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☆ Trump Media shares drop below $30, company sheds more than half of market cap since trading debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The price of Trump Media shares fell below $30 in early trading Friday morning, which is more than $40 lower than what its shares first sold for when the social media company began public trading on March 26. The shares of Trump Media, which owns the Truth Social app, have dropped by more than 47% month-to-date, wiping out billions of dollars in the company's market capitalization. Trump Media last year had revenue of just $4.1 million, and reported a net loss of $58 million. A week ago, traders who wanted short Trump Media shares had to pay up to 900% in annual financing costs, meaning they would need a then-$30-per share drop within a month to break even on their trade, Dusaniwsky said. Since then, however, financing costs for short trades in Trump Media had sharply fallen, to 200%.

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☆ Trump Media payday: What Truth Social executives got paid in stock and compensation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Those thresholds for the share price are well below where Trump Media stock was trading on Monday, when it closed at $37.17, down more than 8%. The filing disclosed that Trump Media awarded company stock to Nunes, chief financial officer Phillip Juhan, and chief operating officer Andrew Northwall. The three top executives, like Trump himself, are currently barred from selling any of their common stock in Trump Media for the next six months. CNBC asked a spokeswoman for Trump Media why promissory notes were used to grant stock to the executives. Legal battlesBesides Trump, the biggest shareholders in Trump Media are two corporate entities.

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☆ Trump Media is the most expensive U.S. stock to short — by far
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Trump Media, which began being publicly traded last week, is now far and away the most expensive U.S. stock to sell short, according to S3 Partners , a leading financial data marketplace platform. You need a lot of cash — and guts — to short Trump Media stock right now. "It's the most expensive stock borrow," Dusaniwsky said of Trump Media. As of Wednesday, the short interest in Trump Media — or value of shares borrowed for short trades — was about $255 million. The investors who are able to borrow shares from their brokers for a Trump Media short sale are "good customers" of those brokers, he said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ihor Dusaniwsky, Dusaniwsky, Trump, —, there's, Nick Wells Organizations: Trump, Trump Media, Investors, Partners, S3 Partners

☆ Trump Media is a risky bet, whether you love it or hate it
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Those who have already swallowed the high borrowing costs to short Trump Media are getting hosed. But if the stock price keeps going up, there’s no limit to the amount you’d have to pay to replace the borrowed shares. “But…long shareholders have a much different and much more positive view” on Trump Media. Bottom line: Trump Media, trading under the ticker DJT, is a classic meme stock (if “classic” can apply to a three-year-old concept). Whether you’re going short or long, “think of that as you’re making a political statement,” said Laurence White, an economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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☆ Why investors aren't betting against Trump's Twitter clone — yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp — Donald Trump's social media company — is a flashing red light of a stock. In other words: It seems like a perfect candidate for short sellers — investors who bet that a company's stock price is overvalued and will fall. But not that much, for now: More than 3 million shares of Trump Media have been shorted, says short-tracker S3 Partners. Related storiesS3's managing director, Ihor Dusaniwsky, offers one explanation: It's particularly hard to short Trump's company for technical reasons. There is extraordinarily little stock borrow available in [Trump Media] to support new short sales and stock borrow rates are extremely high.

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☆ Homebuilder rebound trend may accelerate, says S3's Ihor Dusaniwsky
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHomebuilder rebound trend may accelerate, says S3's Ihor DusaniwskyIhor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the impact of interest rates on homebuilding, the industry's investment landscape, and more.

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NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Fisker Inc (FSR.N) fell by more than 24% to an all-time low on Tuesday after the electric-vehicle startup slashed its production targets as it struggles to ramp up deliveries. Multiple Wall Street analysts, including from Barclays, Evercore and Cowen, slashed their price target on Fisker's shares after its revised production forecast. The median price target of the 14 analysts covering the stock is $6.50, down from $8 a month ago, and their current recommendation is "hold", according to LSEG data. Unlike other EV makers, Fisker has outsourced its vehicle production to Canadian auto part supplier Magna International (MG.TO). Nelson reiterated his "strong sell" rating and halved his 12-month price target from $2 to $1.

