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 is a look at Fintel's top five short squeeze candidates for the week of Dec. 27.
$Biofrontera (BFRI.US)$ $Reliance Global Group (RELI.US)$ $Petros Pharmaceuticals (PTPI.US)$ $Qualigen Therapeutics (QLGN.US)$ $Inspira Technologies Oxy (IINN.US)$
Mooers, let's look for the next  $GameStop (GME.US)$ or  $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$. 

Stock rally may continue in Asia after U.S. record
A global advance in stocks looked set to continue in Asia on Friday on optimism that the world economy will shrug off the outbreak of the omicron virus strain and keep expanding next year.
Australian shares climbed, while futures for Japan and Hong Kong rose. The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ hit a record, with nearly all major sectors in the green. Volumes have thinned and a number of markets are closed or operating with reduced hours on Christmas Eve.
Hedge funds kick risk addiction at end of crazy year for stocks
Calm has finally come to a stock market that for weeks had been swinging violently. Bulls who hung tough are ending the year on firm footing after a frenzied off-loading of risk by professional speculators.
December's big sellers were hedge funds, which, chastened by wrong-way bets on high-flying software firms, spent the month slashing high-momentum trades. It helped make this one of the most volatile year-ends for big-cap tech in the past decade, with the absolute size of close-to-close moves in the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ clocking in around 1.4%.
Consumer sentiment in U.S. increases on improved outlooks
U.S. consumer sentiment increased in December from a month earlier as households grew more upbeat about the economy and the outlook for their finances.
The University of Michigan's final sentiment index increased to 70.6 during the month from a decade-low of 67.4 in November, data released Thursday showed. Interviews for the latest report were conducted Nov. 22 through Dec. 20.
SEC spurns crypto industry again, denying two spot-bitcoin ETFs
Regulators rejected a pair of proposals to offer physically-backed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, handing crypto enthusiasts a proverbial bag of coal ahead of the Christmas holiday.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday that the proposals from Valkyrie Investments and Kryptoin failed to meet requirements to prevent fraudulent and manipulative practices that are needed to protect investors. The earlier-than-expected decision from the SEC could suggest a 2022 approval for a pure Bitcoin fund may not be in the cards either.
Jack Dorsey blocked on Twitter by Marc Andreessen after Web3 comments
The block comes after Dorsey criticized the venture capital industry and made several remarks about Andreessen Horowitz in particular.
The entrepreneur said "Web3" — a potential new decentralized version of the internet based on blockchain — would be owned by rich VCs like Andreessen instead of "the people". "I'm officially banned from Web3," Dorsey tweeted Wednesday alongside a screenshot showing he had been blocked by Andreessen.
Nikola shares surge 18% after company delivers its first EV truck, says more to come
Earlier this week, $Nikola (NKLA.US)$ said it agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $125 million to settle charges it defrauded investors by misleading them about its products, technical capacity and business prospects.
Crocs CEO defends $2.5 billion Hey Dude acquisition as shares tumble
Some investors are not seeing the appeal in $Crocs (CROX.US)$' multibillion-dollar deal to buy the casual shoemaker Hey Dude.
Crocs CEO Andrew Rees argues the acquisition could lead to robust sales growth, especially in the U.S. Northeast and coastal urban regions. On Thursday morning, the retailer announced plans to acquire the privately held footwear label for $2.5 billion in a cash-and-stock deal.
U.S. airline industry steps up push for CDC to cut quarantine time for breakthrough Covid cases, warning of labor shortages
A major U.S. airlines industry group asked the CDC to reduce its 10-day recommended quarantine for breakthrough Covid cases.
Airlines for America, which represents $Southwest Airlines (LUV.US)$, $American Airlines (AAL.US)$, $United Airlines (UAL.US)$, $Delta Air Lines (DAL.US)$ and others, warned that the current quarantine guidelines could cause labor shortages and disruptions. Delta Air Lines sent its own letter about shortening quarantine requirements earlier this week.
Source: Bloomberg, CNBC

