Andrew Left fraud trial closes, plus 2 new shorts: INV & ALT
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, May 31, 2026 Happy Sunday. It was a week where the short selling world spent as much time in the courtroom and on the macro desk as...
7 short reports in one week: shells, sham credits, and fake orders
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, May 24, 2026 It was a relentless week on the short side, with research firms publishing back to back across nearly every sector. The...
Culper Takes On NVIDIA as Andrew Left's Federal Trial Opens
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, May 17, 2026 Quite a week. Andrew Left's federal trial opened in LA Monday, shaping up as the most consequential courtroom test of...
Weekly Wrap SUnday 5/10/2026
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, May 10, 2026 Big week. Four reports landed, and one stock dropped more than 50% by Friday. Fugazi Research turned in another haymaker...
April 2026 Monthly Short Selling Report
April 2026 Activist Short Selling Performance Report HIDDEN PREHEADER Mid Caps got hammered. Large Caps held the line. One campaign drove a 55% decline in...
Weekly Wrap 5/3/2026
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, May 3, 2026 Five activist reports landed in five days, and Blaize Holdings (BZAI) absorbed two of them in 72 hours. Pelican Way...
5 Activist Reports Avis -54%, Sportradar -21%, FRMI -18%
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, April 26, 2026 This was one of the loudest weeks for activist short research in memory. Fugazi Research's takedown of Avis Budget on...
Weekly Wrap Up Sunday 4/19/2026
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, April 19, 2026 Welcome to the Weekly Wrap Up. This was a week of structural shifts for the short selling world, alongside three...
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday 4/12/2026
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, April 12, 2026 The week of April 7–11 was, by short selling standards, a quiet one. That's not surprising: the situation in Iran had...
March 2026 Monthly Activist Short Selling Report
Header Activ8 Insights March 2026 Activist Short Selling Performance Report Intro Every month, we track the stock price performance of companies that...
Two Reports, Two Outcomes: India's Travel Giant & A Melting Ice Cube
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, April 5, 2026 Welcome to the Short Side of Wall Street This is Activ8Insights, and we are glad you are here. Our community has grown...
The Activ8 Insights Dashboard is Live!
The Activ8 Insights Dashboard is Live Preheader Two months in the making. The Activ8 Insights dashboard is live right now. Outer wrapper CARD 1: HERO THE...
The Research Dropped. So Did the Stocks.
Three activist reports hit the tape this week, and the market listened. From a 54% weekly wipeout in VCX to a decade of broken promises at WATT, it's all inside.
Three Short Reports, Three Exchanges, One Brutal Week
Viceroy targets Close Brothers over motor finance liability up to £1.2bn. Muddy Waters alleges SoFi's real EBITDA is $103M, not $1B. Grizzly Research runs an undercover hotel sting on Accor. CBG down 17%
Short Sellers Had a Big Week. And Every Target Paid For It.
A Look Back at Last Week: Monday, March 16, 2026 Short selling is having a moment in popular culture. NPR's Planet Money dedicated a bonus episode to HBO's...
Private Credit Cracks. On-Chain Fraud Explodes. OWL & ETH
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, March 8, 2026 A Note from the Activ8 Team We have something new, and we built it for you. Thank you for your continued support as we...
5 New Short Reports and Every Target Closed Down
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, March 1, 2026 It was a blockbuster week for activist short selling research. Dan Loeb made headlines declaring that the "lost art of...
RIME Drops 39%, Plus Our Deep Dive on Shorting CVNA
"Delving into the seven-year short battle of Carvana, AI freight platform Algorhythm's 40% drop, and research reports on Yelp, STRL, and Nova Minerals!"
OPTX Down 22%, APP Down 15%: 4 Short Reports Landed This Week
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, February 15, 2026 It was one of those weeks where the short selling world felt like the main character. Goldman Sachs reported that...
Weekly Wrap 2/8/2026
Happy Super Bowl Sunday. While most of the country will spend today debating pass interference calls and halftime performances, we spent the week watching a...
