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In investing, a "squeeze" typically refers to times when rapid price movements in a company's stock force investors to make changes in their investment positions that they otherwise wouldn't. Those

AT&T (NYSE: T) made a big bet with HBO Max. The company spent $2 billion getting the expanded HBO service off the ground in 2020, and it didn't have much to show for it in the first six months of

Shares of Zymeworks (NYSE: ZYME) are crashing today, down by 23.7% as of 11:20 a.m. EST, after the company announced data late on Wednesday from the dose-escalation portion of a phase 1 study

Agricultural, gardening, and country lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) reported its fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2020 results this morning, beating analyst consensus in

It may seem lame by this week's short-squeezing standards, but a week ago there was an interesting contrast in fuboTV's (NYSE: FUBO) analyst activity. One Wall Street pro (Barrington Research

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) fell sharply on Thursday, declining as much as 7.3% at one point. As of 11:15 a.m. EST, however, the stock was down only 2.4%.

The growth stock's decline follows the

Extreme volatility caused trading halts for several popular stocks on Thursday morning. Among them were video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME), movie theater company AMC Entertainment Holdings

Shares of precious metals miner Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) rocketed 19% in the first few minutes of trading on Jan. 28. Hecla Mining's (NYSE: HL) stock did better, up 20%. Shares of Endeavour Silver

Retirement provides a host of benefits, such as not having to set the alarm clock or deal with the daily grind. It also means your investment approach has likely changed. You are probably looking at

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) was trading higher Thursday as the company posted earnings that beat analysts' estimates in the fourth quarter.

Net income was down about 15% in the quarter year over year to

Rising price targets on Wall Street pushed fuel cell stock Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) higher in Wednesday-morning trading (up 3.5% as of 10:30 a.m. EST). Shares of rival fuel cell company FuelCell

Cryptocurrency specialist Silvergate Capital (NYSE: SI) saw its stock appreciate more than any other bank in 2020, growing 367% last year. With the stock continuing to rise in 2021, Silvergate, a

Game and consumer electronics retailer GameStop has undergone a spectacular short squeeze recently, with its stocks exploding from approximately $40 a week ago to over $260 currently. Hedge funds

Futu Holdings (NASDAQ: FUTU) has been on a remarkable run since late December, with its stock price up 350% from the end of December to its high on Monday morning, far outperforming the financial

Shares of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) were jumping 7.6% higher as of 10:53 a.m. EST on Thursday. The big gain came after Raymond James analysts upped the price target for the stock to $126

One of the first start-ups to be hailed as a "Tesla killer" is finally going public. 

California-based Faraday Future said on Thursday that it has agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition

Last year was extraordinary for the mortgage banking sector. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark interest rates to the floor in order to support the economy. In

Recent events have thrust the practice of selling a stock short into the spotlight. With companies like GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings seeing their shares soar as the result of

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) are both household names for designers and media professionals. Adobe's creative software products -- including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator

Altria Group (NYSE: MO) reported its cigarette business has held up spectacularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with fourth-quarter sales rising 5% to $6.3 billion and handily beating analyst

GameStop's (NYSE: GME) share price is up over 670% in the last five days alone. Fueling the rise is a group of individual traders who use social media sites like Reddit, Discord, Facebook, and

Shares of American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) jumped as much as 30% higher on Thursday morning following the airline's fourth-quarter earnings announcement. The results came in a bit better than

Heico (NYSE: HEI) has been an outstanding stock -- up 843% in the last decade -- and it's a great company with exciting growth prospects. However, do these characteristics add up to make the stock a

So far, 2021 has been the year of the "short squeeze," with some select unloved companies finding new life. That has created some excessive trading hype for these companies.

Shorting a stock means

Before the market opens next Monday, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) will release its financial results for the holiday quarter. It is a big quarter for the company, as the holiday season in December