25 Biggest Activist Short Sellers in the Hedge Fund World

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19. Aristides Capital

Aristides Capital is a long-short hedge fund with $95 million in assets under management. It is focused on microcap stocks, and since its inception it had no down year, returning 17.44% annually through 2018. Its managing member, Chirs Brown is known to the public for various short picks and degrading reports. On its website, you can find his slamming report on Energous Corporation (NASDAQ:WATT) published in June 2018, whereas his more recent short idea – Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY), a cannabis-based company, was pitched at the Tilson Conference in December.

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