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Monday, May 21, 2012

Top 5 Short Seller Targets Being Dumped By Hedge Fund Managers

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Interested in contrarian investing ideas?
To create this list, we started with a universe of stocks that are being targeted by short sellers, with short floats above 20%.
In addition, all of these companies have seen significant institutional selling during the most recent quarter (as shown by 13-F forms recently filed). All of the companies mentioned below have seen net institutional selling equivalent to more than 5% of company float.
If you’re a contrarian, this excessive bearishness might raise a flag. To help you get started analyzing the list, we sorted the names by net institutional sales as a percent of share float.
Use this list as a starting point for your own analysis.
1. The McClatchy Company (MNI): Operates as a newspaper publisher in the United States. Market cap at $201.49M, most recent closing price at $2.40. Short float at 27.39%, which represents about 37.06 days... Continue to read.


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