Ed Brennen
Because Isaiah Langa â20 studies finance in the Manning School of Business and has been investing on his own for several years, he occasionally receives a text message from a friend or relative seeking advice on a stock pick.
When shares of video game retailer GameStop skyrocketed by more than 2,000% in January, fueled by an online Reddit community of amateur âretailâ investors trading on the popular Robinhood platform, Langaâs phone lit up.   Â
âOne day I got five texts from different people asking me about GameStop,â says Langa, a native of Dracut, Massachusetts, who is completing his Master of Science in Finance this semester after earning his bachelorâs degree in business administration last spring. âIt was interesting to see how many people were involved who werenât typically investors.â