Subscribe to The Daily Upside! (Free Business & Finance Newsletter) https://bit.ly/3lwt7LT Short squeezes have been all over the news this year as retail investors banded together to spoil the fun for hedge funds in some well-known stocks. Short squeezes are not new though, they’ve been around as long as short selling has. In today’s video we look at the most disastrous short selling fails to see what lessons we can learn. These are some of the craziest finance stories you will ever hear! Patrick's Books: Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0 Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF Corporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance Visit our website: www.onfinance.org Follow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/PatrickEBoyle Patrick Boyle On Finance Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uhrWlDvxzy9hLoW0EYf0b Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/patrick-boyle-on-finance/id1547740313 Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/62862nve Join this channel to support making this content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASM0cgfkJxQ1ICmRilfHLw/join Chapters: 0:00 Sponsor 0:12 Introduction 0:22 What is a Short Squeeze? 1:07 Vanderbilt & The Harlem Railroad 3:11 Northern Pacific Railway 5:10 The Piggly Wiggly 7:55 The Daily Upside - Sponsored Content 8:55 The Dot Com Bubble 10:44 The Volkswagen Spread 13:36 Bill Ackman & Herbalife 14:41 KaloBios - Martin Shkreli 17:32 Tesla 18:39 Gamestop & AMC 20:47 Conclusion