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A few favorites that come to mind. - Betting on Zero. A documentary on the billion dollar short on Herbalife and whether or not Herbalife is a pyramid scheme.

by bb2018 8y ago

A few favorites that come to mind. - Betting on Zero. A documentary on the billion dollar short on Herbalife and whether or not Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. It is definitely biased towards making Bill Ackman look good (the guy who made it is friends with Ackman) but nonetheless is very interesting and if you are anti-MLM it will fit your view. - Dirty Money. I wouldn't say it is straight finance but shows a variety of business stories that are very interesting. I thought the one on the payday loan guy was the most interesting. It is produced by Alex Gibney (who did the Enron doc) so if you liked that one then this will be up your alley too. - The China Hustle. Highlights some difficult in investing in Chinese companies and how they differ in terms of standards and reporting.

zepearl 8y ago
Thanks!! - Betting on Zero (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3762912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3762912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1): Ha, I can't believe that Herbalife not only still exists but that if I look at its share price it even flourished, got into sponsoring, etc... - I know about the company because looong time back it did a push as well here in Switzerland, but as at that time I tagged it as "scam" I supposed that it would soon or later disappear... . Very interesting to be reminded about how "multi-level marketing"/"pyramid selling" works and very nice that by showing what that Ackman guy did I now understand as well e.g. all these recent discussions related to "short sellers" vs Tesla (I wasn't fully aware that "short selling" could be done in such an active way - I thought that some regulator would start targeting you...). - The China Hustle (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215388/?ref_=nv_sr_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215388/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Very interesting. I never heard about "reverse merges". Additionally I tended to think that e.g. the SEC and/or other regulators not only establish rules and react when they're not followed but actively check the truthfulness of the statements/informations beforehand, but it does not seem to be working that way (I can understand the reasons, but on the other hand this kind of defeats the reason of having such rules...). Btw a few weeks ago I stumbled upon some videos of this guy (e.g. "Why I refuse to buy property in China" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAoTBVTTO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAoTBVTTO8 ), which explain a bit how chinese people think and some of them are related to what is mentioned briefly in the documentary about the chinese housing bubble. - Dirty Money (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7889220/?ref_=nv_sr_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7889220/?ref_=nv_sr_1): pending... .

by bb2018 8y ago

zepearl 8y ago

Thanks!! - Betting on Zero (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3762912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3762912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1): Ha, I can't believe that Herbalife not only still exists but that if I look at its share price it even flourished, got into sponsoring, etc... - I know about the company because looong time back it did a push as well here in Switzerland, but as at that time I tagged it as "scam" I supposed that it would soon or later disappear... . Very interesting to be reminded about how "multi-level marketing"/"pyramid selling" works and very nice that by showing what that Ackman guy did I now understand as well e.g. all these recent discussions related to "short sellers" vs Tesla (I wasn't fully aware that "short selling" could be done in such an active way - I thought that some regulator would start targeting you...). - The China Hustle (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215388/?ref_=nv_sr_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215388/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Very interesting. I never heard about "reverse merges". Additionally I tended to think that e.g. the SEC and/or other regulators not only establish rules and react when they're not followed but actively check the truthfulness of the statements/informations beforehand, but it does not seem to be working that way (I can understand the reasons, but on the other hand this kind of defeats the reason of having such rules...). Btw a few weeks ago I stumbled upon some videos of this guy (e.g. "Why I refuse to buy property in China" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAoTBVTTO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAoTBVTTO8 ), which explain a bit how chinese people think and some of them are related to what is mentioned briefly in the documentary about the chinese housing bubble. - Dirty Money (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7889220/?ref_=nv_sr_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7889220/?ref_=nv_sr_1): pending... .