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GameStop attracts large investors as shorts back off

Thanks to retailer's new strategy, analysts see revenue on track for fourth straight year of growth

Published Sun, Mar 20, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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GAMESTOP, one of the most shorted US stocks, has started to attract institutional buyers and dissuade some traders betting against it as it fights off a consumer shift toward downloading video games and its depressed share price stabilises.

Shares of the retailer dropped from US$46 to US$25 in the two months through mid-January and then recovered to just over US$30, where they've hovered steadily in recent weeks.

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