Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in 2019

2019-12-30

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%), but, yet very remarkable, especially, having in mind that S&P 500 Index climbed about 29% this year;* There were big winners. …