Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr. noted over the weekend, "Day traders might be able to drive GameStop shares temporarily from $20 to $483. They can't make GameStop a $483 company." The same can be said of AMC, BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) and other highfliers with heavy short interest. Calling these shares "overvalued" is a bit like calling the sun "hot." Yet social media warriors continue to egg each other on with inane comments like "Hold the line!" and "Buy high, hold forever." Short selling is nothing new, of course. It has been going on for centuries. Nor is it a nefarious activity. Short sellers provide liquidity, narrow spreads and help keep inflated stock prices in check. But betting against a stock where the entire float has been sold short - as some hedge funds did - is a classic example of asymmetrical risk. Lots of downside. Very little upside. (After all, the most a stock can fall is 100%.) Early investors realized that as short sellers were forced to "buy to cover" to meet margin calls it would drive these shares higher. But now many of these stocks have risen to levels that can't be justified by traditional measures of corporate value, like sales, earnings or book value. And just as it's risky to bet against a heavily shorted stock that is scraping the bottom, so is it silly to plow fresh money into overvalued shares that have recently skyrocketed in value. Yet try telling that to the unruly masses intent on getting rich in the next few hours. Or by Wednesday at the latest. If nothing else, they are providing entertainment for the rest of us. And - who knows - they may eventually have an epiphany, like Jim Carrey's character at the end of Dumb and Dumber: "Hey... the town is back that way!" Good investing, Alex | 
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