On last Sunday, Elon Musk tweeted a TikTok of an interview between Bill Gates and David Letterman in 1995, asking, "Given the almost unimaginable nature of the present, what will the future be?" After showing the interview clip, the TikToker who post the interview comments that what Gates said about the internet is the same as "what's happening now with Web3."
Watch the TikTok:
Web3 is the decentralized iteration of the internet based on blockchain technology, which powers nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, and underpins cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Supporters of Web3 think , like $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ , $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ , $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$. With Web3, users would ideally control their own data instead.
However, Elon Musk tweeted Web3 is not real, "it seems more like a 'marketing buzzword' than a reality."
In the comment session under the tweet, some people agree with Musk that Web3 is currently little more than a buzzword, while some commented it is just not fully real just yet.
A day later, Musk followed up saying: "Has anyone seen web3? I can't find it.”
On this Tuesday, Jack Dorsey, $Twitter (Delisted) (TWTR.US)$'s founder, also tweeted his opinion about Web3. He believes that VCs and their limited partners will be the ones who ultimately end up owning Web3.
So, what do you think about Web3? Do you agree with Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey?
Source: CNBC, Twitter

Today's stock market adjustment is not news anymore, Weya's tax payment is the big news. The national dilemma reflected by Weya's tax payment is the most important.
Actually, it's just four words, financial tightness.
The tax avoidance method used by Weya is the mainstream tax avoidance method nowadays, including how Fan Bingbing was taxed back then. If you are familiar with tax planning, you should know that it is done by setting up a shell company to convert high income into assessed tax. With such an operation, the final profit of 100 million yuan may only be subject to a tax of 5 points. In contrast, if it is reported honestly, corporate income tax and personal income tax will be about 45 points.
Who has a bad relationship with money? Normal people would not go through the hassle of filing 45 tax points. Apart from the salaries of corporate executives on the surface. The reason why there were no issues before but now there are problems is because the country is implementing the policy of common prosperity, trying to reclaim the tax avoidance money from the high-income groups.
Do you think Viya broke the law? Certainly, she did break the law, but before it was just brushed off as a minor issue, with no one reporting and no officials investigating. But things are different now, as there is the will to target the wealthy, especially those in the influential fields like livestreaming. It used to be movie stars, now it's live streaming influencers. With the society, both domestically and internationally, cracking down on the wealthy, even though the poor may not benefit monetarily, they are very happy to watch the drama unfold.
So, how does this common prosperity relate to stock market investments? The connection is significant. You need to see the country's determination for common prosperity, what are they emphasizing?
Fairness! Fairness! Damn fairness!
So in the future, there are many industries whose prospects have been cut down by the national policy of fairness. Especially internet-platform companies that have used traffic to generate wealth, such as Alibaba, Douyin Toutiao, and Meituan.
Among these platforms, who is the smartest? It's the Douyin Toutiao system.
I'll explain so you understand. If you haven't watched Douyin videos, you might have heard of this account, Zhang. In just a few months, he has gained tens of millions of fans by filming rural life. Even the People's Daily has made a special comment on it. Some say it's because of his professional filming techniques, while others say that people are tired of the glamorous city life and long for the countryside.
You're all wrong.
This is the most obvious case under the national strategy of common prosperity. The goal is to create opportunities for the grassroots. Only when the grassroots have opportunities, can they represent the majority of ordinary people and have the chance to become the next Zhang. Douyin really understands the national policies, supporting poverty alleviation, rural assistance, and grassroots short video entrepreneurship. In the future, there will be a large number of Zhang-type entrepreneurs supported, showcasing various opportunities and lives in rural areas with tremendous traffic. If you happen to be a short video entrepreneur or live-streaming e-commerce, you should see this trend. This is the policy orientation conveyed by the will of the nation. It is the best trend to start a business in rural areas in the future. Whether it is rural e-commerce or ecological tourism, these are all good directions for the future.
But the will of the nation also requires banks to reduce the yield of fixed-income products and promote comprehensive popularization of equity assets. This is also a method of common prosperity. Only when ordinary people have the opportunity for wealth growth, can this society be healthy. It's not about the rich getting richer through stock market investments, while ordinary people cannot see opportunities.
To grasp the opportunities that belong to you in the next 20 years, one must have a deep understanding of the national policy of common prosperity. At the same time, one must also consider: is it reasonable that Viya's income is in the tens of billions, yet her tax burden ratio is lower than people earning a few thousand in salary?
Is this reasonable?
Okay, let's briefly discuss these topics. If you're interested, we can talk about how the policies of the same world, the capital, and the country can bring us change in the future. $TENCENT (00700.HK)$ $BABA-W (09988.HK)$ $MEITUAN-W (03690.HK)$

