Jim Chanos
Jim Chanos Jim Chanos is the founder and president of Kynikos Associates a hedge fund focused on short selling. Short selling is a bet that a stocks will fall in value, versus the traditional long position, which is a bet that the stock will rise. A short seller borrows stock, sells it in the market and try to buy it back later a cheaper price, pocketing the difference.
Chanos was early shorting famous blow-ups like Baldwin-United, Drexel Burnham and Enron.
Chanos was early shorting famous blow-ups like Baldwin-United, Drexel Burnham and Enron.
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Chanos Remains Short HP (HPQ), Dell (DELL)
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Jim Chanos Still Short Dell (DELL)
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Did Bill Ackman Find a Recruit for his Herbalife (HLF) Short Downstream?
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Herbalife (HLF) is Pure, Unadulterated, Hedge Fund Porn
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Is Ackman the Lone 'Big Short' in Herbalife (HLF)?
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Herbalife (HLF) Gets Ack-Attacked
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Jim Chanos may also be short Herbalife (HLF), Reuters reports
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HP (HPQ) Is Seeing an Awfully Strong Post-Autonomy Bounce
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UPDATE: Muddy Waters' Carson Block Said to Be Starting Hedge Fund
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Kynikos' Chanos Still Short H-P (HPQ), Says Company is Value Trap
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Chanos says Vale (VALE) and Petrobras two of his favorite shorts
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Mark Mobius Sees Little Chance of Global Recession, Still Likes China
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Jim Chanos Talks Longs, Shorts on CNBC
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Saba Capital, Pershing Square, and Third Point among Cliffwater's Hedge Fund A-Listers
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HP (HPQ) Withstands the Jim Chanos Hammer... For Now
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Data Suggests H-P (HPQ) Might Already Be Expecting Slowdown in Laptop Shipments
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Jim Chanos said he is short HP (HPQ)
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Focus Media (FMCN) Slammed As Major Short Seller Calls 'Fraud'
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Focus Media Holding (FMCN) Hit on Negative Chanos Mention
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Jim Chanos Gets Slapped in the Face by His Coinstar (CSTR) Short
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Chanos Shorting Coinstar (CSTR), Dell (DELL)
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Morgan Stanley's (MS) Roach Says IMF Using Water Pistol on Forest Fire, Calls Out Chanos on China
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Chanos: China's Banking System is on 'Quicksand'
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KKR (KKR) Sees Big Profits in China, But Not Through What You Might Think...
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Vale (VALE) Shares Now Down 8.5% After Chanos Calls Stock 'Value Trap'
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ITT (ESI) Shares Sink as Chanos Bearish
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Traders Should Watch For-Profit Colleges as Chanos Sees Downside Risk (APOL) (DV) (CECO)
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GameStop (GME) Shares Falling as Chanos Calls Stock a 'Value Trap'
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Chanos Still Short China Amid Bank Buying, Says Focus on Property
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Chanos Issues Dire Warning on Next Chinese Bubble
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Chanos Goes Long Boeing (BA), Adds to Shorts on Renewable Energy Stocks
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Marc Faber Picks Resistance for S&P, Says QE3 is Happening, 10-Year is Not at New Low, More...
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Notable 52-Week Highs and Lows of the Day 05/26: (TIF) (NFLX) (EBS) High; (CSC) (SIGM) (YGE) Low
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 05/26: (EWY) (XRT) (VXX) Higher; (USO) (TAN) (UNG) Lower
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First Solar (FSLR) Shares at Lows of the Day as Chanos Calls Co. Technology 'Questionable'
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Jim Chanos Believes Wind, Solar Not Efficient Forms of Alt-Energy; Watch TAN, FAN
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Comments from Hedge Fund Managers at Ira Sohn Conference Could Move Markets; Ackman, Einhorn, Icahn, Falcone, Eisman to Speak
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First Solar (FSLR) volatility flat; shares near five-month low
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 04/15: (IYR) (USO) (XRT) (SLV) Higher; (VXX) (FXE) (TAN) Lower
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Jim Chanos Raises Concerns With First Solar (FSLR), Shares Drop
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First Solar (FSLR) Lower After Jim Chanos Thrashes the Company
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Jim Chanos Shorting Oil Companies and Ford (F)
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Chanos Talks Lehman and Goldman, Says China Is on "Treadmill to Hell"
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Jim Chanos Won't Short Goldman Sachs (GS) - Fox Business Network
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Jim Chanos Steps Up Health-Care Shorts (AZN, SI)
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Lone Pine's Mandel Likes Strayer Education (STRA), But Short Seller Jim Chanos Hates The Sector
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The Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers For 2008
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Short Seller Chanos Eyes Medical Sector
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Jim Chanos Comments On Lehman Brothers (LEH) And Financials
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Short Seller Chanos discusses Bunge Ltd. (BG) on CNBC

