Andrew Edward Left (born July 9, 1970) is an activist short seller, author and editor of the online investment newsletter Citron Research, formerly StockLemon.com. Under the name Citron Research, Left publishes reports on firms that he claims are overvalued or are engaged in fraud. Left is known for advising investors on short selling and has often appeared on various media outlets such as CNBC and Bloomberg to talk about his opinions on stocks. In 2017, Left was called 'The Bounty Hunter of Wall Street' by The New York Times. Left gained further notoriety following his announced short of GameStop, precipitating a short squeeze that has hurt him and other short sellers in the short term after the WallStreetBets subreddit who were heavily pushing GME decided to go to war!
There are often times when a short-seller is somebody betting against a company for their own benefit and then rooting for a company to fail. WSB doesn’t like short-sellers, in fact, they punish them.
And Ooops...Andrew Left thinks both bitcoin and Ether, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, are “bubbles.” In the past he has stated that if he had to choose one, he’d bet on ether’s price to fall. LOL!
