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Activist Short Selling in 2019
Activist short sellers were very active around the globe in 2019 and made 177 major short calls. Targeted stocks are down 7.7% on average, which is less than in 2018 (avg. decline 12.7%), …
Read More2019-12-30
Tilray Short Tops 2018 Shorting Conference Calls
TL; DR: Tilray short tops all short pitches presented at Kase Learning Shorting Conference one year ago. While Tilray is down about 81% since the presentation, four other stocks declined 40% or more. Chris …
Read More2019-11-30
Short-Selling European IPOs
TL; DR: Two of European 2019 mega-IPOs got in short-selling focus of UK hedge funds recently. One big short popped-up in each of these European unicorns in November. Since initial disclosures both shorts …
Read More2019-11-19
Sohn London 2019 - Short and Long Pitches
Summary of talks by presenters at Sohn London 2019 conference (more about Sohn London here). Contact us, if you are our client and would like more details about specific pitches. Session One (12:30-14:00 …
Read More2019-11-14
EasyJet up with short-sellers on board
As of the latest short disclosures, four entities hold a big short in EasyJet (mkt cap about £5.2b) for an aggregated short interest of 5.46%. Holder of the biggest short position, …
Read More2019-11-05
Activist Shorts Weekly W42 (excerpt)
This week, we recorded four new activist short reports. On average, targeted stocks declined 2.9%. Below you can read what you should not miss this week in the short-selling world. We especially …
Read More2019-10-19
Muddy Waters disclosed a short in Corestate
TL; DR: Corestate Capital Holding shares were down as much as 29% today, following a disclosure of a 0.5% short position by Muddy Waters Capital.* Muddy Waters Capital disclosed a 0.5% short in German real …
Read More2019-10-16
Activist Short Selling in Q3 2019
Busiest quarter in 2019 for activist short sellers: 49 major new short calls/campaigns in Q3;* Best short calls (>$1b initial mkt cap): QCM, ON.MI -65.3%; ShadowFall, BUR -50.6%; Kerrisdale, CDNA -39.6%; Best short calls (<$1b initial …
Read More2019-10-02
Short Selling in US-listed Chinese firms
TL; DR: D1 Capital and Egerton Capital made big profits on Friday by short selling two Chinese firms listed in the US. Related stocks plunged, after media reported that, according …
Read More2019-09-28
Who profited from NIO Inc drop?
TL; DR: Egerton Capital profited from yesterday's 20.22% drop of NIO Inc stock by having a 0.52% short position. This is the only disclosed short position in NIO Inc in our …
Read More2019-09-25
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