by The Trading Skeptic | Mar 20, 2018 | Reviews
Scott Fearon is the founder of hedge fund Crown Capital Management, which he opened in 1991. Since then, he has shorted over two-hundred companies that eventually went bankrupt. Over his many short selling successes, suffice to say that Scott’s learned a thing or two.... 
by The Trading Skeptic | Mar 17, 2018 | Short Activism
Activist short sellers are heavily criticized by the media and the corporate world, often accused of market manipulation and anti-American sentiment. In some examples, this is quite true, however, there is an argument to made that short sellers are the watchdogs of... 
by The Trading Skeptic | Mar 16, 2018 | Short Activism
After the bankruptcy of energy merchant bank Enron and subsequent criminal trials of the company’s executives, everyone on Wall Street knew Jim Chanos’ name, as he was short the stock before the Street began to suspect anything. Since then, he has continued to impress... 
by The Trading Skeptic | Mar 16, 2018 | Trading Strategies
What started as a friendly bet with a fellow trader changed the lives of many and started a whole school of thought in trading. Richard Dennis believed that anyone could become a trader if given a working system and mentoring, and William Eckhardt took him on that... 