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Too many short sellers trying to cover at once creates the proverbial short squeeze, driving up prices further.
Year-to-date the stock is up 20.6%, and the company has been a player in the short squeeze.
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With so much cash still on the sidelines, a short-squeeze situation could aid the equity in its quest for new highs.
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The security has seen sharp rallies due to short-squeeze situations in the past, and another solid report on Monday could spark yet another squeeze.
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"Clearly the rise in energy prices in the short term will add to the squeeze we've seen in the last year or so and is more likely to discourage consumer spending, but we've also seen a rise in asset prices and share prices, " Mr King said.
Should KBH bounce off trendline support and resume its quest for new highs, an unwinding of pessimistic options positions, a capitulation by the bearish brokerage firms, or a short-squeeze situation could stoke the contrarian flames.
By making seating arrangements based on the principle that most people are short they can squeeze more people in the plane.
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Should the bearish holdouts abandon ship, NFLX could ride the short-squeeze tailwinds.
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There is a significant short position in this stock and considerable potential for a major short squeeze if the results in the next few weeks are good.
With more than 17% of Amylin shares sold short as of May 10, Kliff believes that a huge short squeeze is in the works, with "an easy ten points" added to Amylin's share price in the coming weeks or months.
Once the economy stabilises, foreign capital should start to flood in, to refinance those companies that survive the short-term liquidity squeeze.
"Our aim is not to help develop property, but to resolve the short-term liquidity squeeze, " said Li Xin, a vice president at China Orient.
When too many short-sellers are interested in a particular stock, it can be a recipe for a short squeeze, especially if the stock is oversold.
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One potential earnings short-squeeze play in the software and programming complex is Tibco Software (TIBX), which is set to release numbers on Thursday after the market close.
In appropriate circumstances, the result is a short squeeze.
In October the company triggered a sensational squeeze on short-sellers when it was slow to admit that it had raised its stake in VW voting shares to 42.6% and had acquired a further 31.5% in the form of secured options.
This has led to a massive short squeeze making GameStop one of the top performing stocks.
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The stock saw a nice short squeeze on Thursday last week after reporting its first quarter result on Wednesday.
But while that priority shift eventually creates more stable finances, in the short term, it puts a squeeze on your wallet.
Earlier on Wednesday Porsche had denied all responsibility for the recent market distortions and short-seller squeeze.
When rich people form buying cartels to put a price squeeze on properly patented drugs, the few win in the short term and everyone loses down the line.
Should MAS extend its climb, a short-squeeze situation could amplify buying pressure on the shares.
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As the stock extends its upward momentum, a short-squeeze situation could propel RYL even higher.
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Some called it a short squeeze, others believed investors had already fully priced the long-anticipated and well-known lock-up expiration into the stock.
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If Washington can work together, so quickly, on a short-term fix for families caught in the financial squeeze, then we can work together to transform America.
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But raising duty will be a short-term squeeze on household spending, with nothing like the hit of a VAT increase, for example, which affects all products.
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When the earnings came out, traders rushed to buy shares to avoid a short squeeze.
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If Finish Line can deliver what the bulls are looking for, then this stock could see a large short-squeeze post-earnings.
Green Tree Financial found itself in a life-threatening credit squeeze because the market had lost faith in its mortgage-backed securities and refused to refinance its short-term debt.
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