#short-selling

#short-selling

"I've never seen a situation like this change so quickly," says Wettlaufer, partner at the short-selling shop Bleecker Street Research, which opened its short position into SVB in January. Wettlaufer wasn't talking about the events of the last two and a half days-when a bank run ushered the California financial regulator into its offices to close it down not long after SVB said it was raising more than $2 billion in capital through a share sale. No-Wettlaufer was referring to the last two years.

Short sellers have alleged concerns around market competition, and the timing of their pressure campaign has coincided with a wave of insider selling that's further driving their narrative.

The stock dropped 33.3% following the indictment announcement, with the Defiance Daily Target 2X Short SMCI ETF gaining 63.6% in a single week. Supermicro shares are now down 40.8% over the past year.

What's fascinating about this season of "Industry" is how well it speaks to this moment. Tender starts as a payment processing platform for adult content. The show references the very real (and still controversial) Online Safety Bill that the UK introduced, which has led to age verification and other enhanced rules for consuming adult content online. Because of its affiliation with adult content, Tender finds itself at odds with the new government's regulation and must pivot or die, as the saying goes.

For a long time, Burry has been skeptical of Tesla, its stock, and its CEO, Elon Musk, even placing a $530 million bet against shares several years ago. Eventually, Burry's short position extended to other supporters of the company, including ARK Invest. Tesla has long drawn skepticism from investors and more traditional analysts, who believe its valuation is overblown. However, the company is not traded as a traditional stock, something that other Wall Street firms have recognized.

"So the way I like to think about it is: Is there going to be an AI wobble at some point? Are investors going to be concerned about how those CapEx dollars are being invested? Right now, he continued, alluding to a famous game theory scenario, "there's a little bit of a prisoner's dilemma, let's call it, among the larger firms. You have to invest in it because your peers are investing in it, and so if you're left behind you're not going to have the stronger competitive position to it."

Shares of the maker of plant-based meat substitutes Beyond Meat ( NASDAQ:BYND) exploded higher by over 1,300% in a few days before crashing back to earth, shattering the quick gains that traders hoped to hang onto. Now that shares of Beyond Meat are right back in the gutter, now off close to 77% from the monthly spike, many investors might be wondering if the hyper-volatile play has any more bullish energy left in the tank and if the latest dip (more like an implosion) is a buying opportunity to get in ahead of meme traders who might be inclined to give the name a second look with the hopes of getting in before another meme-esque spike.

"ARKK's speculative tech holdings like Tesla Inc., Roblox Corp., and Coinbase Global Inc. have rebounded from tariff-volatility induced lows alongside the broader stock market..."