The ins and outs of short squeezes — and how to avoid getting burned

As a consumer of CNBC, you have probably heard the term “short squeeze” — and the warnings for investors trying to ride one. Perhaps no short squeeze is more memorable in the past decade than what happened to GameStop in early 2021, when an army of Redditors led by the outrageous Keith Gill, a.k.a. Roaring […]