The Hong Kong stock market has pulled back obviously in 2021, with the HSI currently down over 14% cumulatively, underperforming major global stock indices, so should investors be optimistic next year?
With many institutions releasing their 2022 outlooks, the voices favouring the performance of Chinese assets are getting stronger, including bullish views on Hong Kong stocks, and a number of institutions give optimistic forecasts for the HSI's point next year.
Overall, these institutional investors generally believe that the Hong Kong stock market has been digested most risk after continued adjustments and that the current valuation is reasonable as well as attractive.
$Hang Seng Index (800000.HK)$ $Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (800100.HK)$ $Hang Seng TECH Index (800700.HK)$ $TENCENT (00700.HK)$ $MEITUAN-W (03690.HK)$ $HKEX (00388.HK)$ $BYD COMPANY (01211.HK)$

$BABA-W (09988.HK)$ other rises u keep falling 😯

Shares of $Alibaba (BABA.US)$ and $Baidu (BIDU.US)$ traded slightly higher in Hong Kong on Monday, while $JD.com (JD.US)$ , $Tencent (TCEHY.US)$ , $Li Auto (LI.US)$ and $XPeng (XPEV.US)$ slumped.
What’s Moving: Shares of Alibaba and Baidu traded about 1% higher each in Hong Kong at the time of writing, while JD.Com, Tencent, Li Auto and Xpeng traded lower, in a range between 1% and 3%. Chinese EV startup $NIO Inc (NIO.US)$ unveiled a mid-size sedan named ET5 at its annual Nio Day event on Saturday. The new vehicle is seen as a competitor to $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ Model 3 sedan, which is the Elon Musk-led company’s best-selling car globally. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index opened lower on Monday and was down almost 1% at the time of writing. The index closed 1.2% lower on Friday amid worries about rising U.S.-China tensions after the U.S. government imposed new sanctions on Chinese tech companies.
Why Is It Moving? The Hang Seng Index extended losses even as the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) cut its benchmark lending rate for the first time in almost two years on Monday.
The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was reduced from 3.85% to 3.8% as part of the central bank’s efforts to support the Chinese economy, which is struggling from muted consumer spending and a slump in the property sector.
Worries about the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant around the world also weighed on the market.
Shares of Chinese companies closed mostly lower in U.S. trading on Friday after the major averages in the U.S. ended lower as investors grappled with the reality of tighter monetary policy by the Federal Reserve.

