Short-selling
Intel’s US$440 billion six-week surge has short sellers circling
This will push their paper losses to more than US$12 billion, says data analytics firm S3 Partners
Outspoken short seller Michael Burry shorts Tesla over valuation and Musk pay plan, Fortune says
The move extends Burry’s bearish stance on highly valued tech stocks
Record short against Maersk backfires in trade-war defying rally
The trade war is still in its infancy, so there is plenty of time for the short bets to come good
Short sellers rack up US$25 billion loss on riskiest US stocks
They had lost US$2.5 billion in July as of last Thursday, betting against the 50 US-listed stocks with the highest short interest
Tesla short sellers set to pocket about US$1.4 billion in profits after stock slump
Tesla’s shares fell 7.5% at US$291.50, having lost more than 21% so far this year
Short selling is simply part of normal market functioning
Why this worry about an activity that is routine and commonplace in the currency, futures and commodities markets?
Taiwan short-selling curbs extended again amid tariff uncertainty
Short sellers borrow shares they expect to fall, aiming to repay the loan for less later to pocket the difference
Thailand temporarily bans short selling to calm stock market
The curbs are meant to mitigate potential volatility and provide investors with an opportunity to assess their response to the US tariff barrage
South Korea’s short-selling ban has ended; will global investors flock back?
The move could improve market access as it is likely to progress the country’s bid to be upgraded from emerging to developed-market status
Hedge funds burned by Tesla short bets plot next steps
Tesla’s share price is now down more than 40% since the end of December, equivalent to about US$550 billion of lost market value
