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Is Ackman's Only End For Herbalife The Company's Total Implosion?

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Mark Melin
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Bill Ackman is talking his book again, but the big question is: will he only consider it a successful trade when he drives Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) permanently into the ground?

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Ackman riding Herbalife to zero

Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle notes that Ackman has said that he is going to “take Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) to the end, take this thing to zero,” then asks the zinger:  “Things are going in your direction at this point, things have finally cracked. Are you not going to get out of this trade until it goes to zero?”

The translation of this question is: are you going to pulverize Herbalife to the point...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.