Investors have increased short bets on healthcare stocks as the industry faces potentially more scrutiny from the Biden administration.

Short interest in the S&P 500 fell to 2.28% at the end of February, down 112 basis points from 3.4% at the end of 2020.

GameStop fell as much as 20% on Tuesday before mounting a recovery, but that hasn't stopped "diamond hands" Reddit traders from holding the stock.

GameStop short interest fell to just 18% of its float on Friday, an new low for 2021, as shares in the video game retailer continue to gain ground.

Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF is being targeted by short-sellers after falling over 22% in the past month during the tech sell-off.

GameStop shares will plunge to around $US10-$US20 a share by the second quarter of 2021, according to Dan Ushman, CEO of trading-software firm TrendSpider. Ushman told Insider he believes the recent rally “was a carefully orchestrated pump by a large hedge fund.” He also said that he will not be […]

Shares of headphones maker Koss exploded 131% on Monday, hitting $US13.87 at intraday highs. A tweet from @realwillmeade highlighted high short interest and a low share price for Koss. The stock has rallied for two days. Watch Koss trade live here . Shares of headphones maker Koss exploded 131% on […]

Short interest in individual US stocks leaped the most since March last week as volatility rocked investor sentiments,JPMorgan said in a Tuesday note. Bearish positioning increased to just above 7% of all US stocks available for lending last week, the highest level since July. The metric sat at roughly 6% […]

One stock market indicator shows investors haven’t been this bullish in at least 15 years, according to Goldman Sachs. Short interest in the S&P 500 has fallen to its lowest level since at least 2005, as the stock market hits record highs despite underlying weakness in the economy due to […]

Chris Harvey, Wells Fargo Securities head of equity strategy, told CNBC that short interest ticking up from low levels could indicate stock market sell-offs. “It’s not a catalyst by itself, but it’s a concern, and it’s a concern as we see the market melting up,” he said. Short interest on […]

Hedge funds have made profits of over $US1 billion betting against Wirecard in the last week, the Financial Times reported. Wirecard filed for insolvency on Thursday after tumultuous week which saw its former CEO Markus Braun resign and be arrested. Shares of the company have fallen 98% in 2020, as […]

Coronavirus roiled markets Thursday, with investors concerned the flu-like illness will eat into global growth. Nowhere is that concern more potent than in markets and companies with direct links to China. S3 Partners says these are the 10 Chinese companies traded on US exchanges that have seen the biggest short […]

Short-sellers have ramped up their bets against Uber to $US1.5 billion. Borrowing of Uber shares has surged by more than 160% in the past two weeks, to 36 million shares from 13.6 million. The value of short positions in Uber has passed the value of those in Lyft for the […]

Lyft’s stock price has plunged more than 20% since it began trading last week. That decline happened before short-sellers are allowed to bet against the stock. As more shares are available for lending, more downward price pressure is expected by S3 Partners, a firm that tracks Wall Street short-interest data. […]

Hedge funds are experts in shorting stocks, or bets that a stock will fall. To help traders have a better idea of the potential investing landmines, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has issued a list of stocks that markets are betting against the most. Most of the highly shorted stocks […]

JD.com plunged after its CEO was detained in the US over a sexual-misconduct allegation. Short sellers made $US153 million in profits from the stock decline, which saw shares fall 14% last week. Watch JD.com trade in real-time here. JD.com short sellers – or investors betting on the company’s stock to […]

Trader betting on declines in a managed healthcare ETF made $US294 million on Tuesday as Amazon, JPMorgan, and Berkshire Hathaway’s announced collaboration led to broad selling across the industry. Financial analytics firm S3 Partners notes that short interest in the ETF didn’t increase much amid the weakness. The selloff in […]