James Chanos

Veteran short-seller James Chanos of Kynikos Associates is once again taking a shot at Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), calling its valuation framework not just flawed, but absurd. What Happened: On Monday, Chanos slammed Strategy’s claim that its valuation should reflect not just the net asset...

Veteran short seller James Chanos defended on Sunday his strategic arbitrage trade of shorting Strategy Inc.'s (NASDAQ:MSTR) stock while going long on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), as he continues to attack what he thinks is an unjustified premium on the stock relative to its BTC holdings. What happened:...

Renowned short-seller Jim Chanos is warning of potential overbuilding in the data center sector, drawing parallels to the 2000 fiber optic bubble, even as tech giants Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google announce massive...

Tesla Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) robotaxi ambitions face fresh skepticism from prominent market critics, with new data from New York City’s ride-sharing market fueling debate about the technology’s revenue potential. What Happened: GLJ Research analyst Gordon Johnson argued on social...

Anything but bitcoin. The cryptocurrency got little love at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference Tuesday, with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon calling it “fraudulent” and Saba Capital Management CIO Boaz Weinstein attributing its rise to nothing beyond FOMO....

The Sohn's Investment Conference brings together some of Wall Street's most notable hedge fund titans in support of a good cause. The event has raised more than $75 million globally over 20 years to fight pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases. As part of the event, hedge fund titans...

Investors are eagerly awaiting second quarter 13F filings to get a peak at which stocks Wall Street’s most prominent hedge funds are betting on. The 13F is a quarterly filing that funds with more than $100 million in assets are required to publish.The report shows which securities the...

President of Kynikos Associates Jim Chanos offered loads of insight while he served as a guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning, including a look into some of his long and short trading picks.  Starting with the ugly. "We had some data out after the [Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)]...

According to Forbes, analyst Jonathan Krinsky of Miller Tabak recently drew an interesting parallel between four contemporary tech stocks – Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) – and the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the 1990s – Cisco (...