Like most sequels, “Meme Stock Mania Part II” can’t quite replicate the magic of the original. But for a couple of days, it looked like we were on the brink of a repeat of that early-2021 fervor, when an army of regular-Joe day-traders banded together online to get rich quick while waging financial war on the supposedly more sophisticated suits on Wall Street.

Shares of apparel retailer Kohl's soared on Tuesday as retail investors piled into the heavily shorted stock in a replay of the meme stock mania that shook the stock market in 2021.