The surprise report in the U.K. Daily Mail that British online supermarket conglomerate Ocado Group was a potential acquisition target of Amazon.com sent shares of the stock sharply higher in Europe Monday and Tuesday, but finding gravity late in the day. Ocado – 13.6% of shares on loan to short sellers, big names hurt to various degrees Shares of Ocado jumped from $241.70 Monday to $287.46 Tuesday in mid-morning trade. The price has sense retraced gains, trading at $266.52 with 45 minutes to go until the close of U.S. trading. It was not only the fundamental news of a potential online buyer…
Ocado Rises on Amazon Report As Shorts Get Squeezed
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.