Andrew Left is a famed short seller, who publishes his short ideas through his website CitronResearch.com, formerly known as StockLemon.com. Citron’s main goal, according to their website, is “identifying fraud and terminal business models.” Who is Andrew Left?...
What is relative strength? Relative strength is a momentum style trading strategy that involves making trading decisions based on the relative strength of one security compared to another. An example of a relative strength strategy would be going long tech stocks when...
Reddit can be hit or miss. Because of the anonymous nature of the site, you have a lot of amateurs posing as experts, as well as a heavy tendency towards herd mentality. One also has to consider the fact that in niches like trading/investing, a much higher percentage...
Most hedge fund managers live in the shadows, with little fame or press, not Bill Ackman, who is one of the most famous hedge fund managers of our time. He’s known best for predicting the 2008 financial crisis by aggressively shorting MBIA and their bonds, and his...
The VIX Explained The VIX is a well debated, but much misunderstood index. You’ll often hear financial media pundits refer to it as the “fear gauge” or “fear index” of the stock market, which is mostly true. Put simply as possible, the VIX projects the implied...