what s the story to you? - [sighs] i think the story is abouta group of idiots, a very large group of idiots, who just got fed upwith the world, got fedup with being told go to college,get a job, make a living. frankly,that s just not realistic for our generation. you know,it is really frustrating. the boomers,they think we re lazy. you know the whole term, pull up your bootstrapsand work hard and you get the same lifethat they had? no. the world is very,very different these days. hell, the next pandemicin 2025 might wipe us all out anyways. i ain t got timeto wait for retirement. you got to will itinto existence. life s just not fair.the world is a harsh place and the stock market was justthe purest form of yolo. [music playing] reporter: stocks up againthis morning, 12%. short sellerscontinue to get hurt by the thread wallstreetbets and other retail [interposing voices] reporter: all this whiningby wall street, it s making me sick. reporter: this is populismcoming for capi
total market fund, right? at this point, i had neverinvested anything, ever. - so i was spending every day just kind oflooking at numbers and seeing portfolioson the phone. and it s like,ok, so airbnb is, like, $176. under armour is $17. and i m looking at thesethings and i m like, well, what can istart investing in? matt kelly:i was on reddit looking atall these different things, and then i started comingacross wallstreetbets. [typing noise] - so i m on reddit and it slike r/wallstreetbets, like the slash. and i m like, well,what s wallstreetbets? [music playing] man:dear viewer, do you money? do you like money?does your money like money? does your money want to makesweet lovins with other money and have beautifulmoney babies?
matt kelly:i was on reddit looking atall these different things, and then i started comingacross wallstreetbets. [typing noise] - so i m on reddit and it slike r/wallstreetbets, like the slash. and i m like, well,what s wallstreetbets? [music playing] man:dear viewer, do you money? do you like money?does your money like money? does your money want to makesweet lovins with other money and have beautifulmoney babies? do you haveinvestment accounts you don t understand or pay attention to becauseyour meaningless desk job is all the excitementyou need? or are you atrader? [interposing voices] matt kelly:i loved the sentiment of wallstreetbets.i loved it.
at this point, i had neverinvested anything, ever. - so i was spending every day just kind oflooking at numbers and seeing portfolioson the phone. and it s like,ok, so airbnb is, like, $176. under armour is $17. and i m looking at thesethings and i m like, well, what can istart investing in? matt kelly:i was on reddit looking atall these different things, and then i started comingacross wallstreetbets. [typing noise] - so i m on reddit and it slike r/wallstreetbets, like the slash. and i m like, well,what s wallstreetbets? [music playing] man:dear viewer, do you money? do you like money?does your money like money? does your money want to makesweet lovins with other money and have beautifulmoney babies?
[typing noise] - so i m on reddit and it slike r/wallstreetbets, like the slash. and i m like, well,what s wallstreetbets? [music playing] man:dear viewer, do you money? do you like money?does your money like money? does your money want to makesweet lovins with other money and have beautifulmoney babies? do you haveinvestment accounts you don t understand or pay attention to becauseyour meaningless desk job is all the excitementyou need? or are you atrader? [interposing voices] matt kelly:i loved the sentiment of wallstreetbets.i loved it. i was like,these guys are fucking nuts. [music playing]