"The louder a company complains about the shorts, the worse the company. Companies bitching and moaning about shorts trying to hit their stocks are companies that are far too worried about their short term stock price and are looking for an excuse to give their shareholders.
A smart CEO is out there telling shareholders that the numbers will speak for themselves, that the company is doing what we set out to do, and if you believe in what we are doing, buy the stock. If you don’t, you probably shouldn’t.
A company with problems finds a reason to talk about anything but the company as a reason for the stock not doing well. It reminds me of the music industry. They didn’t want to address what really was causing sales to fall, so they blamed it all on the internet and piracy. Piraphobia in their case, Shortophobia in the case of public companies. Rule of thumb, IT’S NEVER THE SHORT SELLERS, IT’S ALWAYS THE COMPANY...
So if you own a stock, and the company or other shareholders are blaming the share price on shortsellers, run away. Quickly. You are in the wrong stock. If you are short that stock, keep on digging. There is probably a lot of shit buried in the company books waiting to be discovered if you haven’t already."
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