Here are some charts of companies Spruce Point Management has identified as having some issues ranging from poor management to shady accounting. The firm describes itself as: a New York-based investment management firm focused on research driven short-selling, value and special situation investment opportunities. Since inception, Spruce Point has released more than 100 forensic short reports on companies across a diverse range of industries, market capitalizations and geographies. Spruce Point’s investment approach is predicated on changing investors’ perception of a company’s value through the public sharing of new information or variant points of view. The Firm’s mission is to challenge the Wall Street status quo where conflicted analysts overwhelmingly issue glowing “Buy” recommendations.
(more…)Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Red-Lined
It’s a pretty big “tell” that TSLA is in the red (as I am typing these words, at least) while the tech stocks remain so resolutely strong.

So About Nvidia……..
As maddening as Nvidia (NVDA) has been in recent days, there’s still a chance this top could complete without becoming a complete mess. Staying below the level highlighted (476.09) below is crucial:

For My Consideration
My watch lists related to selling short are Bear Pen (stocks I am thinking of short) and x-Shorts (actual positions). By using the “Unique Symbols Only” feature in SlopeCharts, I am able to strip away the contents of Bear Pen to NOT include items I’m already short.
I went through these list and plucked out seven in particular I’m seriously considering shorting in the new week:

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