Short Sellers news and trends

Short Sellers Bet Against Physical Retailers Pre-Holiday
Investments // December 02, 2019

Short sellers have been betting against brick-and-mortar retailers ahead of the holiday shopping season. According to The Wall Street Journal, these investors have taken their most aggressive positions in recent months, with short positions against the SPDR S&P Retail fund hitting 441 percent of its...

Facebook Could Spell Pain For Shopify, Predicts Famed Short Seller
Big Data // March 27, 2018

Shopify, the maker of technology for merchants to sell online, saw its stock face pressure in trading Monday (March 26) after Andrew Left, the famed short seller and head of Citron Research, issued a new negative report on the company. According to CNBC, Left contends in...

Shopify CEO Mum On Details To Quell Citron Short Seller
Retail // October 31, 2017

Retail software platform Shopify’s chief executive officer, Tobi Lutke, wants to address complaints lodged by short seller Andrew Left of Citron Research during its upcoming earnings call, reports said Monday (Oct. 30), but the company may be limited in what it can say. The Reuters report,...

Why Are Shorts Circling Fellow Short Sellers?
News // December 17, 2015

It may be that on Wall Street there’s no honor among short sellers. Or maybe it’s just that profits are to be taken wherever they can be found. In a Bloomberg article published on Wednesday (Dec. 16), investors who smell blood in the water are...

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LatAm’s dLocal Shares Drop 50% After Muddy Waters Questions Disclosures

November 16, 2022
Muddy Waters Capital has unveiled a short of Uruguay-based, U.S.-listed payments company dLocal Ltd. (DLO) in a report that drew a swift response from the firm.  In the report released Wednesday (Nov. 16), Muddy Waters Capital said dLocal has reported a rate of growth and profitability that makes it an “outlier.”  “While we have found […]

Short Sellers Bet Against Physical Retailers Pre-Holiday

December 02, 2019
Short sellers have been betting against brick-and-mortar retailers ahead of the holiday shopping season. According to The Wall Street Journal, these investors have taken their most aggressive positions in recent...

Facebook Could Spell Pain For Shopify, Predicts Famed Short Seller

March 27, 2018
Shopify, the maker of technology for merchants to sell online, saw its stock face pressure in trading Monday (March 26) after Andrew Left, the famed short seller and head of...

Shopify CEO Mum On Details To Quell Citron Short Seller

October 31, 2017
Retail software platform Shopify’s chief executive officer, Tobi Lutke, wants to address complaints lodged by short seller Andrew Left of Citron Research during its upcoming earnings call, reports said Monday (Oct....