Retail Flows

A Peek at Davey Day Trader's Portfolio

2020-07-28

Amazon (AMZN), Shopify (SHOP), Alibaba (BABA), Twitter (TWTR), Tesla (TSLA) and Virgin Galactic (SPCE) are among the biggest holdings in portfolio of Davey Day Trader.* The Biggest Holdings We had a brief look at stocks that constitute portfolio of this most prominent retail investor that already in his twitter profile emphasises:  "Don’t trust …

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Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in W30

2020-07-25

Short selling bits and pieces: Jim Chanos says this is 'the golden age of fraud’; 'Retail Bros' and 'Activist Shorts' universes collide; Long-awaited auditor's review is out. This week we recorded 4 new campaigns, with targeted stocks trading 5.9% lower on average. We have passed the 100th campaign of 2020 mark this …

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Retail Flows, Activist Shorts

The Birds that said NAK

2020-07-23

More than 7,500 people at Robinhood added Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK) to their portfolio on Tuesday, July 21. According to our records, this is a record day at Robinhood in terms of daily increase in number of people holding this Canadian mineral exploration company.*  According to our retail flows records, around market …

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Retail Flows, Activist Shorts

Swarm it like Robinhooders: MRNA and TSLA

2020-07-20

More than 60k people at Robinhood added Moderna (MRNA) to their portfolio on Wednesday, July 15. According to our records, this is a record day at Robinhood in terms of daily increase in number of people holding a single stock. This tops 49k we recorded for Tesla (TSLA) just two days …

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European Shorts

Activist Short Selling in W29

2020-07-18

Weekly short selling bits and pieces: ESMA to conduct a peer review of BaFin; Chinese state TV expose vindicates parts of Wolfpack's QTT report; Boohoo declines and Lansdowne discloses a short.   We look at the recent lawsuit activity surrounding some of the released campaigns. From our experience, when the management starts …

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European Shorts, Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in W28

2020-07-11

Weekly short selling bits and pieces: Short selling is in "logic versus liquidity" state; Muddy Waters targets China Hustle ‘enablers’: Lansdowne exits short selling; Six banks banned from short selling in Turkey. This week, we recorded four new major activist shorts campaigns. We highlight Blue Orca short focused on a Hong-Kong listed Chinese …

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Activist Shorts

Muddy Waters targets ‘enablers’ in China Hustle SEC webinar

2020-07-09

On Thursday, the 9th of July, the short-selling community was focused on a panel hosted by the SEC around the topic of investment risks in emerging markets, especially in China.  In the wake of GSX Techedu being singled out by Muddy Waters in their open letter to the SEC Chairman, …

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Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in H1-2020

2020-07-09

We recorded 91 major activist short reports in H1-2020. A truly unique period that left short-selling in a "logic versus liquidity" state, as characterised by Muddy Waters.*  We look at the top performers of the last six months. The chart is topped by the obvious names, Wirecard and Luckin Coffee. We …

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Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in W27

2020-07-03

Weekly short selling bits and pieces: SEC and China Hustle 3.0; Worst 'short call' in Q2; Citron's report: now you see it, now you don't. We highlight Hindenburg’s take on a roll-up which has been previously targeted by Glasshouse Research and Citron. The short-seller believes that, as the M&A strategy …

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