Wall Street

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 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."

The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated a drop in demand for the industry's largest jetliners, with airline customers shunning deliveries of planes due to international travel restrictions, hurting cash flow at the U.S. planemaker.

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.