The research that moves
markets. In plain English.

Every week, serious researchers publish reports on publicly traded companies.

They spend months digging through SEC filings, corporate documents, and financial statements looking for red flags — accounting problems, inflated numbers, undisclosed risks. Firms like Muddy Waters, Spruce Point Capital, and Grizzly Research have built reputations on this work. Their reports are detailed, credible, and consequential. When they publish, stocks move.

Most retail investors never see them.

Not because the research is hidden — it's public. But because it's dense, long, and written for people who do this for a living. A typical short report runs 40, 60, sometimes 100 pages. It assumes you know what a 10-K is, what "goodwill impairment" signals, and why related-party transactions matter. Most people don't have the time or background to wade through it. So they don't.

That's the gap The Short Report was built to close.

We read the reports. We pull out what matters. We write it in plain English.

Every piece we publish is based on research produced by an independent analyst or firm. We don't write the original research — we synthesize it. We explain the core thesis, walk through the key evidence, and provide context for what it means. Then we link directly to the full report and encourage you to read it yourself.

We credit every author by name. We link to every source. We take no position on the securities we cover — no long, no short, nothing. Our only job is to make the research accessible.

Why this matters.

Retail investors now participate in markets at a scale that would have been unimaginable twenty years ago. But the information playing field hasn't kept pace. Most financial media covers companies going up — earnings beats, analyst upgrades, product launches. The skeptical, investigative side of the market gets covered only when something explodes publicly.

By then, it's often too late.

The Short Report gives you a seat at the table earlier. Not to tell you what to do with that information — that's your call — but to make sure you have it.

What we are. What we're not.

We are a media publication. We are not an investment advisor, a research firm, or a short-selling operation. We don't manage money. We don't have clients. We don't profit from stock price movements in any direction.

We summarize. The analysts research. You decide.

A note to the researchers we cover.

This publication exists because of your work. The reports you produce — often months in the making, built on thousands of hours of research — are some of the most rigorous financial journalism being published anywhere. We have enormous respect for what you do and the risks you take to do it.

Our goal is simple: to make sure more people find your work. Every summary we write links back to your original report, credits you by name, and encourages readers to read the full thing. We are not a replacement for what you publish — we're a front door to it.

If you'd like to be notified when we cover your reports, or if you have any concerns about how your work is represented, please reach out at hello@shortreport.fyi. We take that seriously.