2020 Apr Blogs

Activist Short Reports in W17

Activist Short Reports in W17

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 …

Read More2020-04-25
Activist Short Reports in W15

Activist Short Reports in W15

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 …

Read More2020-04-11
Are hedge funds short selling UK firms?

Are hedge funds short selling UK firms?

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 …

Read More2020-04-08
Activist Short Selling in Q1-2020

Activist Short Selling in Q1-2020

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 …

Read More2020-04-04