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Beaten-down stocks such as Kohl’s, Krispy Kreme and Opendoor Technologies have taken off recently, as individual investors pile into heavily shorted equities. The stocks’ cult followings and their outsized gains mirror the performance of GameStop and AMC Entertainment during the original pandemic-era meme-stock frenzy.

Computer-driven hedge funds like Qube and Point72's Cubist have posted losses. Executives and experts have theories on why.

Intel stock falls after the chip maker reports a wider loss in the second quarter, while Centene rises even as it posts a surprise quarterly loss.

The sudden return of meme-stock trading may look like risk appetite returning, but it also reflects a kind of market optimism that often appears at unhealthy inflection points. When price action becomes unanchored from fundamentals, volatility usually follows.

Investor enthusiasm faded for the latest meme stocks on Wednesday, with shares in heavily shorted Krispy Kreme and GoPro closing well below their session highs, while Tuesday's investor darling - department store Kohl's - finished sharply lower.

US stocks held steady after President Trump visited the Federal Reserve and Wall Street digested the latest batch of corporate earnings.

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