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☆ Retail investors flock to bond ETFs in third quarter as prices slide
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Bansari Mayur Kamdar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Cagla GurdoganDaily retail investor flows into the benchmark iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF touched their highest level last week since March 2020, according to data from Vanda Research. The fund saw net retail inflows rise to $1.2 billion so far this quarter, Vanda’s data showed, even as prices slid to their lowest level since 2010 amid a sharp rise in yields. The ETF saw retail net inflows of nearly $746 million in the second quarter. The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF is down 13.3% in the third quarter and has fallen 10.4% year-to-date. Overall, the ETF saw nearly $3.9 billion in net inflows so far this quarter, according to Lipper data, slowing from nearly $6 billion last quarter but still on track to post its ninth straight quarter of inflows.

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☆ Short sellers must wait to take a stab at SoftBank's Arm Holdings soaring shares
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Saqib Iqbal Ahmed | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A smartphone with a displayed Arm Ltd logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Investors looking to bet against the soaring shares of newly-listed Arm Holdings (ARM.O) may have to wait at least a day before the stock becomes available for shorting, analysts said. Shares in SoftBank's Arm Holdings (ARM.O) opened 18% above their offer price in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, valuing the British chip designer at nearly $60 billion in its return to the public markets after seven years. "I have every reason to believe that when ARM options are listed they will be very popular," said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers. Arm shares were last up 15.80% at $59.06.

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☆ A monster rally in just 3 stocks has caused short sellers to lose $30 billion so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The strong rally in stocks this year has sparked big losses for short sellers, according to S3 Partners. These are the three stocks that sparked $30 billion in losses for short sellers, according to S3. In total, short sellers have seen $122.1 billion in mark-to-market losses in the first six months of the year, and just three stocks drove a total loss of $30 billion. These are the top 10 stocks that have driven the biggest losses for short sellers so far this year, according to S3 Partners. TeslaTesla launched its insurance product in 2019 Getty ImagesTicker: TSLAShort seller losses: $13.0 billionYear-to-date performance: 126.5%

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☆ Tesla short sellers down $6.08 bln in stock's 11-session winning streak -S3 Partners
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 9 (Reuters) - Traders who have sold Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) shares short have lost about $6.08 billion on a mark-to-market basis during the electric car maker's current winning streak, according to the latest data from S3 Partners. And Tesla is the largest short in the world, according the S3's head of predictive analytics Ihor Dusaniwsky, who says $22.43 billion worth of Tesla shares have been sold short. Traders have shorted 15.3 million new Tesla shares, worth $3.6 billion, in 2023. And in the past thirty days bearish bets expanded further, with 1.3 million more shares worth $303 million, sold short, representing a roughly 1.4% increase even as Tesla's stock price rose 39%, Dusaniwsky said. Tesla shares on Friday traded up 4.4% at $245.08 after earlier hitting its highest level since early October.

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☆ Solid first-quarter stock performance fueled 8.7% short interest jump -S3
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Stephen Culp | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - The solid first-quarter stock market performance helped prompt an 8.7% rise in short interest in U.S. and Canadian equities markets, according to a note from S3 Partners Research released on Friday. Short interest in U.S. and Canada markets increased by $77.9 billion, or 8.7%, to $977 billion in the first quarter of 2023, S3 Partners data showed. Technology (.SPLRCT), consumer discretionary (.SPLRCD) and industrials (.SPLRCI) reported the largest quarterly increases in short exposure, while short positions in energy (.SPNY) and utilities (.SPLRCU) fell the most, wrote Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of Predictive Analytics at S3. Year-to-date, tech shares have surged 19.9%, consumer discretionary has advanced 13.6% and industrials have gained 2.0%. Short interest exposure is concentrated in technology (.SPLRCT), consumer discretionary (.SPLRCD) and financials, which together account for about 47% of the total $976.84 billion in short interest at the end of the quarter, according Reuters analysis of the data.

