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Dan Loeb: The Lost Art of Short Selling, and Why Stock Picking is Back

aired Jun 05, 2026 · 31.0m
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Summary

Legendary activist investor Dan Loeb. The lost art of short selling has come back, and it's absolutely critical.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of think, really, people, including: He, of course, is the CEO and CIO of Third Point.

Key takeaways
  1. 01activism without proxy contests is like Catholicism without hell
  2. 02And I didn't know I was one day going to run institutional money and have a big fund
  3. 03and it was just fun to uncover them and kind of taunt the management teams and ultimately prevail You have one story above others that kind of stands out in that era I mean there w
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