Squeezes

Put simply, a short squeeze is when there’s a lack of supply for a stock and an excess demand, which forces the stock to trade higher. Say a company announces a surprisingly good quarter, and the stock was heavily shorted. Well, now all those shorts have to buy back the stock if they want to get out. This is a short squeeze. Here are some of the more interesting short squeezes of the past week…

• The Short Squeeze Is On In Shares of BankAtlantic
• The Short Squeeze Is On In Shares of Quidel
• The Squeeze of the Week: Priceline PCLN
• Did Karen Finerman Get Short Squeezed on BKS?