Clark County residents play bit parts in GameStop dramaSubscriber Exclusive

By Calley Hair, Columbian staff writer, and

Anthony Macuk, Columbian business reporter

Published: February 7, 2021, 6:04am

Pedestrians pass a GameStop store Thursday in the Manhattan borough of New York. GameStop stock had rocketed from below $20 to more than $400 this month as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who has placed market bets that the stock would fall. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)

When 32-year-old Vancouver resident Brian Geddes began regularly trading stocks on the Robinhood app last year, it was mainly to keep busy after he lost his job in the pandemic. But when he decided to make a bigger bet on video game retail chain GameStop two weeks ago, he felt like he was joining an emerging political movement.