U.S. stock market indexes have experienced a wild swing, and the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ down about 22% YTD for the year. The stock market has reversed on the next day from its Wednesday rally, following Fed Chair Jerome Powell taking75-basis-point rate hike off the table in June.
Jim Paulsen, chief strategist at The Leuthold Group, believes that Tech stocks may be in a bear market but it's still not going to be a burst of market b...

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Bank and airline stocks have just kicked off the first earnings season as the Fed is starting the interest rate hikescycle. Stock traders will face a monthly options expiration estimated at more than $2 trillion this Thursday.
Roughly $495 billion in single-stock derivatives are set to expire Thursday, with another $980 billion of S&P 500-linked contracts and $170 billion in options tied to the $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ all runni...

A short squeeze can occur when a heavily shorted stock rises in value instead of falling. Short sellers could be looking to close out their position and can face a loss if they have to buy back the shares they initially borrowed at a higher price.
Here's a look at Fintel's top five short squeeze candidates for the week of Feb. 14.
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This year's activity coincided with a surge of rookie investors who joined the world of stock trading to ride the historic market rebound. Remote work, stimulus checksandhigher personal savings levels,as well as social media chatrooms only accelerated the boom in retail trading.
The meme stock saga started just days into 2021 when retail traders teamed up on Reddit's WallStreetBets' forum, aiming to bid up $GameStop (GME.US)$'s shares, which were heavily shorted by hedge funds. The retail buying triggered massive short covering among hedge funds that fueled the rally even further.
Trading volume for GameStop and meme stock favorite $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ has faded. About 2.5 million shares of GameStop are changing hands daily based on a 30-day average as of Dec. 22, a fifth of that in January.
--- according to FactSet
Reddit traders also appear less focused on GameStop and AMC, which were the two most-mentioned tickers on WallStreetBets this year.
--- according to data tracker YoloStocks
WallStreetBets mentions for both peaked on Jan. 28 at about 267,000 for GameStop and 47,000 for AMC, but typical days for each over the past few months see hundreds, not thousands, of mentions.
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Despite recent market sell-offs with GameStop and AMC each dipping to their lowest levels in months on Dec.14. But both stocks are up this year, at about 707% and 1,245% as of Dec.27, respectively .
Performance varies for other stocks popular on Reddit message boards. $Koss Corp (KOSS.US)$jumped 285%, $BlackBerry (BB.US)$ was up 43% for the year, while $Tesla (TSLA.US)$added 51%. On the down side, $ContextLogic (WISH.US)$dipped 80%, $Clover Health (CLOV.US)$dropped about 75%. $Palantir (PLTR.US)$ and $Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY.US)$ was down roughly 20% and 10%, respectively.
Source: Reddit, CNBC