Bubbles and Crashes | Planet Finance (6/6)

The so-called shortsellers live off the mistakes of others. They win when others lose. A shortseller benefits from the fact that many investors are guided by the delusion of the day. The events at three famous companies popular among investors, the Flemish Lernout & Hauspie, the German Wirecard and the American Gamestop, show the forces the shortseller encounters when going against the emotions of the masses.
In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?
Written & directed by Marije Meerman
Research: Sasha Ourikh Marijntje Denters, Maarten Mosselman, Piet Ruig, Pieter Wibaut, Betsy van Drie
Cinematography: Anna Howard acs, Brad Harris, Velinda Warwell acs, Stef Tijdink, Christiaan Paulusse
Sound: Philip Myers, Alex Booy, Mark Witte, Fokke van Saane
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director Australia: Kathryn Millis acs
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot the director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: ZDF/ARTE Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen
Thanks to Lucas Hempton, Thomas Spence, Jürgen Crombez, Julian Winkler, Paul Breyne, Esther Kokkelmans, Peter van Dam, Anton Schultz, Moritz Enninger, Jarah Keenan, SAS Waratah Tasmania, Tod Marshall, Scott Mc Laughlin, Adam Bloom, Leigh Walters, Rowing Australia, Jarrah Keenan, Roderik Boyd, Joshua Mitts, Fahmi Quadir, Carson Block, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Mariska Schneider, Sharon Yosef, Vian Paashuis, Koos van de Merbel, Brigit Dopheide, Petra Vermeulen, Maasja Ooms, Rik Meier, Marleen Stikker, Floris-Jan van Luyn
Archive: VRT-beeldarchief, @dylanlockemp3 (KZbin), Woestijnvis, ZDF Wirecard, Pond5, AFP, Reddit / Dotton Creative, CNN, @ILikesTheMusic (KZbin)
Presale: VRT
Planet Finance is produced by VPRO in co-production with ZDF and in collaboration with ARTE
This series was created with the support of NPO-fonds & CoBo
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[@editorjohn8803]

Can we have season 2? This should definitely be an ongoing series. Some people hate short sellers, but they will do the work that the SEC are often too lazy to do. Some of the biggest criminals in the stock market have been put away only because of short sellers

[@p.m.8316]

true

[@ruatapungawhare-pounamu4050]

Agreed, it would garner more subscribers.

[@effexon]

as they mentioned wirecard hype as early red flag, comes to mind how elon musk companies, eg tesla mostly always had hype and also shortsellers... idk what they did to protect company from crashing but it was close they admitted

[@emmosea]

I third this ... I binge watched the WHOLE series in 3 days - actually my time was well spent - thank you VPRO

[@ThatonedudeCR12956]

This is actually a legitimately decent way to look at it that I’ve never even considered.

[@ZzZzZiggy]

Few TV shows have grabbed me as much as this series has, let alone other documentaries. The writing, the cinematography, the music - spectacular work!👏👏👏

[@TheRandomDave]

This was such a fantastic and interesting series. I really appreciate all the hard work that went into producing it. Thank you VPRO!

[@bornleader180174]

WATCHED ALL THE DOCUMENTARIES BY HONORABLE & RESPECTABLE Marije Meerman ALL PARTS 1,2,3,4,5,6 ARE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AND FANTASTIC ..SINCE I AM TRADER , INVESTORS AND STUDENT OF FINANCE ..I REALLY LOVED IT ..HOPE HONOURABLE and RESPECTABLE Marije Meerman MAKES MORE SUCH DOCUMENTARIES 😀😀😀😀✌✌✌✌👍👍🙏🙏

[@ackattack2772]

Well done Ms Meerman! And thank you VPRO!

[@the-smarttrader]

This documentary is so interesting, I watched all episodes within 24hrs though while keeping eyes on the chart 🤗

[@ashleykim4713]

please do more! I love your documentaries.

[@TomNook.]

Altogether now NEVER INVEST MONEY YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE

[@divinenwankwo3895]

Finally the last part, thanks for this wonderful documentary

[@cwstad]

Brillant series, and very well produced, Thanks

[@LL-sk3do]

Great series! Super pumped for the final one.

[@vetrecaGOD]

Outstanding well-presented and fine-tuned series. A matter that every human being has to have at least basic knowledge of. Planet Finance makes you ask questions you've never thought you'd want answered. Thank you.

[@MeetJarred]

Been waiting for this!! GREAT way to start my weekend!! THANK YOU VPRO!!🎉

[@tanoalcanoni]

La mejor serie que he visto en mi vida. Tocó todos los putnos y hasta los oscuros. Realmente genial, mis aplausos como Trader a los creadores de esta obra maestra!

[@nashaddoorson]

By far one of the best documentaries on finance ever! Very insightful!

[@otayga]

Thankyou for an amazing series, look so forward to the next chapter. I really hope this wins an award for great journalism.

[@efrainromero3959]

This series is fantastic!!!❤ sooooooo underrated. I'm gonna share

[@royaltyjc]

Great series. Thank you so much!!

[@theignitepowerguy]

Brilliant series. Recommended to my friends as one of the best docs have seen.

[@michaelbryant2071]

Truly one of the most entertaining and informative documentary series l have ever watched. Bravo.

[@ricka.9977]

Excellent series, hoping for season 2!

[@VE_LORD]

Thank you so much for creating this.

[@ZenTradeGame]

This was amazing! Thank you!

[@ShinobiEngineer]

Great documentary series on the subject! 👍👍

[@nikolatesla5028]

Very beautifully done ! Thanks

[@empirestudiosmediagroup8289]

I learned so much from this series, thank you for the information.

