A Conversation with a Short Seller
A short seller leads a lonely life, it seems.
Short sellers profit from stocks that decline in value. So, when they win, it means that most of their friends and family are likely losing. And when they lose? Well … they don't generally get a lot of sympathy. After all, they made money while the rest of us lost our shirts.
Suffice it to say, it takes a special type of person to hack it as a short seller. You have to have a contrarian mindset and exceptionally thick skin. And today, I had the pleasure of speaking with one of the all-time living greats in this space, David Tice.
David is a forensic accountant with a history of sniffing out fraud and overly aggressive accounting, and he previously managed the
