One of those “one that got away” stories for me is Herbalife, which I wanted to short when the insane Ackman/Icahn battle was raging away. I felt the urge to be short HLF only because I consider Carl Icahn to be repulsive, with the moral rectitude of Bill Clinton and the boyish good looks of Jack Ma. It was also icing on the cake that I considered the company itself exploitative and scummy. All the same, I couldn’t find a single share to short, and I’ve watched merely as an interested bystander as it has lost over half its value over the past nine months. Nice goin’, Master of the Universe.
