In this latest episode of The Short of It, Freddy Brick is joined by Soren Aandahl of Blue Orca Capital. They address the awkward question of whether it’s appropriate for short sellers to criticize other short reports.
With his newfound celebrity status, Freddy gives us his plan for post-hedge fund life. Carson issues a challenge to his Twitter trolls, while Freddy gives another trip down memory lane to reveal his misguided belief that he’s the greatest marketer in the world.
Mike Coolbaugh sits down with Ivan Cosovic of Breakout Point to discuss the biggest themes in the world of short selling.
After taking a week off, Carson and Freddy pick up right where they left off. From California’s environmental policies raising serious concerns with Poober, to transportation issues for his ICBM, all of Freddy’s recent venture ideas seem to be falling apart at the seams.
Kir Kahlon from Scorpion Capital makes the case that IonQ (IONQ) is just another in a lengthy line of sham SPAC deals.
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In this latest episode of The Short of It, Freddy Brick is joined by Soren Aandahl of Blue Orca Capital. They address the awkward question of whether it’s appropriate for short sellers to criticize other short reports.
With his newfound celebrity status, Freddy gives us his plan for post-hedge fund life. Carson issues a challenge to his Twitter trolls, while Freddy gives another trip down memory lane to reveal his misguided belief that he’s the greatest marketer in the world.
Mike Coolbaugh sits down with Ivan Cosovic of Breakout Point to discuss the biggest themes in the world of short selling.
After taking a week off, Carson and Freddy pick up right where they left off. From California’s environmental policies raising serious concerns with Poober, to transportation issues for his ICBM, all of Freddy’s recent venture ideas seem to be falling apart at the seams.
Kir Kahlon from Scorpion Capital makes the case that IonQ (IONQ) is just another in a lengthy line of sham SPAC deals.
In this interview, Michael Coolbaugh is joined by Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research to discuss current Fed policy.
Mike Coolbaugh sits down with Ivan Cosovic of Breakout Point to discuss the biggest themes in the world of short selling.
Soren Aandahl from Blue Orca Capital makes the case that Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) is a cannabis bank, masquerading as a REIT.
Carson and Freddy are back to announce their latest plans for Smash & Grab beer. Can they get the trademark, or will they have to settle on Fail & Set Sale Pale Ale?
In this latest episode of The Short of It, Carson Block and Freddy Brick are joined by Whitney Tilson of Empire Financial Research who shares his insights in being involved in some of the largest short-selling battles of all time.
Kir Kahlon from Scorpion Capital makes the case that IonQ (IONQ) is just another in a lengthy line of sham SPAC deals.
Soren Aandahl from Blue Orca Capital makes the case that Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) is a cannabis bank, masquerading as a REIT.
Adam Gefvert of White Diamond Research makes the case against Global Tech Industries, a company that’s forever announcing new acquisitions, none of which have come to fruition.
Soren Aandahl from Blue Orca Capital returns to make the case that battery recycling SPAC Li-Cycle (LICY) is a near-fatal combination of stock promotion, laughable governance, a broken business hemorrhaging cash, CFO and auditor resignations, and highly questionable Enron-like accounting.
Adam Gefvert from White Diamond Research returns to make the case that recently up listed facial recognition software company authID ($AUID) is massively overvalued.
Carson Block of Muddy Waters Capital makes the case that Chinese real estate platform Ke Holdings ($BEKE) is inflating almost every key metric underpinning its business, along with revenue, likening it to the fraud scene with Luckin Coffee.
Soren Aandahl, CIO of Blue Orca Capital, joins Zer0es TV to make the case that Standard Lithium is setting up to massively underdeliver on its promises to shareholders.
Tim Murray of J Capital Research joins “The Chopping Block” to make the case that aspiring geothermal energy company and lithium producer Vulcan Energy Resources has set itself up to massively underdeliver on the promises they have made to investors.
Anne Stevenson-Yang, the co-founder of J Capital Research, joins “The Chopping Block” to outline her short thesis on EV SPAC Faraday Future ($FFIE).
Kir Kahlon, founder and CIO of Scorpion Capital, reveals his latest short thesis on Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings ($DNA).
In this interview, Michael Coolbaugh is joined by Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research to discuss current Fed policy.
In this interview for Zer0es TV, Michael Coolbaugh is joined by Anne Stevenson-Yang of J Capital Research to discuss her outlook for China.
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger has been one of the most influential figures in crafting U.S. policy towards China over the last 5 years. Here, Pottinger and Carson Block of Muddy Waters Capital discuss the evolution of China policy since the early 90s.
Carson Block of Muddy Waters Capital and Dr. Pascal Ströing of MetaShort, discuss whether a black and white dichotomy of right or wrong is a flawed lens to view short-seller research.
Carson Block and Freddy Brick of Muddy Waters Capital and Dan David of Wolfpack Research use the recent happenings around Quintessential Capital Management’s report on Cassava Sciences and QCM’s decision to de-risk shortly after publishing to explore the business model of activist short sellers.
Jamie Catherwood of O’Shaugnessey Asset Management joins Carson Block to discuss Investor Amnesia, Catherwood’s online financial history course examining frauds, manias, and bubbles.
With short- and long-term macro risks piling up across the globe, Carson Block the help of Hugh Hendry to make sense of which of these risks matter most.
When Muddy Waters published pseudonymously on China Zhongwang in 2015, MW claimed the fraud was one of the most complex and global schemes that short-sellers have ever uncovered.
Herb Greenberg is a legendary financial journalist who recently announced that he’s pursuing a career switch to activist short selling. In this candid conversation, Carson and Herb discuss Herb’s transition, including the major pitfalls he’s encountering, particularly around idea generation.
