Jim Chanos sat down for an interview with Yahoo Finance today. Jim Chanos notes that most of his assets are not reported on the hedge fund’s 13F; he thinks its misleading for investors to read too much into 13Fs especially for hedge funds with lots of short positions. Chanos states that he dissuades retail investors from shorting stocks, partially because of tax inefficiencies. Additionally, retail investors do not get paid interest like Chanos does when he shorts a company. He notes that the US market has gone up quite a bit while Europe and China have been staying flat. Chanos thinks the US…