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CSIRO said renewables deliver the cheapest electricity and a nuclear plant would cost up to $16 billion to build.

‘Trading on hype’: Investors bet against nuclear despite big tech interest

Hype around the energy needs of artificial intelligence and nuclear power has prompted local investors to bet against Australian uranium miners.

  • Kayla Olaya

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The falling profitability of battery mineral companies has led to many scaling back their operations.

Short sellers bet against green minerals boom as prices plunge

Half of the 10 most shorted stocks on the ASX are involved in battery minerals or electrification as investors become increasingly bearish on the sector.

  • Millie Muroi
Carl Icahn remains a divisive figure on Wall Street.

‘Ponzi-like’: Wall Street titan loses $15b in one day after short-seller attack

Carl Icahn, the famed activist investor who’s made a career out of starting corporate brawls, is on the receiving end this time.

  • Bre Bradham and Tom Maloney

Lithium in short sellers’ sights as Hindenburg blows up tech stock

As Block fends off explosive allegations from short sellers Hindenburg Research, data illustrates how some sectors are attracting the interest of investors who are shorting.

  • Clancy Yeates
SHorting explainer

From Gosling to GameStop, ‘shorting’ is having a moment. But what exactly is it?

Shorting someone of change is pretty clearly a bad thing – but what about “shorting” a company?

  • Millie Muroi
Short sellers are on the move.

No longer a dirty word: Retail investors discover ‘shorting’ stocks

Amid a market rout in some sectors, social media-engaged investors are beginning to ask about how they can short shares – but it’s not without risk.

  • Sarah Danckert
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Tribeca’s Jun Bei Liu says Monday’s market movements were all about the resources sector.

‘We made so much money’: Investor banks $15m from shorting Magellan

Tribeca Investment Partners started short-selling Magellan shares in the middle of last year because it said the stock was over-priced and underperforming. However, the leadership crisis has sent the stock price tumbling even further.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Conjecture is mounting over the impact of a potential reform to the national energy market.

Global carbon tax could turbocharge ‘green shorting’, ethical funds say

Australian Ethical’s head of research Stuart Palmer says there are a number of factors, including the introduction of a cross-border carbon tax, that would make betting against heavy emitters’ stocks more attractive.

  • Charlotte Grieve
AMC sold more than $US500 million in new shares on Thursday (Friday AEST) in a matter of hours.

The ‘long squeeze’: Reddit crowd could be trapped by the share frenzy they created

The latest attempt by US retail investors to squeeze short-sellers is producing some peculiar outcomes, including a squeeze on the investors themselves.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Debt-laden AMC’s shares have soared more than 1000 per cent this year.

The latest popular delusion on Wall Street may not end well

First there was GameStop, then a cryptocurrency boom and bust and now there’s AMC, the latest Wall Street frenzy that could end very badly for investors.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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