Whitney Tilson Thinks Ackman's Investment Analysis on Herbalife Was "Astonishing!"

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Dec 26, 2012
I guess size does matter after all! Because at 340 pages the Ackman presentation is large.

Here is what Tilson had to say in an e-mail sent to his followers:

"Pershing Square’s analysis of Herbalife is the most remarkable piece of investment analysis I have ever seen. Simply astonishing. And kudos to Pershing Square for making all of it public – not just the 300+ page slide presentation, but all the supporting materials. For the many young people on this email list who are looking for a job in this industry, study this carefully – if you can do analysis even a tiny fraction this comprehensive, there will always be a job for you…

Hopefully it results in massive reform of this whole sector, which has preyed upon MILLIONS of vulnerable people all over the world for decades. This has been blindingly obvious to anyone who’s done even cursory analysis, but for some reason regulators at the state and local level have done almost nothing to rein in the widespread abuses – it’s just like subprime mortgages and student lending. This is one area in which China is WAY ahead of us: it’s simply outlawed ALL multi-level marketing – a very good idea in my opinion…

Disclosure: I am short a tiny smidge of HLF (good luck getting the borrow) and a number of other multi-level marketers."

It is interesting to note that Tilson is short a "number" of other multi-level marketers.

Tilson also provided the link to the Ackman presentation:

http://factsaboutherbalife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Who-wants-to-be-a-Millionaire1.pdf