2019 Jul Blogs

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European Shorts

Marshall Wace shorting 6 DAX firms

2019-07-06

TL; DR: An about €287m short in BASF is the latest big short (short >0.5%) by Marshall Wace against DAX stocks. They currently hold about €1.1.6b in their six big DAX shorts. According to our records, since Bridgewater in Q1-2018, no one had so many big DAX shorts.* Discover latest short selling trends by …

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Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in H1 2019

2019-07-01

TL; DR:  We tracked 82 major new short calls/campaigns in H1-19. Targeted stocks are -8.7% on average vs S&P 500 +17%;* Best short call (>$1b initial mkt cap): Muddy Waters, Inogen -49.2%; Best short call (<$1b initial mkt cap): Fraud Research, Perkins Oil & Gas -98.4%; Top activists with at least 3 shorts: Aurelius (3 …

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