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FOX Business host Charles Payne on Wednesday condemned Wall Street's "whining" about a market frenzy tied to heavy trading and short-selling in shares of AMC Entertainment, GameStop and BlackBerry.

Obviously, this level of volatility is highly unusual. The recent price action in GameStop and several other stocks can be attributed to a phenomenon known as a short squeeze. Here's a closer look at what that means, how it works, and why it can cause massive spikes in stock prices like we've seen this week.

The losses at Point72, which manages nearly $19 billion in assets, came in part from its investment in hedge fund Melvin Capital Management

Discord, a platform that allows users to communicate over voice and texts, banned the WallStreetBets server Wednesday amid Gamestop stock's recent surge driven by retail investors, but a company spokesperson said they removed the server "for continuing to allow hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings."

Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone analyzes the gaming retailer's surge in the markets and gives an economic outlook for the future.

The SEC and the White House are weighing in on the extreme market volatility in select stocks.

The Biden administration said they will be monitoring the rapid rise in GameStop stocks after the seemingly failing retailer shocked the market with recent spikes.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney in his latest "My Take" argues GameStop's stock surge has "everything to do with the little guy going up against the big guys of Wall Street."

Share price has jumped by 700% over the past two weeks

Private equity giant Blackstone Group Inc. has agreed to buy Allstate Life Insurance Co. from Allstate Corp. for $2.8 billion, the latest in a slew of deals between financial firms and life insurance businesses.

The bank will withhold $174 million in compensation from current & former execs

Short-seller Andrew Left does not usually smoke. But on Monday he had a cigarette to calm his nerves as shares of GameStop Corp, the stock he had shorted, continued to rocket higher.

Early bitcoin investor Nikki Beesetti explains how a single transaction paid off in a big way.

Shares of GM have hit five records so far this year.

Goldman Sachs Group reported strong fourth-quarter results bolstered by record revenue from deal making and the best trading environment in a decade.

The Covid crisis both accelerated demands for changes to the economic system and demonstrated that governments can spend freely to help those in trouble when they wish.

The mayor of Miami wants to make his city more appealing to the tech industry by embracing bitcoin.

Euro Pacific Capital chief economist and strategist Peter Schiff suggested cryptocurrency investors are “fools” Monday after bitcoin took a major dip in the market after reaching record-breaking highs against the dollar.

A New York City bar owner has put his two Manhattan establishments up for sale for the asking price of 25 bitcoins, telling FOX Business Network Monday that he believes the cryptocurrency is “here to stay.”

Judge Amit Mehta in Washington said he learned that some mutual funds held by him and his wife contain Alphabet stock and directed their sale