A few months ago we made a bearish bet in HLF to try to time Bill Ackman’s own options timetable with the thought that any fireworks in the stock would likely come in August expiration. …
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Bill Ackman, founder of hedge fund Pershing Square, is not that popular of a guy in the C-level suite at Herbalife (HLF). He’s also not that popular at the offices of HLF’s largest shareholder, Carl …
Continue readingStock volumes had their lightest day of the past week, as the S&P 500 index had another inside day. A couple standouts (DG, HLF) in unusual options volume, along with tech and telecom names seeing …
Continue readingThe Herbalife story is about to get a lot weirder as Bill Ackman has scheduled a live webcast tomorrow morning at 10:00 am EDT to lay out his findings from a two year long investigation …
Continue readingIn late April I laid out a bearish thesis on shares of HLF following what I thought was a fairly gimmicky set of announcements meant to overshadow what I believe are poor trends in their …
Continue readingThe HLF soap opera continues. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) announced an investigation today into Herbalife, which is what Ackman has been pushing now for more than a year. Interestingly, HLF’s reaction so far is …
Continue readingBack in mid January there was some unusual options activity in HLF that led many to believe that it was Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman levering up his well documented short position. To refresh we highlighted …
Continue readingA few weeks ago we want to make a near term bearish bet after a Massachusetts Senator stated in letters to the SEC and other Federal regulatory agencies that wanted information regarding HLF’s business practices. …
Continue readingHerbalife continues to be a battleground stock. Bill Ackman uses all the stops in trying to increase scrutiny and pressure on the company, with Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey’s letter to regulators a couple weeks ago …
Continue readingHerbalife got a tape bomb this morning in the form of some initial congressional investigations into their business practices: (Reuters) – Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey is asking for more information about the business practices of …
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