In 2021, moomoo became the place where investors could share their opinions and communicate freely with each other. The frequent interactions between the enthusiastic mooers have positively impacted the community. Mooers are moving in the same direction: making profits and improving themselves. It would take a long time and great effort for our dear mooers to achieve these goals. Why don't we take a look at ten of the year's valuable market insights and investing tips?
Spoiler: There's a chance to get points if you read till the end.
*The selected articles are listed randomly.
ONE: Is investing in Trump's new merger a good idea?
@HuatLadywrote about his concerns on the merger of Trump's company and a SPAC called the Digital World Acquisition Corp. We have to admit that he has a point!
"Forgive me for predicting that most likely his company's stock will not be viable for long term investment goal."
View more: Will Donald be able to deal his Trump Card?
TWO: What do you think of meme stocks?
@Machiavellis3rdEyeused vivid language to call for rational investing and remind mooers to watch out for media manipulations. Do you agree with him?
"You ARE ALL MY ALLIES, regardless of your investment choices, politics, religions, colors, sex, or anything else! I say we start learning and adapting to their constantly evolving illegal games (media manipulation, PFOF, CB's) together. Then we will all figure out how to take that cheese - without getting TRAPPED."
View more: When will we get off this bus to CRAZYTOWN?
THREE: What can we learn from the big picture?
@WYCKOFFPROanalyzed the trend of the Russell 2020 with technical tools. Has the market proved his assumptions?
"The breakout of the Russell 2000 gives the first confirmation of the scenario of possible rotation from big cap stocks to small cap stocks."
View more: A Bargain you can't Ignore — This Laggard Breaks All Time High Last Week
FOUR: Will the strong momentum of recovery stocks fade?
On Nov 5, Pfizer introduced a new COVID-19 antiviral pill that is expected to treat 89% of acutely hospitalized patients and thus reduce the risk of death. @HuatEveranticipated that Pfizer's share price would continue to climb once the FDA approved the new antiviral pill. What do you think?
"They hold the promise of cutting down the risk of severe Covid 19 ailments, hospitalisation stays and even deaths, and if being taken at the early onsets of infection. "
View more: A Breakthrough in Covid 19 Antiviral Pills
FIVE: EV stocks skyrocketing: Good buy or goodbye?
@Deviltonconducted an in-depth analysis on one of the most popular stocks, $Rivian, and pointed out that patience is a virtue in trading.
"Human are always impatient, we will always have FOMO if we sit and wait till Friday, scared that it stops falling and starts to rise again. Yet buying all tomo may not allow you to buy at the best price." View more here.
SIX: How do you decide when to buy/sell?
@HopeAlwayssaid that there is no best way to determine when to buy and when to sell the stocks of indexes. The timings depend on investing goals, philosophies, and personal preferences.
"The three main risks are company, valuation and earnings risks. Once we are able to find a stock that that signals low risk based on these three conditions, it is time to buy. Whenever a negative change happens to any of the three conditions,  it is time to sell."
View more: Buying and Selling Stocks
SEVEN: How do you know when to stop loss / take profit?
@Powerhousehas three underlying principles in stopping losses and taking profits. All investors should stay informed and closely observe trends to set price targets.
"For micro, there is a need to determine your present financial risk appetite figuratively. On the macro level, situations may have changed. Determining when is the most precise time to stop loss or take profit of a stock and milk the most out of it is extremely difficult."
View more: Stop the pain, take the happiness
EIGHT: What urges you to press the "trade" button?
@Panda2102has done macro research to sort out a list of companies and ranks them from different dimensions.
"The mission statement, the moat, the network effect, the switching cost, low cost advantage, optionality, the ratio for PE, PEG, Cash, Debt, Free Cash flow and the ownership of the company."
View more: Best time to press the trade button
NINE: How to build a portfolio with a windfall of $1 million?
@Mars Mooothinks that the Squid Game Multi-Portfolio comprises four parts: player 456, player 218, player 067, and a liquid one.
"The first portfolio is aimed at potential sectors for diversification and profits. The second is designed to high risk lead high returns. The next one intent on helping on thr way. While the last one shows that cash is king."
View more: The Squid Game Multi-Portfolios Portfolio
TEN: How to profit from short-selling?
@Mcsnacks H Tupackshared that short-selling is highly popular on Wall Street and often carried out by aggressive hedge funds.
"Hedge funds acting through collaborating market makers can create huge numbers of counterfeit shares that can overwhelm buying demand. They have turned it into a casino and everyone knows the house always wins in that scenario."
View more: The only way for short selling to be profitable is by cheating
This recap takes a deep dive into the market insights and investing tips that inspire us to become better investors. Did you find anything interesting or helpful?
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