2021-11-27
Introductory note: One of the most interesting developments in 2021 was a surge in focus on short selling, which was often accompanied by many misconceptions about this market practice. In this guest post, Dr. Pascal Ströing, founder of MetaShort, provides arguments for the need of short selling and analyses different views towards …
Read More2021-11-20
This week we have registered one new major activist short campaign. Blue Orca took a shot at a lithium-focused company which is up over 250% this year. As per Blue Orca, apparently, the management took advantage of the EV trend and tried to sell an enticing story about a unique technology. The short-seller surprisingly …
Read More2021-11-14
This week we have not registered any new major short campaigns but did see plenty of updates. Activist short-sellers were busy updating their thesis as the earnings season is well underway. Culper wrote about a stock up over 120% since their initial report. They remain short. Scorpion and Jehoshaphat reaffirm their thesis …
Read More2021-11-07
The trend of pushing companies onto the public market via a SPAC transaction does not seem to be dying out. There was a brief pause earlier this year in terms of investor optimism, but that did not stop the companies. 2021 is on track to become another record year for …
Read More2021-11-05
This week we have registered two new major activist shorts campaigns. They both targeted the same company. Both featured seemingly hard-hitting allegations of highly questionable behaviour alongside dubious product claims. Despite this, the stock is up over 50%, and the market is unfazed. Lastly, we are tracking the most recent stock price gyrations at …
Read More2021-11-03
The relationship of the newly minted retailer traders and short-sellers was rocky from the beginning. It began with GME and AMC and continued with the retail traders focusing on short-squeezes. High short interest and short squeezes remained the main narrative in many popular retail stocks in 2021. The popular subreddit …
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