Jim Chanos

Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates, is speaking at the Value Investing Congress, and he is talking about value traps and how to identify them. Some of the ways to spot value traps are that the company appears to be using management metrics, not conventional metrics. It could have marquis or famous...

In recent weeks, more and more investors and market commentators have come to question the continuing prospects of China's economic growth. As China's stock market has hit new lows, the idea that China could continue to expand its economy at its current pace has come into doubt. Historically,...

Jim Chanos is speaking at the CNBC Delivering Alpha conference and he is saying he is short a variety of property developers, short a number of banks, and long the Macau casinos.

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Noted short seller and sometimes uber-bear Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates spoke at the Ira Sohn Conference yesterday, and said that the alternative energy sector, particularly wind and solar, are shorts, and he gave a rather scathing review of First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR). Chanos said that...

You have to admire someone who sticks to their guns. Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos continues to be bearish on China's growth prospects and now recommends shorting New York-listed Chinese stocks. The president and founder of New York-based Kynikos Associates was recently quoted on Bloomberg...

Legendary short seller Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates appeared on Bloomberg Television this afternoon with Carol Massar and Matt Miller. Chanos said that his "dramatic" bet against Chinese real estate may not be bearish enough and that "the bubble is really on the other side of the world."...

First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares are down sharply this morning, losing more than 4% to $138.60, after Jim Chanos was on CNBC this morning, and made some disparaging comments about the company, and particularly the solar sector in general. First Solar manufactures and sells solar modules using a...

This morning, Jim Chanos joined CNBC to discuss the Chinese market. “There's this big misconception there that the Chinese government can do what it wants,” Chanos said, addressing a little-known challenge. “The Chinese banking system is expanding to do this.” Chanos said that China's credit...

“Halleluiah!” That was the first word out of Patrick Byrne's mouth when Benzinga asked him about the recent hedge fund scandal. “It's about freaking time!” Byrne, the president and CEO of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK), gives serious credit to the Department of Justice and the FBI for the work...