GameStop shares have soared 1,700 percent as millions of small investors, egged on by social media, employ a classic Wall Street tactic to put the squeeze — on Wall Street.

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AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.’s stock price tripled in premarket trading and was on course to erase its pandemic-induced slump, aided by optimism around a recent fundraising. The cinema operator is...

Citing ‘recent volatility’ in the market

Robinhood raised $1 billion from existing investors just hours after it halted purchases of GameStop, suggesting the free-trading app faced a potential cash shortage.

The Wallstreetbets subreddit are furious after Robinhood stopped allowing trading on GameStop. Here’s how the “commission free” investing app makes money.

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The story of how GameStop’s stock went from under $20 to above $500 in days is one of separating the rich (Wall Street pros) from their money. But we may be overlooking the darker elements of their...

The trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum and “Roaring Kitty” on YouTube helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn’t expect this.”

This trader is a millionaire on paper after taking a risk buying GameStop stock. Now he and many in the subreddit Wallstreetbets are holding on for more gains.

Our financial markets are usually stabilized by rational investors, but the GameStop speculators seem determined to change that.

Silver prices leapt to a five-month high on Monday and small silver miners listed in Australia surged after social media calls to buy the metal and emulate the frenzy that has driven GameStop shares...

A look at the latest market action as day traders drive big swings in GameStop, AMC Entertainment and the silver market

The Reddit forum that helped kick off the frenzy has given way to anxiety, financial bloodshed and infighting: This is not a “Disney ferry ‘One-Wish-comes-true’ show,” one poster said. “This is the...

Top news and what to watch in the markets on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.

If the sentiments of online crowds can define U.S. markets, the economy itself may be vulnerable.

"The classic pattern of past squeezes include a quick rise, and a quick fall," a strategist said. When the squeeze is done, everyone sells at the same time.

Hedge funds, investment bankers and other institutional investors are desperate to find the next GameStop -- before it's too late.

Beyond the handful of smaller stocks roiled by the Reddit crowd last week, selling pressure has dissipated.

Last week, the stock hit $483. It’s now $53.

The Treasury Secretary met with her fellow regulators to discuss whether markets need new attention after the rise of so-called “meme stocks.”

Data shows institutional investors as drivers of some of the wild price action in GameStop last week.