short seller
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Many believe a female short seller in HBO’s “Industry” is loosely based on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Her next big win as a short seller, against Wirecard—the German payments processor that collapsed amid allegations of fraud—netted her fund tens of millions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
A series of reports by short seller Iceberg Research went so far as to call its quantum effort and Arizona chip foundry a “smoke screen”—allegations Quantum Computing has yet to address publicly.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
While Palantir’s high valuation has attracted skeptics including short seller Michael Burry— the Big Short posted that Anthropic was “eating Palantir’s lunch” in a deleted social-media post Thursday—Wedbush’s Dan Ives called that a “fictional narrative.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Carrying charges are in favour of the short seller.
From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour
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