A key reason why Kohl's Corp. stock received the attention it has this week, has been because of the number of shares bet against the company.

Few people would have picked Kohl’s stock as a candidate for a double. Thanks to a “gamma squeeze,” it became the latest meme-trade darling to gain more than 100% in a single day.

Kohl's and Krispy Kreme have been subject of online chatter, including on WallStreetBets, about their potential. Rocket Companies is up 6%.

Kohl's stock price nearly doubled overnight, surging from $10.42 to $19.53 per share. Online forums, including Reddit's Wall Street Bets, are believed to be contributing to the increased trading activity. Kohl's Chief Marketing Officer, Christie Raymond ...

The Score is a weekly review of the biggest stock moves and the news that drove them. Here are the six in focus this week:

Meme-stock mania might be back, but old heads may have noticed that the moves this time around are lacking a certain explosiveness.

The market saw a fresh meme stock frenzy this week. While high exuberance can be a contrarian sell signal, sources say the market is still in good shape.

Like most sequels, “Meme Stock Mania Part II” can’t quite replicate the magic of the original. But for a couple of days, it looked like we were on the brink of a repeat of that early-2021 fervor, when an army of regular-Joe day-traders banded together online to get rich quick while waging financial war on the supposedly more sophisticated suits on Wall Street.