Activist Short-Selling and Investigative Research by Edwin Dorsey
Edwin Dorsey is the founder of The Bear Cave, a financial newsletter known for uncovering corporate misconduct and alerting retail and institutional investors to red flags. Since launching the newsletter in 2020, Dorsey has published more than 180 issues, triggering multiple market corrections. His investigative alerts on Triterras and Silvergate led to a combined market cap reduction exceeding USD 1.2 billion, supported by detailed SEC correspondence and FOIA-based leads.
Dorsey’s analytics extend into crypto-adjacent public companies, focusing on financial transparency and regulatory action signals. His database tool FOIAsearch.com has indexed over 120,000 filings, flagging possible enforcement triggers before public disclosure. With a background at Stanford and intern experience under Bill Ackman, Dorsey leverages research rigor to deliver market-moving insight.
The Bear Cave is read by over 50,000 paid and free subscribers, and its insights are regularly cited by CNBC, Bloomberg, and the Financial Times. Dorsey’s investigative structure offers a replicable playbook for crypto-focused short sellers and compliance analysts.