Short sales on the TSX: What bearish investors are betting against
The Globe and Mail Larry MacDonald Published January 14, 2021 Bookmark The most prolific of activist short sellers in 2020 was Nathan Anderson, founder of Hindenburg Research in New York City. He initiated 24 of the 177 campaigns launched around the world, according to data analytics firm Breakout Point. In Canada, Hindenburg Research was responsible for nearly half of the 16 sell recommendations issued by activist short sellers in 2020. Activist short sellers borrow and sell the shares of companies, then publish critiques of the companies in research reports, social media and other chan...