Short Sellers

Chris Irons' experience with investing began with a loss. In an interview with Benzinga, Irons traced his journey from a young investor to the brains behind Quoth the Raven, where his mission is to stop deception and increase transparency in the market. Learning From IR Irons' interest in...

On June 3, U.K.’s most high-profile fund managers, Neil Woodford’s £3.75-billion ($4.55 billion) LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, was suspended as the fund manager struggled to free up cash to pay investors looking to get their money out. What Woodford...

Shares of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) plummeted Thursday after a short seller report penned by Harry Markopolos emerged that argued the company is engaged in fraud. If the report surfaced two years ago it would have more merit, William Blair analyst Nicholas Heymann said on CNBC's...

It’s been a brutal past six months for cannabis investors, with the ETF MANAGERS TR/TIERRA XP LATIN AME (NYSE: MJ) down another 5.9% this week following a big earnings miss from Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY). Tilray carries one of the largest short positions in the cannabis group, but Tilray...

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) called a report published by Bernie Madoff whistleblower about allegations of financial struggles "entirely false and misleading." What Happened Harry Markopolos, a financial fraud investigator and forensic accountant best known for presenting evidence...

The S&P 500 roared back to life on Tuesday led by Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) after the U.S. Trade Representative released a long list of exemptions from the new 10% tariffs on an additional $300 billion in Chinese imports set to go into effect on Sept. 1. Tariffs on the exempted items do not go...

Cannabis stocks bounced back on Friday, trading higher in sympathy with a big earnings beat and 35% gain from Aphria Inc (NYSE: APHA). After a hot start to the year, most cannabis stocks limped into second-quarter earnings season on an extended losing streak, and financial analytics firm S3...

Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ: BYND) shares tanked another 10% on Thursday after the company priced its recently announced 3.25 million-share secondary offering at $160, more than a 30% discount to the stock’s $234 closing price last week. Despite the market disappointment with the pricing, the $...

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: LGND) shares are down 10.5% on Tuesday following the company’s earnings report, but one of the company’s most vocal critics and short sellers is leaning into its bearish trade. On Tuesday, Ligand short seller Lemelson Capital Management said the firm...

Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ: BYND) has been one of the hottest IPOs in recent memory, with shares surging more than 800% from a $25 IPO price in less than three months. Earlier this week, Beyond Meat announced a new partnership with Dunkin Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ: DNKN) to supply plant-based meat...

It’s been a brutal year for Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors, with the stock down another 15% this week following a big earnings miss in the second quarter. Tesla carries one of the largest short positions in the market, however, and Tesla short sellers are having a very good week....

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is backing off from an effort to get a restraining order against a short seller, saying it doesn’t want to make public some audio and video recordings the court has requested for its decision on the request. What To Know Tesla claims short seller Randeep Hothi has...

Short seller GlassHouse Research has chosen Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) as its latest target, accusing the company of deceptive financial practices. GlassHouse alleges Onicell has prematurely recorded revenues and intentionally failed to not write-off its legacy inventory, thereby artificially...

Seymour Asset Management founder and CIO Tim Seymour led a conversation at the Benzinga Trading Summit on short selling, market opportunities and more with Sahm Adrangi, CIO of Kerrisdale Capital, and Ben Axler, CIO of Spruce Point Management. 'Think About It Mathematically' Seymor opened...

Short seller Spruce Point Management released a report Wednesday ripping Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ: AAXN) and suggesting the Taser manufacturer is facing potential downside between 40% and 60%. The Accusations In addition to the Taser, Axon offers analytics services to law enforcement via officer...