Stocks

Why GameStop's stock surge is shaking Wall Street

The struggling video game retailer's stock has been making stupefying moves this month, wild enough to raise concerns from professional investors on Wall Street to the hallways of regulators and the White House in Washington.

Short squeezes: Everything you need to know about the recent investing movement

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.

S&P 500 plunges into negative territory for 2021

U.S. equity markets were under pressure Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept policy on hold and investors grappled with the ongoing short squeeze in a number of companies' shares.