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You seem really sure of yourself. Here's the counter argument from a noted short seller: http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2013/07/it-was-night-before-christm

• imjk 13y ago
  That was an interesting read summed up in these final lines: "Bill Ackman a Harvard educated (magna cum laude) billionaire New York hedge fund manager bet over a billion dollars on a short position (imperilling his fund and his reputation) without checking the facts. And he did not check the facts because he was so rigid with a misplaced silver spoon that he could not stoop to sit on a subway for thirty minutes and talk with poor people for ninety minutes."
  • thatthatis 13y ago
    Didn't check the facts? I've seen the 200+ slide PowerPoint he made on this, he's done gobs of research.
    • selectodude 13y ago
      I have to imagine that it was tongue-in-cheek. And if it wasn't, then I don't understand, either.
    • MaysonL 13y ago
      Without spending a minute examining the facts at ground level: i.e. checking how the company, and its distributors, actually work, not merely reading the fucking financials.
      • foobarqux 13y ago
        How would you do that assuming that most sales don't happen through people who regularly go to a Herbalife Nutrition Center?