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Billionaire Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel LLC and the market maker Citadel Securities say they had nothing to do with the app Robinhood suspending some trading in stocks that have recently experienced a surge in volatility.

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.

Stocks rebounded amid heavy selling in shares of GameStop, AMC and others.

The trading app Robinhood is restricting trading in certain securities because of the recent volatility in a number of names.

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.

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

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. 

This week is set to be the busiest for quarterly earnings reports this season.

The Nasdaq Composite soared to a record high ahead of a busy week for tech earnings.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul placed a bet of up to $1 million on the future of Tesla Inc. under the Biden administration, which is expected to provide incentives to purchase more environmentally-friendly electric vehicle.

GameStop Corp. shares continued to rocket higher Monday as battered and bruised short-sellers who bet against the stock scrambled to exit their losing position.

Options activity is continuing at a breakneck pace in January, building on 2020's record volumes. It is the latest sign of optimism cresting through markets as individual and institutional investors pick up bullish options to profit from stock gains and abandon bearish wagers.

U.S. equity markets pulled back from record highs led by Intel and IBM after disappointing earnings.

U.S. equity markets ended mixded on Thursday after President Biden signed a series of executive orders in the first hours of his presidency.

Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi said on Thursday the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package President Biden has proposed is "a good step" to help the "struggling" U.S. economy.

Stocks hit record highs Wednesday as President Joe Biden was sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Big-money managers say too many investors have piled into the red-hot cryptocurrency bitcoin at the start of 2021, according to a Bank of America survey conducted in January.

The record-breaking stock market that President Elect Joe Biden will inherit from President Trump is in danger of post-Inauguration Day selloff, according to Wall Street strategists.

Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chair, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for her confirmation hearing.

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