The findings? Only five of the 176 outlets are controlled or majority-controlled by private hedge funds. It just so happens that Harvard University provided a painstakingly thorough look at MSM ownership for 176 of the most influential media companies/outlets in May 2021. Again, this pump-and-dump scam needs fresh capital to keep moving higher, therefore presenting the media as evil is an easy way to try to rally new investors to the retail cause.īut, as is all-too-common with the ape agenda, it's devoid of fact.
5: Hedge funds control the mainstream mediaĪMC's apes need to create the impression that anything negative said about their company's stock on television, radio, the internet, or print can't possibly be true, and telling the lie that hedge funds control the mainstream media (MSM) is the easiest way to accomplish that task. Only 9 of 114 stocks had gained 10% or more, while 94 of 114 had a negative three-month return.Īpes need fresh capital to keep this pump-and-dump scheme going, but the data clearly shows that short squeezes rarely pay off.
Earlier this year, I looked at the trailing three-month returns of 114 stocks with short interest above 20% and a market cap of at least $300 million. Unfortunately, it's been five months since this ongoing claim began making its rounds, and there's nothing these retail folks can say to substantiate it.Īside from an institutional investor/hedge fund margin call wave being highly unlikely, history has also showed that short squeeze candidates have a poor track record of success. Apes are constantly hyping the idea that a short squeeze is imminent, or at worst right around the corner. Just as they teach every salesperson, creating a sense of urgency with customers (i.e., potential new investors) is important. 3: The short squeeze is coming/around the corner Was among eight meme stocks profiled last week.Image source: Getty Images. Which along with GameStop and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. As readers have pointed out, this is a different company from the “AMC” we that has been one of the most heavily covered meme stocks: AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Ranks fourth on the list, with a 32% gain in four weeks and 25.58% short interest. Cowen analyst Jeffrey Osborne downgraded Workhorse to a hold from a buy on June 4. The electric-vehicle maker produced 38 of its C-Series trucks during the first quarter and delivered six to customers. Is the most heavily shorted stock on the list, with 40.32% short interest, and its shares have nearly doubled in four weeks. The company’s shares have soared since the successful test of its manned shuttle on May 23, which one Wall Street analyst called a “ major milestone.” The company expects to begin testing for commercial passenger flights next year. Which more than doubled in four weeks and was 27.82% sold short on June 11. The biggest short squeeze in the Russell 3000 appears to be Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Here they are, sorted by how much the shares had appreciated for four weeks (from May 14) through June 11: According to FactSet’s most current data, there were only 20 stocks among the Russell 3000 whose shares available for trading were at least 25% sold short as of June 11. Among those, GameStop had the biggest year-to-date gain through Jan. Then identified the 65 stocks with at least 25% short interest.
We began with the components of the Russell 3000 Index Late in January, we listed heavily shorted stocks that had shot up the most that month.
Amc the big short professional#
This is what happened earlier this year when traders as a group decided to take on professional sellers by buying a lot of shares of heavily shorted stocks, including, most famously, GameStop Corp. The buying pushes the share price higher, making short investors accelerate their attempts to cover, which sends the shares spiraling higher in a frenzy. Short-selling is when an investor borrows shares and immediately sells them, hoping to buy them back later at a lower price, return them to the lender and pocket the difference.Ĭovering is when a person with a short position buys the shares to return them to the lender, to profit if the shares have gone down in price since they were shorted, or to limit losses if they went up after being shorted.Ī short squeeze is when a mass of investors looking to cover short positions start buying at the same time.