In this episode, Carson Block sits down with Tariq Fancy, the former CIO of sustainable investing at Blackrock. As a big believer in capital markets, Tariq felt allocating capital to the problems of climate change could help solve one of the biggest problems on the planet. However, his experience in ESG was the opposite of solving problems.
Roddy Boyd, Founder of the Foundation for Financial Journalism, shares that a healthy dose of scepticism doesn’t mean you are right, but it is a great tool for understanding whether or not to dig deeper.
Danny Moses discusses the biggest red flags that deceptive management uses in their pursuit to cover up the truth.
Edwin Dorsey, author of The Bear Cave newsletter, talks about how he discovered Vista Equity Partner’s M&A secret
Adam Gefvert, Head Analyst of White Diamond Research, talks about the new short he will be revealing and how they came across the company. He also talks about the company WRAP who withheld details of their product testing from investors.
In this episode, Anne talks about the fake Chinese agricultural companies she discovered on her travels as well as the ghost towns set up by the Chinese corporation Evergrande Group.
Roddy Boyd loves to take a look at the resumes of a company’s ‘C suite’ employees. Are they who they say they are, and how on earth did they get to such a high level of management?
How Nano-X Imaging (NNOX) fell apart after short-sellers became suspicious of the hype around a technological innovation that purported to be 3 technologies packed into 1.
How Steve Clapham was alerted to the ‘funky accounting’ at Patisserie Valerie by examining how they compared to Starbucks.
Watch this video to find out.
In this latest episode of The Short of It, Freddy Brick is joined by Soren Aandahl of Blue Orca Capital. They address the awkward question of whether it’s appropriate for short sellers to criticize other short reports.
With his newfound celebrity status, Freddy gives us his plan for post-hedge fund life. Carson issues a challenge to his Twitter trolls, while Freddy gives another trip down memory lane to reveal his misguided belief that he’s the greatest marketer in the world.
Mike Coolbaugh sits down with Ivan Cosovic of Breakout Point to discuss the biggest themes in the world of short selling.
After taking a week off, Carson and Freddy pick up right where they left off. From California’s environmental policies raising serious concerns with Poober, to transportation issues for his ICBM, all of Freddy’s recent venture ideas seem to be falling apart at the seams.
Mike Coolbaugh sits down with Ivan Cosovic of Breakout Point to discuss the biggest themes in the world of short selling.
Carson and Freddy are back to announce their latest plans for Smash & Grab beer. Can they get the trademark, or will they have to settle on Fail & Set Sale Pale Ale?
In this latest episode of The Short of It, Carson Block and Freddy Brick are joined by Whitney Tilson of Empire Financial Research who shares his insights in being involved in some of the largest short-selling battles of all time.
In this week’s episode of Zer0 Fucks Given, Carson and Freddy discuss the recent events in Russia and Ukraine, and how that might impact China’s vision for Taiwan. Carson provides an insight into the unpleasant realities of short selling, specifically what it’s like to be the subject of a major lawsuit.
There have been some wild swings in many commodities over the last few sessions, with some record-breaking price moves in both directions.
In the inaugural episode of Zer0 Fucks Given, Carson Block and Freddy Brick sit down to tell us why short sellers are rarely a happy breed. Whether it’s Freddy’s height, Carson’s recent run-in with Cathy Wood, or the wild theories behind “Shitcos;” Freddy and Carson pull no punches.
Alyx Flournoy, head of product specialists at Omega Point, explains how factor risk models can help short and long investors manage risks without neutralizing the desired idiosyncratic aspects of stock picking.
Put buying and call selling are some of the most common ways to express a bearish view on a stock, but often the shape of the volatility surface means these are suboptimal ways to express that view. Imran Lakha, the founder of Options Insight, outlines four alternative options structures which depending on the market environment may be better ways to structure a bearish options trade.
Freddy Brick of Muddy Waters Capital discusses short selling beyond US shores. He argues that factors like cultural differences in Europe, where investors rarely challenge public companies make it an interesting place to look for potential shorts.
Not all short-sellers are looking to make a big splash when they come up with a new short thesis. Brad Safalow, CEO of PAA Research, has been able to generate consistent short alpha for over a decade all while keeping his research behind a paywall.
Short sellers are often painted with a broad brush as trying to profit from the demise of corporations, but a huge percentage of short interest is actually coming from hedgers who are combining short equity positions with long positions in other parts of the capital structure.
Short sellers often go after the worst of the worst, looking for companies and management teams with serious and potentially even criminal issues. This is leaving a massive opportunity set of poorly run but not fraudulent companies untouched by activist short-sellers.
Junheng Li, Founder, and CEO of JL Warren Capital, runs a research firm that provides on-the-ground high-frequency data for sectors in the Chinese economy. In this episode, Junheng addresses the massive boom in Chinese company IPOs in the U.S. and how these companies are often too immature for public markets.
Kir Kahlon, Founder and CIO of Scorpion Capital, dives into his research process in this episode of Short-Selling 101.
In this episode of Short Selling 101, Noel Smith, CIO of Convexity Asset Management, discusses how important protecting downside risk is for long-term success in investing.
In this Short Selling 101, Chris Drose, founder of Bleeker Street Research, lays out his process and reasoning for focusing on bad actors to find short candidates.
Watch this video to find out.
In this podcast, The Wolf Pack is joined by special guest Carson Block to discuss the fallout from the Hindenburg Research Short Report.
Carson Block, addresses criticisms of short-selling in general, dispels widely held misconceptions about activist shorts, and reveals how he targets companies.
A Real Vision interview with famed activist short seller Carson Block who pulls no punches as he takes aim at Canada, Jack Ma and the U.S. pharmaceutical industry.
Carson shares the meticulous process required in researching a potentially fraudulent firm, financial engineering as a prevailing theme for shorting, and areas of the world that have his attention.