Shortselling

Bill Ackman’s market-moving tweets make him the new bond king

Pershing Square Capital Management boss Bill Ackman helped start a rally in bond prices

Billionaire hedge fund boss calls time on US bond rout

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Jim Chanos made almost $100m from his bet against German payment firm Wirecard

Why hedge fund veteran Jim Chanos sees short-selling making a comeback

Chanos' predictions of an uptick in short-selling come as the UK government mulls plans to loosen rules around the practice

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Wereldhave’s Les Bastions shopping centre in Belgium: Adelphi Capital has reduced its short position on the Dutch real estate firm seven times

Hedge fund Adelphi scrambles to close short positions with 53 reductions in three months

Breakout Point said Adelphi was an outlier among funds in Europe — it was the largest coverer of shorts this year

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Nickel trading on the LME still hasn't resumed, and the halt will likely extend until at least mid-March

Hedge fund titan Clifford Asness leads trader fury after LME cancels $4bn in nickel trades

Nickel trading has been suspended most of the week as the LME weighs its options

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US watchdog ‘closely monitoring’ market volatility to protect retail traders in wake of GameStop saga

The SEC said it would 'act to protect retail investors when the facts demonstrate abusive or manipulative trading activity'

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The GameStop saga, which has seen retail investors execute a so-called short squeeze on funds shorting the video game retailer, has led to the targeting of other stocks heavily shorted by hedge funds

These hedge fund short bets could see ‘outsized moves,’ says Jefferies

These shorted stocks could see volatile trading in the coming days and weeks

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The craze around GameStop has seen every part of the internet weigh in on the mania

Getting back at Wall Street: Here’s what’s going on with GameStop, Reddit and short-sellers

Shares in GameStop have risen more than 1,600% this year, as Reddit traders retaliate against Wall Street funds

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Argonaut’s Norris says shorting Wirecard helped fund soar 38% amid ‘groupthink’

'The investment industry is awash with groupthink and this sheepish herd mentality, which is why so many people ended up being bullish on Wirecard'

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