Valeant Pharmaceuticals
16Mar

Valeant Short Sellers Net 343% Profit As Eyes Turn To John Paulson

As Bill Ackman and Pershing Square Capital Management are licking their recent wounds due to well-publicized trades in Herbalife  Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX), there are winners as well as losers. As short sellers count their profits, and gradually reduce their exposure, they eye hedge fund manager John Paulson, whose Paulson & Company is still long the stock, for a squeeze opportunity.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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