GameStop stock plummets as ‘Roaring Kitty’ rambles on live stream

The influential investor’s widely anticipated live stream started 25 minutes late, with pounding drums and pictures of cats.

Suddenly the music gave way to a high-pitched drone as Keith Gill, the stock trader known as “Roaring Kitty,” appeared on camera. Wearing sunglasses and bandages — he never explained why, other than to say they were just for show — he cracked open a beer and spoke to hundreds of thousands of viewers who tuned in for investing advice — and instead got a rambling soliloquy that was light on financials.