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From broker notes to memes: how the stock market went viral

A screenshot of a meme posted on January 6, 2021 on Instagram by Litquidity about the Capitol Hill rioters and the stock market (PHOTO: Reuters)

“Stocks only go up”, concludes a video montage of televangelists, dancing Ghanaian pallbearers, and Donald Trump’s personal pastor repeatedly saying she can hear the “sound of victory”.

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