☆ Analysis: Heroes or villains: Short sellers' role in the U.S. bank crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Lawrence Delevingne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

How much short sellers contributed to the downward spiral reprises the debate about whether so-called shorts are market watchdogs or opportunistic investors who profit from others’ misery. In the case of the banking crisis, a review of data and interviews with short sellers and their critics show, the answer may be both. Some high profile short sellers were later celebrated as making prophetic calls about the U.S. housing market. Even so, interviews and public postings show at least some short sellers had placed bets against regional banks well before the crisis hit. SHORT POSITIONSSuch early short sellers, however, were in the small minority.

☆ Short sellers generated paper profit of $14 billion betting against bank stocks in March amid SVB chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Short sellers betting against bank stocks logged $14.3 billion in paper profit in March, said S3 Partners. Chaos around SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse spurred a 11.4% rise in new short selling in global bank stocks. But short sellers are also facing a squeeze as prices in bank stocks come off lower levels hit this month. Stripping out SVB Financial Group and Signature Bank, those selling bank stocks short were down 4.5% since March 23, handing back $587 million of their profit made this month. "If this upward price trend continues in the rest of the regional banks, we should see short covering as short sellers rush to realize some of their mark-to-market profits," said Dusaniwsky.

☆ Short sellers are doubling down on these European banks — and Credit Suisse isn't their top target
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Short-sellers are sitting on nearly $2 billion in profit from bets against the European banking sector this month so far. The worries heightened in Europe on Wednesday as Credit Suisse shares fell by 24% — its biggest daily loss. However, data shows that Credit Suisse — Switzerland's second-largest lender — doesn't even make the list of the top five most-shorted European Banks. BNP Paribas remains the biggest target for short-sellers, with $3.1 billion in total wagers expecting shares to fall. The following table shows the European lenders that saw the largest increase in shorts over the past 30 days.

☆ Short sellers may pocket $2.3 bln from U.S. bank rout over last three days -S3 Partners
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 15 (Reuters) - Short sellers may have raked in $2.29 billion in profit in the past three sessions, as they took advantage of a selloff in regional bank shares following the collapse of SVB Financial Group (SIVB.O) and Signature Bank (SBNY.O), S3 Partners said. SVB Financial and Signature Bank are among the top five most profitable shorts among regional banks this year, the research firm said in a client note. Short sellers have pocketed $3.53 billion so far in March on a mark-to-market basis, according to S3. "SIVB and SBNY short sellers are sitting on massive mark-to-market profits but have no way to realize those profits at the moment," S3 Managing Director Ihor Dusaniwsky said. Short sellers profit from stock declines by borrowing shares of companies that they believe are overvalued, selling them, and then buying them back at a lower price later.

☆ Bed Bath & Beyond surges for third day in meme-stock rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Medha Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A person exits a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. Among the top three companies traded on Fidelity's retail platform, Bed Bath & Beyond jumped 69% during the session and then another 20% after the bell. On Tuesday, Bed Bath & Beyond said it would lay off more employees to cut costs after reporting a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss. The rise and fall of Bed Bath & BeyondShort interest in Bed Bath & Beyond is $82.7 million, or 52.07% of its free float, analytics firm S3 Partners said in a research note. Bed Bath & Beyond's options volume was running nine times what is typical, based on recent trading, according to Trade Alert data.

☆ Tesla short sellers pile on pressure after most profitable trade in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Saqib Iqbal Ahmed | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Fresh off their most profitable year ever, short sellers targeting Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) stock are heaping more pressure on the electric vehicle maker led by Elon Musk. Tesla short interest stands at $8.76 billion, or nearly 3% of the share float, down from $14 billion a month ago, a decline reflecting the steep drop in Tesla's stock price. "As the stock price hits a floor or expected value for short sellers, they will start trading positions to realize their profits. In 2022, Tesla was the most profitable short trade in the U.S. market, earning $15.85 billion in paper profits for investors, according to S3 data. That was the best year ever for Tesla short sellers, but they have recouped only about a quarter of the $60 billion in estimated losses from 2010 to 2021.

