I was chatting with a friend about the biggest short squeezes i've witnessed and realized that I am getting old as I forgot a few. The following names I remember. Please help me and post the names of the companies that i've missed and their respective tickers. Thanks! Volkswagon Iomega Presteck--PRST Travelzoo--TZOO
Back in the good old days (2003), I will never forget the hype around TASR - TASER International, Inc. Link to compare to TZOO: (TASR +931.27%) http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp...=0&q=NASDAQ:TZOO&ntsp=0&ei=nXBaUKCZAoXqlAOMKA
RMBS early 2000 The all time greatest- VRML Was VRMLQ at the time (Sept 2009) trading bulletin board at .04 Company was basically bankrupt and got a massive FDA approval which sent the stock to $34 in six months. Check out the chart. Absolutely incredible.
I own a couple stocks with nearly 50% float held short, hope to see some of those amazing squeezes you all remember
Thanks Satchel. TASR was one for the ages! I remember an internet "company" around 2001 that had a static web page that did not move or take you to any other web pages. It simply pledged to match buyers and sellers and said "coming soon". The stock had a $500M valuation at one point before crashing. The owners had a shady reputation and did not live in the US. Does anyone remember the name of this stock?
tasr, lhsp(f) are two that come to mind. also you can find a ton of stocks from the internet age (ie. cmrc, cmgi, etc.) which basically ran a ton and ran back down a ton.