S3 Analytics

The late-year volatility in the stock market has some traders concerned that the bull market is finally coming to an end. Yet short sellers who swooped in to bet on the sell-off to worsen in the closing weeks of the year were badly burned last week when the S&P 500 bounced off its recent lows,...

FIS Astec Analytics released its latest weekly list of the hottest stocks among short sellers, and two popular cannabis stocks are still on the list. Cannabis Skeptics Cannabis stocks have been on fire in recent months thanks to Canadian legalization in October and statewide legalization measures...

With third-quarter bank earnings season now less than a month away, short sellers seem to be betting on a disappointing quarter from big banks. According to a new report from financial analytics firm S3 Analytics, short sellers have been piling into the largest bank stocks in recent weeks. In fact...