Why Bed Bath & Beyond Stock Was Surging Again Today

Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool

August 8, 2022 at 11:43 a.m.·2 min read

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) were surging as a short squeeze that started on Friday, initiated by traders on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum, carried into a second day. Many of the stocks that skyrocketed in the original WallStreetBets-led short squeeze in January 2021 are soaring again, including GameStop, AMC Entertainment, Bed Bath & Beyond, and others. On WallStreetBets, hundreds of traders have posted, jumping into the Bed Bath & Beyond rally.

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