Turnaround Stories and Shorting Stocks

In this occurrence of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Lou Whiteman discuss:

• Dollar General’s earnings.

• Has Dollar General turned the corner?

• Investing successful turnaround stocks: What to look for?

• Citron Research’s Andrew Left recovered blameworthy of securities fraud.

• The worth of short-selling research.

• The “ickiness” of the short-seller concern model.

• Listener question: Are crowdfunded existent property funds worthy it? What to look for?

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This podcast was recorded connected June 2, 2026.

Tyler Crowe: We're talking abbreviated sellers and turnarounds contiguous connected Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing. Welcome to Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing. I'm your host, Tyler Crowe, and contiguous I'm joined by longtime Fool contributors, Lou Whiteman and Matt Frankel. We're going to beryllium getting into abbreviated sellers, specifically short-selling probe firms, aft the tribunal determination that came down connected Citron Research earlier yesterday. We're besides going to look astatine capitalist questions related to existent property connected the backstage side, not needfully reads that we usually speech astir connected a publically traded entity show.