Tag: short sellers
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Short sellers still strong at TD Bank – are we missing something?
Short sellers still have a concerning percentage of the share float at TD Bank (TD.T), totalling 22% as of May 31, 2023 according to the Short Sale Trading Summary Report published by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada or IIROC. TD Bank already made headlines when the Canadian-based financial institution was reported as the…
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Aphria (APHA.T) ‘Special Committee’ confirms short seller conflict of interest allegations
Several months ago, Aphria (APHA.T) lost a good chunk of its worth when short sellers accused the company executive and board of (in a nutshell) feathering their own nests by agreeing to acquire properties from themselves, for much inflated prices. Today, after a ridiculously long wait which involved the CEO stepping sideways from his position…
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Xmas news dump: Aphria (APHA.T) subject to ‘unfriendly’ takeover by company CEO advises
This Aphria (APHA.T) story just keeps getting richer, and the unbelievable lack of respect this company is giving the market and regulators is a sight to behold. Let’s recap the last few weeks: So now we’re into the dead days of the 2018 market, just after Christmas and right before New Year, when few are…
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Enough is enough: Time for Aphria’s (APHA.T) CEO Vic Neufeld to resign or be fired
It’s time to end the charade. Canadian licensed cannabis producer Aphria (APHA.T) has long been considered one of the ‘big three’ in the North American scene, which helped them benefit from institutional investment, pension fund allocations, and ETF involvement, and contributed to a long rising market cap that topped out in January 2017 at around $5…
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Tepid Aphria (APHA.T) response to short report accusations sees stock hammered – again
It’s all gone pear-shaped over at Aphria (APHA.T) a day after a short report was filed by Quintessential Capital Management, following up on an earlier short report by Hindenburg Research. In the report, admitted short sellers claimed they’d traveled the globe looking for companies and properties Aphria purchased, sometimes from companies that board members owned…
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Tilray (TLRY.Q) plummets $9.76 after insano run, because shorters are animals
When a new listing goes on a $25 to $95 run in the space of nearly three weeks, the forces of gravity building up over the top of it are always going to collect to breaking point. Observe Tilray (TLRY.Q), which IPOed on the Nasdaq at US$17 per share, and then went on the rip…
