were among the most-shorted in hedge fund land.Now, details of the damage are coming in. Melvin Capital Management took the biggest known hit thus far, sinking 53% after its aggressive and leveraged short on GameStop Corp. Maplelane Capital fell 45% through Jan. 27, Bloomberg reported. Other funds have been dragged down by…

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