short picks

A short squeeze forces investors betting on a stock's decline (short sellers) to buy back shares at a higher price to avoid losses, triggering a price surge. Analyst Faizan Farooque sees this potential in Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ: ACB) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) due to their recent actions...

The “sell everything brick and mortar” theme has been playing out on Wall Street for the better part of a decade and the casualties have absolutely piled up, with Bed Bath and Beyond being the latest. In fact, it was this thematic trade that took down Melvin Capital and made GameStop (...

On Wednesday, shares of Ambac Financial Group (NYSE: AMBC) experienced volatile short activity. After the activity, the stock price went up +2.01% to $16.22. The overall sentiment for AMBC has been Bearish. The signal from the volatility alert is trending Bullish. Therefore, the recommendation is...

On Wednesday, shares of Windtree Therapeutics (NASDAQ: WINT) experienced volatile short activity. After the activity, the stock price went up +47.06% to $0.25. The overall sentiment for WINT has been Bullish. The signal from the volatility alert is trending Bearish. Therefore, the recommendation is...

On Wednesday, shares of Tenaris S.a. (NYSE: TS) experienced volatile short activity. After the activity, the stock price went down -2.9% to $33.11. The overall sentiment for TS has been Bearish. The signal from the volatility alert is trending Bullish. Therefore, the recommendation is to Strong Buy...

Just a few days into April, a popular investor known for sharing his short ideas has already taken on Donald Trump, Cathie Wood and now Elon Musk with short bets and callouts. What Happened: Seabreeze Partners Manager and Real Money Pro Contributor Doug Kass announced Monday morning...

Last week, members of the Reddit forum WallStreetBets were able to pull off a short squeeze for the history books by banding together to take on hedge funds betting against GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME). Targeting GameStop worked well for the Reddit community because GameStop had very...

The rally in electric vehicle-related stocks has not been missed by Citron Research. The short seller is out with tweets Friday hitting one of the fastest growing names in the sector. What Happened: Citron hit Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp (NASDAQ: SOLO). The first tweet calls SOLO “a...

Coming up short. Getting the short end of the stick. Short-sighted. Those trite expressions might describe how people who piled into short positions in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock feel now as shares skyrocket in a rally that’s nothing short of hyperbolic. Before shares began their...

Sunguard's Astec Analytics compiled a list of the most shorted stocks. The firm provides up-to-date, intraday short selling market insight through a securities lending analytics. Top Pick: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) Short interest in Tesla's stock hit a 12-month high point last week before "...

American Greetings Corp. (AM) has already knocked down one support line, and with just the tiniest of moves lower this week, another one - the only other one - could be knocked down as well. If and when it goes too, the selling could further accelerate. The first floor to fall was the rising...

Despite a solid effort to revive the buying effort two weeks ago, the pop from $20.81 on the 4th to %23.32 by the 6th ended up only being a final exit opportunity for anyone who didn't get out of Temple-Inland, Inc. (NYSE: TIN) in late December. The stock has given up all that ground, and more. If...