In this Market, Short Sellers who Cannot CAUSE a Stock to Crash are Cannon Fodder by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2016 • 44 Comments “Shorting is the Worst Job”: Short Seller Andrew Left, Citron Research, who’s short Facebook, which is soaring, after reporting booming revenue and profit.
Hedge Funds Are Betting Record Amounts on Meltdown of Australian Banks and Housing Bubble by Wolf Richter • May 23, 2016 • 50 Comments Best way to short Australian real estate, or “widow maker trade?”
Mother of all Shorts: How BlackRock Made a Killing from Spain’s Biggest Ever Corporate Meltdown by Don Quijones • Dec 21, 2015 • 8 Comments Hiring the former CEO and then shorting the shares.
Bank of Canada Crushes Loonie, Created Mother of All Shorts by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2015 • 52 Comments All-out currency war. Clear winners: rich Chinese who buy homes in Canada.