Carson Block On The Ethics Of Shortselling – 2018 Kase Learning Shorting Conference

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Jacob Wolinsky
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 Carson Block, Chief Investment Officer of Muddy Waters Capital  from the 2018 Kase Learning Shorting Conference. Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Morning, thanks for having me here.  That’s not a typo, I’m talking about activism short selling versus activist.  What is that? I think that activists can occasionally take short selling to what I would say is another level.  And that we can short a stock for reasons that have purely to do with the immorality of the company.  And that hasn’t been expressly done before.  But I think it can be done and I think it should be…

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Jacob Wolinsky is the founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a popular value investing and hedge fund focused intelligence service. Prior to founding the company, Jacob worked as an equity analyst focused on small caps. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com FD: I do not purchase any equities to avoid conflict of interest and any insider information. I only purchase broad-based ETFs and mutual funds.