The rally and crash of Kohl’s stock crushed unlucky investors. Fast-moving meme stocks can be poison for many investors.

Kohl's was still up 38% in single-day trading not driven by underlying fundamentals. In fact, it fired its third CEO in three years just two months ago.

The 2025 meme stock summer rally appeared to have two new participants on Wednesday — 2010s-era darlings GoPro and Krispy ...