Carson Block On The Ethics Of Shortselling – 2018 Kase Learning Shorting Conference

Jacob Wolinsky

Published onDecember 7, 2018

Carson Block, Chief Investment Officer of Muddy Waters Capital from the 2018 Kase Learning Shorting Conference.

Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc

Morning, thanks for having me here. That’s not a typo, I’m talking about activism short selling versus activist. What is that? I think that activists can occasionally take short selling to what I would say is another level. And that we can short a stock for reasons that have purely to do with the immorality of the company. And that hasn’t been expressly done before. But I think it can be done and I think it should be done. And I do think this is a...

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Jacob Wolinsky

Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.

Carson Block On The Ethics Of Shortselling – 2018 Kase Learning Shorting Conference

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