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 😀😀😀😀✌✌✌✌👍👍🙏🙏

[@ashleykim4713]

please do more! I love your documentaries.

[@divinenwankwo3895]

Finally the last part, thanks for this wonderful documentary

[@ackattack2772]

Well done Ms Meerman! And thank you VPRO!

[@LL-sk3do]

Great series! Super pumped for the final one.

[@the-smarttrader]

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

[@cwstad]

Brillant series, and very well produced, Thanks

[@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.

[@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!

[@MeetJarred]

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

[@nashaddoorson]

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

[@Joshua_bel]

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

[@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"

[@royaltyjc]

Great series. Thank you so much!!

[@billB101]

Amazing documentary, all 6 parts. Thanks.

[@efrainromero3959]

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

[@theignitepowerguy]

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

[@VE_LORD]

Thank you so much for creating this.

[@otayga]

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

[@CHUCKBALLER2024]

i just longed on a 7/7 episode

[@ZenTradeGame]

This was amazing! Thank you!

[@ricka.9977]

Excellent series, hoping for season 2!

[@ShinobiEngineer]

Great documentary series on the subject! 👍👍

[@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.

[@natarajrangayana]

Great stuff! Will be waiting for more Good luck 🎉

[@michaelbryant2071]

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

[@empirestudiosmediagroup8289]

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

[@aronpett]

Mad excellent! Standing ovation. Bravo!

[@real-nigga69]

great series. keep up the good work.

[@nikolatesla5028]

Very beautifully done ! Thanks

[@sethmiller5414]

Excellent video series. Well done,

[@zayedshahriar3588]

Thanx for the doc.

[@KKG3388]

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

[@derikvanrooyen3232]

This series was awesome😎

[@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.

[@saadbenalla3678]

Great documentary 🎉

[@user-kpkxgtj]

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

[@isaac95395]

1:04 i love that sound

[@martinagalaba4299]

What a great documentary ❤

[@estragaki]

Congratulations, excellent documentary, thanks 👍

[@SandeepPillai]

Excellent documentary :)

[@Missyme1978]

Outstanding! 🏆🙏

[@jayantagrawal3576]

This channel deserves millions of subscriber's

[@longboarderanonymous5718]

I would pay for this Series.

[@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 ;)

[@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

[@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!

[@windmill1965]

Bedankt VPRO!

[@olorunsolaademola8576]

Good work ❤

[@khuongdb]

Why i can only see part 6/6?

[@AfricanCryptoWarlord]

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

[@MK_3728]

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

[@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.

[@_DaanP]

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

[@biglux9436]

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

[@torent40]

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

[@mixedmeds]

that's an insult

[@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.

[@TomNook.]

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

[@Sirius-me5zy]

Tesla and elon comes to my mind

[@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.

[@mohammedelqahtani3843]

More more give me more of this

[@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

[@hemantsharma5928]

👍👍👍

[@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.

[@garygolithon9058]

It's far from over.

[@johnd.5601]

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

[@CuchBe]

❤

[@ictMusa_925er]

Yah ne.

[@andreastw3638]

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

[@assmonkey9202]

😐

[@You_Can_Do_If]

short seller is like sport bet

[@kyles2981]

Mink mink mink.. *chicago accent*

[@wzupppp]

Meester schetsers

[@ray-mc-l]

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

[@ceecee6679]

Short sellers are selling what they do not own.

[@MarketHarmony]

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

[@vasupatel8924]

i laughed so hard when drowned, sorry

[@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"