[@MinotauroTrading]

What a great documentary!!!!!!!! Thank you for doing it. Game stop was a way to get back at them big banks who profited out of all the hard work people back in 08. It was a big move done right. That chart shows a big middle finger to the banks.

[@user-kpkxgtj]

Finally 🎉🎉😂 I've been waiting for this one.

[@sethmiller5414]

Excellent video series. Well done,

[@KKG3388]

A great piece of work uncovering the shadowy world of finance! Magnum opus!

[@natarajrangayana]

Great stuff! Will be waiting for more Good luck 🎉

[@real-nigga69]

great series. keep up the good work.

[@issacharmetztli2467]

1:04 i love that sound

[@aronpett]

Mad excellent! Standing ovation. Bravo!

[@derikvanrooyen3232]

This series was awesome😎

[@saadbenalla3678]

Great documentary 🎉

[@FrustrejszynCios]

@vprodocumentary Thank you for that documentary, exceptionally well done. May I ask why parts 1-5 of Planet Finance have not been made available in Poland? According to YT it was your decision.

[@zayedshahriar3588]

Thanx for the doc.

[@estragaki]

Congratulations, excellent documentary, thanks 👍

[@SandeepPillai]

Excellent documentary :)

[@longboarderanonymous5718]

I would pay for this Series.

[@jayantagrawal3576]

This channel deserves millions of subscriber's

[@den_pono]

"The desire to be rich encourages people to be stupid, if people didn't do stupid things then there'd be no role for me"

[@v1tal_c]

Outstanding series! Hope to watch new chapters in the near future! Crypto, metaverse and NFT can make for another 2 episodes at least ;)

[@martinagalaba4299]

What a great documentary ❤

[@stanmaxie8117]

Wow wow wow. The intro on this series is so well thought of you'd think its a Hollywood production. Congratulations good show. Season 2 please..

[@gaberoyalll]

The video production and information is top notch very 😎 cool!

[@crebspark]

Hi Marije, could you please do a feature about the crypto market and which other markets can influence it. Maybe also other factors that influences it. thanks a lot cheers

[@Missyme1978]

Outstanding! 🏆🙏

[@_DaanP]

Wirecard went from $0 to $0.03 when this episode was released, 30,000% gain 👀

[@effexon]

I saw some doc of wirecard case but this document has way more interesting info, details and plot twists than mainstream dry financial documentaries. I get german channel cant touch this sensitive topic as politics and whatnot were involved.

[@olorunsolaademola8576]

Good work ❤

[@biglux9436]

Great series! I’m about to go do my part & punt bitcoin on the 1min chart

[@CHUCKBALLER2024]

i just longed on a 7/7 episode

[@windmill1965]

Bedankt VPRO!

[@AfricanCryptoWarlord]

Smash Face On Like Button... These videos keep us at home & stop us from doing naughty things on the weekend.

[@floridahummer]

great documentary, can we have more?

[@vprodocumentary]

Isn't a six-part series not enough? ;)

[@windmill1965]

@@vprodocumentary Nee, we willen meer...

[@alien8180]

​@@vprodocumentaryof course not.

[@khuongdb]

Why i can only see part 6/6?

[@andreastw3638]

It smell somethin fishy here... ow we got Angela Mackerel no wonder.... 😂😂

[@Sirius-me5zy]

Tesla and elon comes to my mind

[@mohammedelqahtani3843]

More more give me more of this

[@MadHuntedMan]

There is one company in India named Adani Enterprises. Its a huge company with political support but the fundamentals of the company are horriffic.

[@johnd.5601]

Short is the norm, not long. Pessimism is all the rage! It's the super cool trend.

[@hemantsharma5928]

👍👍👍

[@torent40]

This is Netflix, Amazon Prime production quality level! Amazing job Vpro!!! Well done!!!

[@mixedmeds]

that's an insult

[@garygolithon9058]

It's far from over.

[@CuchBe]

❤

[@destinyglitches9519]

11:42 tech companies exaggerate products all the time to garner investment to complete the product. Apple did this with the iphone demo. Surely, there must be more to the story, but this part I’m conflicted on.

[@You_Can_Do_If]

short seller is like sport bet

[@kyles2981]

Mink mink mink.. *chicago accent*

[@wzupppp]

Meester schetsers

[@stocktradingmastery]

Short selling is for fools . You can make a lot more money buying low and selling high than Shorting high and buying back low. The simple reason for this is that you can buy more shares at a cheaper price and less shares at a higher price with the same amount of money .

[@yisabc1]

But shares can fall way faster than rise

[@ray-mc-l]

24:03 anyone else pause it to see his search history?

[@ceecee6679]

Short sellers are selling what they do not own.

[@ictMusa_925er]

Yah ne.

[@vasupatel8924]

i laughed so hard when drowned, sorry

[@MarketHarmony]

Nobody wants to read subtitles. This documentary series was not nice to watch for a story, but the information was well compiled

[@rhrh9128]

Sounds like they were a target.

[@alxmtncstudio2066]

It's always funny to see documentaries stolen from ARTE and then praised in the USA as theirs. Cause none of your channels can even match the quality of European's channel ARTE.

[@dylanmenzies3973]

Who is the real psychopath here?

[@semiravdic1144]

"Whatever loans you give, ˹only˺ seeking interest at the expense of people’s wealth will not increase with Allah. But whatever charity you give, ˹only˺ seeking the pleasure of Allah-it is they whose reward will be multiplied." "Qur'an - Surah Ar-Rum 39.-th ayah"