Selected Articles
Bringing short-selling into public dialogue and making short-focused research available to all investors have been core parts of asensio.com’s mission since 1996 – the New York Times labeled asensio.com’s work “something radical and remarkable” in 1998. The news media play a crucial role in shaping investor sentiment and investors’ price discovery process. The institutional apparatus for investment information, which includes the news media, has historically tended to be uncritical of valuations or statements made by executives at issuer companies. asensio.com and its founder Manuel P. Asensio have sought to encourage more critical assessments by news outlets of companies’ statements and greater sensitivity to cases of gross overvaluation. The articles below highlight asensio.com’s work and the companies reported on by asensio.com. Click here for a more exhaustive media record, including articles relevant to asensio.com targets and coverage of other aspects of asensio.com’s work.
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| 26 | November 15, 2008 | Timminco shares' rough ride - Financial Post |
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| 25 | July 8, 2008 | The Wizards of Short Selling - Business Week |
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| 24 | June 18, 2008 | Metallurgical silicon meets Demolition Man - Photon International Magazine |
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| 23 | August 21, 2006 | NASDAQ Ringers - New York Post |
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| 22 | February 11, 2006 | Asensio About Aguirre: Running Amok - Lipper HedgeWorld |
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| 21 | September 29, 2004 | Famous Wall Street short seller softens his demolition man image - The Globe and Mail |
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| 20 | June 1, 2004 | Investing Guru - Registered Rep |
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| 19 | May 30, 2003 | Short-sellers Asensio and Chanos are Men to Beat in Bear Market - Bloomberg |
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| 18 | February 18, 2003 | Short sellers sharply scrutinize companies - USA Today |
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| 17 | July 14, 2002 | Ill Will - The Inquirer |
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| 16 | September 18, 2001 | Interview With a Short Seller - The Motley Fool |
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| 15 | June 6, 2001 | Stock Market Scams - Ludwig von Mises Institute |
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| 14 | May 22, 2001 | The Short-Seller's Mindset - The Motley Fool |
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| 13 | May 16, 2001 | King Of The Shorts - Forbes |
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| 12 | May 11, 2000 | Dreyfus to Pay $2.9 Million After Investigation of Fund - New York Times |
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| 11 | October 15, 1999 | Disclosure Issue Hits White-Shoe Manager - The Wall Street Journal |
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| 10 | August 18, 1999 | 23 Reasons Wall Street hates Manuel Asensio - Worth magazine |
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| 9 | April 20, 1999 | False Publicity Bars Turbodyne From Trade - Los Angeles Times |
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| 8 | January 18, 1999 | Demolition Man - New York Magazine |
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| 7 | January 2, 1999 | Casting a long shadow on Wall Street - Financial Post |
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| 6 | October 26, 1998 | Get Shorty - The New Republic |
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| 5 | August 2, 1998 | Able Telcom faces maverick broker as it ventures into the big leagues - Palm Beach Post |
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| 4 | March 11, 1998 | A Stock Crusader In a Short-Seller Suit - The New York Times |
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| 3 | February 28, 1997 | How a short-seller brought down Diana Corp. - The Business Journal |
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| 2 | February 17, 1997 | Short-Sellers: Un-American or Apple-Pie? - Profit - Investor Portfolio |
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| 1 | August 5, 1996 | The Secret World of Short Sellers - BusinessWeek |
