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		thaumasiotes on Aug 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Si... Herbalife's business model is "pyramid scheme", though. It's worse in basically every possible way, regardless of how poorly you view hedge funds.

jjeaff on Aug 1, 2017 [–]

And hedge funds are only allowed to take money from rather wealthy or "sophisticated" investors that should know better. Herbalife preys on the poor and down trodden.

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