BLUW Stock: 11 Things to Know About Blue Water SPAC Amid Short-Squeeze Rumors

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Blue Water Acquisition (NASDAQ:BLUW) stock is heading higher on Thursday ahead of the special purpose acquisition company’s (SPAC) upcoming shareholder meeting.

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Here’s everything traders need to know about that and why shares of BLUW stock are rising higher today.

  • First off, note that Blue Water Acquisition is planning to go through a SPAC merger to take Clarus Therapeutics public.
  • The special shareholder meeting to vote on this combination takes place tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
  • Anticipation for this meeting is one of the reasons that BLUW stock is on the move today.
  • However, there are other reasons that investors are taking note of the company.
  • That includes rumors that there may be quite a few redemptions revealed in the meeting.
  • That could cut the float of the company.
  • This is drawing in investors that want to short squeeze the stock.
  • We’re already seeing the results of these rumors with investors piling into BLUW stock this morning.
  • As a result shares of the stock are experiencing heavy trading today.
  • That’s resulted in more than 8.7 million shares of the stock changing hands as of this writing.
  • That’s a massive surge compared to the company’s daily average trading volume of only about 20,000 shares.

BLUW stock is up 3.2% as of Thursday morning but was sitting close to 187% higher earlier this morning.

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