Carson Block

E.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE:ELF) shares are trading relatively flat on Thursday after the company issued a statement in response to a report from Muddy Waters Research. Short seller Muddy Waters released a report Wednesday alleging that E.L.F. has overstated its revenue over the last three quarters...

Muddy Waters Research founder Carson Block announced a new short position in E.l.f. Beauty, Inc (NYSE:ELF) at the Sohn conference on Wednesday, which sent shares of the cosmetics company tumbling. Here’s a look at why the short seller is betting against E.L.F. What To Know:...

Muddy Waters founder Carson Block thinks that short sellers play a vital role in curbing market fraud, noting that the ongoing bull run is posing significant challenges for them. This comes when Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has warned he will "obliterate" those betting against his EV...

Short-seller Muddy Waters Research founder Carson Block in a bare-it-all interview aired on Monday discussed his foray into the world of investing and how his firm sees through fraudulent corporate practices and actions. In The Blood: Block was initiated into investing by his equity analyst dad at...

Negative headlines regarding commercial real estate are abundant, in large part because of high office vacancy rates lowering property values and high interest rates making the refinancing debt increasingly prohibitive. Famed short seller Carson Block, the founder of Muddy Waters Research, found...

Carson Block, the founder of Muddy Waters Research, made headlines by announcing a new short position on Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (OTCPK: FRFHF), targeting the company for what he described as financial manipulation akin to alchemy. Following the publication of the short report, Fairfax...

Benzinga examined the prospects for many investors' favorite stocks over the last week — here's a look at some of our top stories. This week concluded with gains across all major stock indexes, with the Nasdaq advancing 0.7%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow marked their...

Muddy Waters Research is out with a new short position that founder Carson Block discussed Wednesday in an interview on CNBC's "The Exchange." What Happened: Muddy Waters put out a new short report on Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc (NASDAQ: BXMT) titled,...

An SEC whistleblower program aimed at helping the regulator detect fraud at public companies has attracted some high-profile tipsters among the short-selling community, including star names such as Carson Block and Nate Anderson. The program, established in 2011, pays whistleblowers around 10% of...

Well-known large-cap stocks are often the ones that get all the media attention, but sometimes it's the smaller companies are performing the best while the big names are struggling. To some degree, that's what's happening in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector in recent weeks, as big...

Muddy Waters Research founder Carson Block teased a new short idea ahead of Robin Hood’s Annual Investors conference later this month and touched on a previous target that worked out pretty well for the activist short seller.  Muddy Waters Takes Aim:...

In 2021, shares of GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) soared in one the most epic stock market stories that saw retail traders take on short sellers and hedge funds betting against the video game retailer. One of the central figures in the GameStop saga was Citron Research founder Andrew Left, who...

In a David and Goliath battle, education-tech company Genius Group Ltd (ARCA: GNS) is taking on short-selling giants. What Happened: Earlier this month, law firms conducted a probe and found that certain individuals or companies sold a “significant” amount of Genius Group stock but...

Muddy Waters Research founder Carson Block pays more attention to float size when considering a new short position after GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) burned those betting against the name in a massive short squeeze in early 2021. What Happened: Block was asked about the changes Muddy Waters has made to...

GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME) surged over 24% above Friday’s closing price when the markets opened Monday before running into a group of sellers, who knocked the stock down about 15% off the daily high. On Oct. 21, Benzinga pointed out that exaggerated bullish divergence had occurred on...