Krispy Kreme, Opendoor, Rocket and Kohl’s are merely the public face of a summer boom in bets by private traders.

Retail investors have begun to pile into speculative bets on small-cap companies in a buildup that resembles the meme stock frenzy of 2021.

The meme stock renaissance seems to reflect a behavior Sosnick calls the “flight to crap.” It’s the inverse of the often-cited “flight to quality” that happens when investors are anxious ...

The latest so-called meme stocks include doughnut maker Krispy Kreme, camera maker GoPro and plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat. Each company is surging Wednesday.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A British F-35B fighter jet stranded at an Indian airport for more than a month, sparking memes and cartoons on social media, took off Tuesday after being repaired by a team of ...