Īfter a two week break from posting regular updates on his position, Gill posted a new screenshot to r/wallstreetbets on February 19, 2021, showing that he had doubled the number of shares of GameStop he held (raising the total to 100,000). In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Gill said he "wasn't a rabble-rouser out to take on the establishment, just someone who believes investors can find value in unloved stocks". However, the value of the stock continued to fluctuate wildly he lost $15 million in one day, and when markets closed on January 29, The Wall Street Journal confirmed that his brokerage accounts held $33 million. By January 27, according to screenshots he posted on Reddit, Gill's original investment was worth nearly $48 million. Subsequent investment in the stock (and other " meme stocks" such as AMC, BlackBerry, and Nokia) would result in controversy the 2021 GameStop short squeeze would result in several hedge funds and other institutional investors experiencing significant financial difficulty, as well as many retail investors (and other institutional investors) seeing significant gains. Ultimately, Gill's investment in the stock of GameStop (which began in June 2019, when the stock was $5 per share) inspired other posters and readers to invest. During the first days of the valuation spike in late January 2021, hundreds of thousands of people downloaded investment apps like Robinhood to "join the action". Nonetheless, his argument "helped attract a flood of retail cash into GameStop". In a YouTube video, he noted that his argument did not constitute financial advice, saying "I don't provide personal investment advice or stock recommendations during the stream." The position was 50,000 shares and 500 call options. In September 2019, Gill, under the username "u/DeepFuckingValue", posted on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets a screenshot of a trade consisting of a roughly $53,000 long position in GameStop Gill's Reddit posts and YouTube videos argued (through both fundamental and technical analysis) that the stock was undervalued. Gill was employed at MassMutual from April 2019 until his resignation on January 28, 2021. He worked for LexShares until March 2017. As of February 26, 2021, Gill was no longer a registered financial broker January 28 was his last day of employment with MassMutual and a FINRA spokeswoman said, "a person’s registration is terminated when he or she is no longer employed by a registered firm." Between 20 he worked for a family friend at a start-up in New Hampshire, working on a software program to help investors analyze stocks. He was a licensed securities broker registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) since July 2012 with no disclosed regulatory infractions. Gill is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. He married his wife, Caroline, in 2016 they have one child. Gill was named the indoor athlete of the year in 2008 by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association after he won the 1,000-meter race at the New England Championships with a time of 2:24.73, and recorded a personal best time of 4:03 in the mile that year. He graduated from Stonehill College in 2009 and holds several school records in track and field. He had two siblings his sister died in 2020. Keith Gill was born on June 8, 1986, to Steven and Elaine Gill, and was raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. Gill testified he "did not solicit anyone to buy or sell the stock for own profit." Gill gave testimony as part of a virtual hearing held by the US House Financial Services Committee on Februas part of a discussion about when "short sellers, social media, and retail investors collide". Reuters revealed his identity to the public on January 28, 2021, after an investigation of public records and social-media posts. His Reddit username derives from the investing term deep value, as Gill claims to be a proponent of value investing. Gill's posts were described as "forthright, spreadsheet-laden content". The rising stock value allowed Gill to turn a US$53,000 investment into one worth close to $50 million (as of January 28, 2021). His analyses of GameStop stock, and details of his resulting investment gains-posted on Reddit under the username DeepFuckingValue ( DFV) and on YouTube and Twitter as Roaring Kitty-were cited as a driving factor in the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021, and as a spark for the subsequent trading frenzy in retail stocks. Keith Patrick Gill (born 1986) is an American financial analyst and investor known for his posts on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets. Involvement in the GameStop short squeeze
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