
Short squeezes have been all over the news this year as retail investors banded together to spoil the fun for hedge funds in some well-known stocks. Short squeezes are not new though, they’ve been around as long as short selling has. In today’s video we look at the most disastrous short selling fails to see what lessons we can learn. These are some of the craziest finance stories you will ever hear!
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Chapters:
0:00 Sponsor
0:12 Introduction
0:22 What is a Short Squeeze?
1:07 Vanderbilt & The Harlem Railroad
3:11 Northern Pacific Railway
5:10 The Piggly Wiggly
7:55 The Daily Upside - Sponsored Content
8:55 The Dot Com Bubble
10:44 The Volkswagen Spread
13:36 Bill Ackman & Herbalife
14:41 KaloBios - Martin Shkreli
17:32 Tesla
18:39 Gamestop & AMC
20:47 Conclusion