SHORT SQUEEZE News & Analysis

The stocks where investors have lost faith and taken active bets against their success, and our analysts’ thoughts on the stocks.

Why doing a whole lot of nothing might be the ultimate contrarian approach.

Morningstar columnist John Rekenthaler gives his take on 4 arguments for abolishing stock shorting in the wake of the GameStop saga.

The battle between the Reddit army and hedge funds is nothing new—the question is will regulators be willing to step in, says Morningstar's John...

We explain what a short squeeze is and how it works.

How individual investors are changing the dynamics of a well-known strategy from the institutional investor playbook.

Selling shares in companies can be used for short-term profit or to balance risk in a fund manager's portfolio.

Short-selling has its fair share of critics, including high-profile Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has garnered headlines for his notorious outbursts...