Ackman Drops Bombshell on Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Delivers Smoking Gun – ValueWalk Premium
CREW Herbalife Ltd. HLF Bill Ackman speaking
17Dec2014

Ackman Drops Bombshell on Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Delivers Smoking Gun

When activist hedge fund manager Bill Ackman spoke negatively about Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) in the past, it generated yawns associated with snickers such as “where is the beef?” Adding injury to insult, what really mattered is the stock price rose after Ackman spoke.

Not today.
Bill Ackman: Herbalife distributors are turning states evidence on the firm
Ackman finally lived up to the hype, telling Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker that, like rats on a sinking ship, Herbalife distributors are . . .

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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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