Whitney Tilson

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett has always been a huge fan of bank stocks and a vocal critic of gold. Berkshire’s latest 13F filing revealed that Buffett spent the second quarter selling bank stocks like Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) and JPMorgan...

German payments processor WIRECARD AG/ADR (OTC: WCAGY) has been one of the biggest investment disasters and potentially biggest financial frauds in recent history after the company revealed that more than $2.1 billion in cash had gone missing from its accounts. One of the few firms that saw the...

One of the silver linings of the 2020 economic downturn is that so far, unlike in 2008, the global financial system does not appear to be in immediate danger. However, in his daily newsletter last week, Whitney Tilson said there's something threatening the stability of global banks in 2020 as...

Dave Portnoy, the founder of the hugely popular sports and pop culture website Barstool Sports, has turned his attention to the stock market since the cancellation of major sporting events. Portnoy has had success up to this point with his somewhat tongue-in-cheek daily “Davey Day...

Stocks that have declared bankruptcy or are on the brink of bankruptcy have been among the best market performers in the past week. In his daily newsletter on Tuesday, Whitney Tilson warned investors of the seemingly obvious danger of buying shares of bankrupt companies. A Bankruptcy Example: While...

The Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election has the potential to be the biggest stock market catalyst of the year. The latest numbers from online prediction market PredictIt suggest Democrats have a 52% chance of capturing the White House from President Donald Trump, but former hedge fund manager...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has rallied more than 30% off its March lows. But given the fact that the U.S. economy continues to hemorrhage jobs at an unprecedented level, there are a growing number of market experts that believe the recent surge in stock prices may be a bear market...

A little over a year ago, on March 4, 2019, Whitney Tilson made a very bold call on Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). At the time, Tesla shares were trading at around $295, but Tilson predicted that by the end of the year they would be below $100. Instead, one year later, they have more than doubled since...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been one of the biggest market winners of the second half of 2019. On Friday, Citron’s Andrew Left said the stock may run out of gas in the near future. The short seller, who has taken both sides of the Tesla trade in recent years, said on Twitter Tesla’s 96...

Former Kase Capital Management hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson called out Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) this week for practices that he said could leave the company vulnerable to a class action lawsuit. When recently using the payment app to send funds to a friend, Tilson said he came across...

Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) investors are taking another big hit on Wednesday, with the stock dropping more than 4% to new all-time lows as insiders dump shares following the company’s first major lockup expiration since its IPO. Uber shares are now down more than 21% since Whitney...

Seven months after Tesla bear and former Kase Capital Management hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson said Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) would not be profitable in any quarter of 2019, his misfire is costing him $15,000. Back in March, Tilson bet Citron Research founder Andrew Left and a group of other...

Since former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson made a bullish call on Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) on Sept. 5, the two stocks are each up more than 40%. In his newsletter this week, Tilson reiterated his bullish stance that GSE...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) are having another big day on Wednesday after investors got some much-needed clarification following last week’s release of a somewhat lackluster Trump administration housing reform plan. Shares...

After 11 years under government control, Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) finally have a plan for exiting conservatorship. Unfortunately, the new Treasury Department plan unveiled by the Trump administration on Thursday is sparse on...