2020-04-25
This week, we recorded six new activist shorts campaigns. On average targeted stocks are trading about 2% lower. We highlight the two reports released during a virtual conference this Monday. Both QCM and Hindenburg Research targeted small-cap names due to allegations of dubious corporate governance and questionable fundamentals, but the outcome …
Read More2020-04-11
This week we have registered four new activist short campaigns. Targeted shares are on average trading 4% higher vs prior to the reports, with only eHealth shares being somewhat lower than prior to Muddy Waters' report. We highlight Muddy’s and Wolfpack Research's collaborative effort on IQ which was dubbed the Netflix of China. …
Read More2020-04-08
TL; DR: In spite of recent media reporting that singled out GLG Partners, Marshall Wace, and few other asset managers in terms of continued UK short selling, our analysis shows that the two largest UK short position holders were, actually, predominantly covering and not boosting their short positions in recent weeks.* Recent article "Hedge funds continue …
Read More2020-04-04
We recorded 44 major activist short reports in Q1-2020. Targeted stocks are down 31% on average, which is substantially more than an about 23% YTD decline of S&P 500 Index.* We look back on Q1 2020 which is going to certainly go down in the history of financial markets. Short sellers …
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