☆ Traders who bet against stocks made a killing in 2022, as short sellers netted $300 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But even with the huge win in 2022, short sellers still lag in recent history. Shorted stocks had a return of 30.8% in 2022, said Ihor Dusaniwsky, the firm's managing director of predictive analytics. That means short sellers outperformed the broader market, which suffered its biggest losses since 2008. When an investor sells a stock "short" they borrow shares from a broker and sell them in hopes of buying the stock back later at a lower price. Short sellers still needed to be good stock pickers in 2022 as different sectors and individual holdings could produce vastly different results, Dusaniwsky said.

☆ Tesla shares record rare jump this month on the way to worst year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Shares of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) snapped a seven-session losing streak on Wednesday, in their rare rise this month on the way to what will be the electric-vehicle maker's worst year on record. "The shorts are piling on and the stock is way oversold here, which could drive a bounce-back rally," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said. Tesla short sellers stand to book a profit of $16.94 billion, their first gain since at least 2016, compared with a $10.26 billion loss last year. Short sellers borrow shares to sell them on the open market in the hope of buying them back at a cheaper price and pocketing the difference. There could be more short selling until a firm-priced floor is established, Dusaniwsky said.

☆ Tesla shares have fallen 35% this month — and short-sellers piled on
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Short sellers raised their bets against Tesla this month, as the electric car maker's shares fell by a further 35% . More than half a billion dollars worth of shares were sold short in December, making Tesla the second-most shorted stock as of Dec. 21, according to data from S3 Partners. They borrow shares to sell them immediately with a plan to repurchase them when the price is lower to pocket the difference. More than 3% of all Tesla shares currently trading are sold short, representing $11.3 billion in total short interest, according to S3 Partners. Hedge funds expected Musk to sell shares to fund his $44 billion leveraged buyout of the social media giant.

☆ Tesla is the most profitable short of 2022 as traders 'hit overdrive' on their bet against the EV maker following Elon Musk's Twitter deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla short sellers have bagged $15 billion in profits year-to-date, according to S3 Partners. Short sellers "hit overdrive" on pressing their bet against Tesla after Elon Musk bought Twitter. "Short sellers have been backing up their TSLA short exposure for good reason, it is the most profitable short, in dollar value, of 2022," S3 said. The firm said that Tesla is the most profitable short trade of 2022, with traders bagging $15 billion in mark-to-market profits year-to-date. "Short sellers have been backing up their TSLA short exposure for good reason, it is the most profitable short, in dollar value, of 2022," S3 managing director Ihor Dusaniwsky said.

☆ Tesla short sellers have made $11.5 billion profit this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Investors who took short positions in Tesla stock have made an $11.5 billion profit so far this year, according to Wall Street analytics firm S3 Partners, as Tesla shares lost about half their value. That’s a nearly 60% return on the $19.6 billion invested in short positions on Tesla this year. And it’s a nearly 180-degree reversal in how they did in 2021, when their short positions resulted in a combined $10.3 billion loss, after Tesla shares rose 50%. And let’s not forget the $40.7 billion loss short sellers suffered in 2020, when shares of Tesla climbed 743%. The problems for Tesla stock, and the gains for short sellers, actually began about a year ago.

☆ Wall St Week Ahead Stocks typically rally in December, investors have some caution this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( David Randall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

September, meanwhile, is the worst month of average for stocks, with a 0.7% average decline. Gains would be welcomed by many investors after seeing the S&P 500 Index (.SPX) fall around 16% so far this year. Still, weighing on the market has been the U.S. Federal Reserve's actions to aggressively tighten interest rates to fight inflation. The average Santa rally has boosted the S&P 500 by 1.3% since 1969, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. The painful double-digit declines in both U.S. stocks and bonds, meanwhile, have made both asset classes more attractive for long-term investors, said Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab.

☆ Investors have very little to be thankful for in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Oil stocks have been huge winners this year, thanks to the spike in crude prices…which boosted sales and profits. For now, at least, energy investors are reaping the rewards. And there are also opportunities for investors looking for a little more risk…and potential reward. Finally, investors who’ve bet against the stock market also can give thanks for this year’s volatility. PC giants Dell (DELL) and HP (HPQ) also report results this week.

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