The past year has seen no shortage of controversial
Hedge fund managers have culled their skill at taking positions, staging huge publicity campaigns, and generating a lot of discussion around the stocks they decide to bet on with high conviction – or bet against.
Other stocks are controversial because their businesses are particularly consumer facing, which makes their brands all the more recognizable to the average retail investor, looking to get in on unfolding trends in retail or social media.
As a result, quarterly earnings reports from these companies are usually widely anticipated.