Tuesday, September 18, 2012

A Mighty Wind: Sizing Up Fund Manager's Sway




From WSJ: "I've got a couple questions for you," hedge-fund manager David Einhorn told Herbalife Ltd. HLF -0.74% executives in a May conference call for analysts and investors, before prodding them for five minutes about sales practices at the nutritional-supplement company.
By the time Mr. Einhorn said, "Thanks so much, guys," Herbalife's highflying shares were down 8.8%—and on their way to a one-day slide of 20% that erased $1.6 billion of the stock-market value in the Los Angeles company. Since then, the shares have fallen another 8.7%....

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