World’s Biggest Pension Fund Stops Lending Shares to Short Sellers

Japanese giant GPIF has halted stock lending from its equity portfolio: Japan’s public pension fund has struck a blow against short-sellers, declaring that it will no longer allow overseas shares to be lent out from its ¥80tn ($733bn) global equity portfolio.  Financial Times In a major blow to short sellers, Japan’s public pension will no […]

Jim Chanos Not Amused at Gigafactory Progress; Blocks Account He Condecendingly Subtweeted Last Year

It all started in February, when famed short-seller Jim Chanos subtweeted Twitter user Domenick commenting on the progress of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory. Chanos tweeted with a smug sense of superiority, as is usual for $TSLAQ accounts. Through his mocking and condecending tone he declared: We are smarter than you. We understand the auto industry, and […]

Russ Mitchell Admits Model 3 is Awesome

Happy thanksgiving everyone! There’s a lot to be thankful for, as $TSLAQ falls apart. We already heard that Jim Cramer is buying a Model X earlier this week. Now, even renowned Tesla-hater journalist Russ Mitchell is forced to admit: The Model 3 is one of “the best driving cars ever. […] Congrats to Tesla!” Not […]

Bloomberg Journalist Tom Randall Added to $TSLAQ Block List

A group of Tesla short sellers maintains a shared block list of anyone who tweets positive things about $TSLA. Today I was added to it for posting a summary of today's terminal news. Creating a bulletproof echo chamber seems like unwise investing strategy🤷‍♂️https://t.co/V1ejTII9od — Tom Randall (@tsrandall) November 6, 2019 The $TSLAQ block list, maintained […]