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The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Despite daily trading volumes in the hundreds of billions, cryptocurrency traders have often been forced to settle with non-satisfactory...

Dogecoin has seen a parabolic rise throughout the past week, going all the way from $0.0617 to hitting an all-time high of $0.2917 late Thursday —  a rise of about 373%. This absurd rise has many investors asking, “How can I short this meme coin?” Investors are able to buy a...

The world’s richest man has been against short sellers for some time and continued to share his thoughts on Thursday. What Happened: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has been sharing thoughts on the recent market volatility led by GameStop (NASDAQ: GME). Earlier this week,...

Shares of GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) soared this week in reaction to a new board of director addition, but the surge could also be due in part to a new phenomenon known as "short busting," according to Jim Cramer. What Happened: GameStop announced that online pet food company...

Shares of Sorrento Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SRNE) traded 13.5% lower in after-hours trading on Tuesday as a reaction to the company firing its Chief Financial Officer Jiong Shao. What Happened: Sorrento Therapeutics, a biotech drug manufacturer in a filing with the Securities and...

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...

It was legendary investor Jim Chanos who once said in a Bloomberg interview, “short sellers are the market’s real-time financial detectives." And for all headaches short sellers (particularly activist shorts) may cause for company executives and board members, their role in...

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MiMedx Group Inc (NASDAQ: MDXG) shares closed down 6.6 percent Friday after Aurelius Value revived an old offensive and accused the firm of “serious and pervasive fraud” in an open letter to auditors. Management responded to claims with counter-allegations of price manipulation. “...

Last week, NYSE president Tom Farley took a personal shot at short sellers when calling for new rules to require them to publicly reveal their positions. Short sellers profit when share prices fall, but they are not currently required to disclose their bearish bets, allowing them to operate mostly...

Do Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) bears and short sellers know something the rest of the market doesn't? Tesla remains one of the hottest stocks to short, yet at the same time shares are higher by nearly 50 percent since the start of 2017 alone. According to FIS Astec Analytics, Tesla is actually the...

Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson splits his time between the Greek Orthodox community and hedge fund executives. One of Lemelson's more notable calls as of late is his short thesis in Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), which he believes is overvalued by more than $100 per share. Speaking during a charitable...

Carson Block, the founder and chief investment officer of Muddy Waters, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Tuesday to talk about what appears to be an unpopular strategy among investors and fund managers — shorting stocks. Carson was quick to point out that assets under management for...

If you were trying to short sell shares of Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) right out of the gate following its high-profile IPO, it may have been more difficult than you anticipated. Since 2005, Regulation SHO has required brokers to have a reasonable belief that they will be able to borrow and deliver...

Astec Analytics is a provider of timely and accurate intra-day short-selling data and information, which helps investors better understand changes in investor sentiment. This week's report includes a few of the same companies that were highlighted in the prior report along with new entrants. Top...