RE: Interesting14 Dec 2022 12:02
Culpepper - I voiced a similar opinion to yours and was not well received. The usual "dyor" followed by being accused of being lazy, and a string of correlated-ish (but no proof of causality) statements regarding short positions and manipulation.
Being a layman I don't mean to cast aspersions when I say that other laymen appear to have the impression that shorting always has a negative effect on a share and that GGP specifically is marked for surpression.
I still think that sounds like the tail wagging the dog and we here had a bubble a couple of years ago, followed by the tide going out on a lot of popular consumer shares.
The combined (paper?) loss, or being underwater has increased the scrutiny and need to find a villain. Fertile grounds for a conspiracy theory.
THAT ALL SAID... I think GGP was the most traded/discussed aim stock for a period, and I assume it would be a rewarding stock to manipulate, if it were possible.