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

[@philippeturco4670]

As a matter of fact tesla will go bankrupt sooner or later😂😂

[@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 😀😀😀😀✌✌✌✌👍👍🙏🙏

[@divinenwankwo3895]

Finally the last part, thanks for this wonderful documentary

[@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.

[@LL-sk3do]

Great series! Super pumped for the final one.

[@empirestudiosmediagroup8289]

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

[@cwstad]

Brillant series, and very well produced, Thanks

[@MentesenotKibebew]

every second is worth watching, really appreciate for all of the participants for providing this amazing gem.

[@longboarderanonymous5718]

I would pay for this Series.

[@otayga]

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

[@ZenTradeGame]

This was amazing! Thank you!

[@Shaiyid]

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

[@GreenFarmer_97]

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!

[@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.

[@atthetalk]

a great documentary I have ever seen, it touches all aspects of the finance industry and leaves nothing on the side but everything on the table and it will be your judgment at the end on how to receive it

[@jayantagrawal3576]

This channel deserves millions of subscriber's

[@MeetJarred]

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

[@michaelbryant2071]

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

[@KKG3388]

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

[@efrainromero3959]

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

[@arrcee8396]

Much appreciated. Thanks you for a masterful series. Bravo!

[@ricka.9977]

Excellent series, hoping for season 2!

[@isaac95395]

1:04 i love that sound

[@billB101]

Amazing documentary, all 6 parts. Thanks.

[@theignitepowerguy]

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

[@michaelkaastrup5429]

Great series. Keep up the great work.

[@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..

[@royaltyjc]

Great series. Thank you so much!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@_DaanP]

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

[@VE_LORD]

Thank you so much for creating this.

[@user-kpkxgtj]

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

[@derikvanrooyen3232]

This series was awesome😎

[@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.

[@saadbenalla3678]

Great documentary 🎉

[@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 ;)

[@SandeepPillai]

Excellent documentary :)

[@aronpett]

Mad excellent! Standing ovation. Bravo!

[@martinagalaba4299]

What a great documentary ❤

[@sethmiller5414]

Excellent video series. Well done,

[@gaberoyalll]

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

[@nikolatesla5028]

Very beautifully done ! Thanks

[@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"

[@ShinobiEngineer]

Great documentary series on the subject! 👍👍

[@windmill1965]

Bedankt VPRO!

[@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

[@estragaki]

Congratulations, excellent documentary, thanks 👍

[@musicjuly3415]

There are no rich short sellers. The famous ones are simply hedge fund managers who got rich from management fees skimmed off the total funds under management. John Hempton is no exception and made his money from management fees and an inflated salary.

[@natarajrangayana]

Great stuff! Will be waiting for more Good luck 🎉

[@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.

[@biglux9436]

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

[@MK_3728]

It would be cool if you do season 2 and its all about traders such navinder sarao by interviewing them❤

[@Missyme1978]

Outstanding! 🏆🙏

[@KK-pm7ud]

How much did the two Gamestop traders make? I didn't see it in the video. Did I miss it?

[@khuongdb]

Why i can only see part 6/6?

[@CHUCKBALLER2024]

i just longed on a 7/7 episode

[@zayedshahriar3588]

Thanx for the doc.

[@olorunsolaademola8576]

Good work ❤

[@torent40]

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

[@mixedmeds]

that's an insult

[@AfricanCryptoWarlord]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@renecouture3719]

Interesting documentary. They do have a bit of a negative spin on finance. They kinda failed to mention how you need to raise millions of dollars to build the factory, or power plant, etc...

[@MarketHarmony]

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

[@Sirius-me5zy]

Tesla and elon comes to my mind

[@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.

[@casevanrij6977]

Vpro is Dutch original content

[@andreastw3638]

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

[@assmonkey9202]

😐

[@TomNook.]

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

[@mohammedelqahtani3843]

More more give me more of this

[@garygolithon9058]

It's far from over.

[@ceecee6679]

Short sellers are selling what they do not own.

[@You_Can_Do_If]

short seller is like sport bet

[@hemantsharma5928]

👍👍👍

[@wzupppp]

Meester schetsers

[@kyles2981]

Mink mink mink.. *chicago accent*

[@CuchBe]

❤

[@ictMusa_925er]

Yah ne.

[@vasupatel8924]

i laughed so hard when drowned, sorry

[@rhrh9128]

Sounds like they were a target.

[@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"