European Shorts

Short Sellers' UK Favorite doubles in August

2019-08-13

TL; DR: Kier Group more than doubled in value since a multi-year low on July 31. Kier is the most shorted stock in all of our UK short-selling records.* As of this morning, Kier is up as much as 136% versus a multi-year low that it reached on July 31 (ref. Investing.com). Rise of the share …

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European Shorts, Activist Shorts

New Burford Capital Short by Muddy Waters

2019-08-07

TL; DR: Activist short seller Muddy Waters published a short report on Burford Capital. This stock was also in recent short-selling focus of ShadowFall and Gladstone Capital.* Discover the latest short positions by activists and HFs. Sign up for Breakout Point! (Updated on 2019-08-07 at 16:00 UTC with the latest response by Burford Capital, the latest …

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Activist Shorts

New Activist Shorts in July

2019-08-03

We recorded sixteen new major activist short reports in July. On average, corresponding stocks dropped 16%, while S&P 500 index is off about 3% from July highs. Two best performing activist shorts are: Southern Energy Holdings Group short call by Emerson Analytics (-89.5%) and Bio-On short (-65.4%) call by Quintessential Capital Management.* Nine …

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European Shorts, Activist Shorts

Muddy and 5 other HFs shorting Solutions 30

2019-08-02

TL; DR: Following a short position by Muddy Waters Capital in May, five more hedge funds (HFs) disclosed shorts in Solutions 30.* Discover the latest EU short positions now. Sign up for Breakout Point! A 0.51% short position by Swedish HF Bodenholm Capital is the latest short disclosure in Solutions 30.  Short position by …

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