Comments on: Bill Ackman on His Herbalife Short

By: Tracy Coenen

Tracy Coenen — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:52:46 +0000

It really didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know. Some of the behind the scenes stuff with the hedgies was mildly interesting.There wasn’t a whole lot of substance to the article.

By: Michael Webster

Michael Webster — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:48:02 +0000

Tracy, what did you think of the recent Vanity Fair article:

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/04/bill-ackman-dan-loeb-herbalife

By: Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Herbalife Hides Behind IncomeAtHome

Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Herbalife Hides Behind IncomeAtHome — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:29:11 +0000

[...] There is also an excellent blog on the site, which is keeping current on the efforts of Bill Ackman to expose the fraud behind Herbalife and the company’s good fortune in having Carl Icahn volunteer to shill for [...]

By: Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Xyngular: Starve, Binge, Purge, Repeat!

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:10:50 +0000

[...] marketing companies are getting lots of attention lately thanks to the Bill Ackman smackdown of Herbalife in December. MLMs offering “nutrition products” are of special interest to consumers, [...]

By: Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Are Herbalife and FHTM Similar?

Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Are Herbalife and FHTM Similar? — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:44:51 +0000

[...] With yesterday’s shutdown of Fortune Hi Tech Marketing, consumers have been asking if Herbalife is a similar operation. Last year Herbalife’s business model was called into question by David Einhorn, and then the company was accused of being a pyramid scheme by Bill Ackman. [...]

By: Herbalife : ¿pirámide o negocio real?

Herbalife : ¿pirámide o negocio real? — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:10:34 +0000

[...] Otro dato interesante es que se cree que el distribuidor promedio de Herbalife gana $10 dólares por semana nada más, y hay otra tanta información disponible con datos que puedes leer acá. [...]

By: Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Anne Coughlan is Wrong on Herbalife

Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Anne Coughlan is Wrong on Herbalife — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:00:40 +0000

[...] Bill Ackman’s point in his presentation was that Herbalife claims to be a products company, but they do relatively little research and development. That hasn’t been debunked in the least. [...]

By: Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog » Herbalife Documentary by Herb Greenberg: Selling the American Dream

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:36:34 +0000

[...] Herb Greenberg, a stocks commentator for CNBC did a ten-month investigation of multi-level marketing company Herbalife. Its conclusion is this 20 minute documentary, and the timing couldn’t be better. Herbalife has been accused of being a pyramid scheme again, this time by Bill Ackman of Pershing Square. [...]

By: Fraud Files Blog More on Herbalife, Bill Ackman, and Law Enforcement » Fraud Files Blog

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:27:44 +0000

[...] They still won’t answer important questions like these (which I first wrote about here): [...]

By: Tbill

Tbill — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:48:39 +0000

LMAO! This is so flat out wrong that it doesn’t even really deserve a response, but here is an investor letter showing that PS generated close to 450% for its investors from 2004 through mid 2010 (vs the general market return of around 5-10%!!): http://www.scribd.com/doc/36472453/Pershing-Square-Q2-2010-Investor-Letter

2010 and 2011 were also strong years for Ackman/Pershing Square. My guess is that Tim is a failing HLF distributor with his panties in a bunch.