Facebook Renaming Itself To Meta Causes 18% Spike In Unrelated Stock
Facebook Renaming Itself To Meta Causes 18% Spike In Unrelated Stock
Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ:FB) announcement of its name change to Meta caused the shares of an unrelated company with a similar name, Meta Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:MMAT), to surge on Thursday.
Facebook先生(納斯達克股票代碼：FB)宣佈更名為梅塔導致一家名稱相似的無關公司的股票，Meta Materials Inc.(納斯達克股票代碼：MMAT)，週四將大幅上漲。
What Happened: Shares of Meta Materials, a Canada-based materials technology company, gained 4.8% in the regular trading session to $4.56 and further rose almost 18% in the after-hours session to $5.38.
發生的事情：的股份總部位於加拿大的材料技術公司Meta Materials在常規交易時段上漲4.8%，至4.56美元，盤後交易中進一步上漲近18%，至5.38美元。
The stock surged as investors seemed to have confused Meta Materials with Facebook’s new name.
由於投資者似乎將Meta Materials與Facebook的新名稱搞混了，該股大漲。
Meta Materials is unrelated to Facebook. The company says on its website that its technology platform encompasses three core capabilities - holography, lithography, and wireless sensing.
Meta Materials與Facebook無關。該公司在其網站上表示，其技術平臺包括三個核心能力-全息、光刻和無線傳感。
The company’s CEO George Palikaras took to Twitter to welcome Facebook to the Metaverse.
該公司的首席執行官喬治·帕利卡拉斯在推特上歡迎Facebook加入Metaverse。
On behalf of @Metamaterialtec I would like to cordially welcome @Facebook to the #metaverse. #GoBeyond $MMAT #AR #VR Meta, meet META® :-) https://t.co/8gOgkYTvSl pic.twitter.com/2i2PMKwzFA
— George Palikaras (@palikaras) October 28, 2021
我謹代表@Metamaterialtec熱烈歡迎@Facebook加入#metaverse。#GoBeyond$MMAT#AR#VR Meta，Meet META®：-)https://t.co/8gOgkYTvSl pic.twitter.com/2i2PMKwzFA
-喬治·帕利卡拉斯(@Palikaras)2021年10月28日
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Why It Matters: The rally in shares of Meta Materials is similar to the surge in shares of Signal Advance Inc. (OTC:SIGL) in January after Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk tweeted a message of support for the encrypted messaging app Signal.
重要的原因：Meta Materials股價的漲勢類似於蘋果股價的飆升Signal Advance Inc.(場外交易：SIGL)在1月份之後特斯拉公司(Tesla Inc.)(納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA)首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克在推特上發佈了一條消息，表示支持這款加密消息應用程序訊號.
Investors also mistakenly bought shares of a Chinese company called Zoom Technologies Inc. (OTC:ZTNO) when the more familiar video conferencing platform Zoom Video Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:ZM) went public in April 2019.
投資者還錯誤地買入了一家名為Zoom Technologies Inc.(場外交易代碼：ZTNO)當人們更熟悉的視頻會議平臺Zoom視頻通訊。(納斯達克股票代碼：ZM)該公司於2019年4月上市。
Meta Materials has attracted interest from Reddit's r/WallStreetBets forum and other online investment communities as the stock is seen as a potential short squeeze candidate.
Meta Materials吸引了Reddit的興趣R/WallStreetBets論壇和其他在線投資社區，因為該股被視為潛在的做空候選者。
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