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10 January 2013

The Pyramid Scheme of Volume

Volume in HLF continues to surge as hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb enters the fray on the side of HLF management, while Bill Ackman refuses to back down.

Volumes exist in the market because there is a disagreement between bulls and bears. The greater the disparity that exists between bulls and bears in a name (or the market in general), the more volume that will be generated as the two sides trade against each other. One could say the lackluster volume in 2012 was not only due to a lack of appetite for equity exposure, but also due to a lack of conviction one way or the other. There is no lack of conviction on Herbalife stock, however. Ask around the office and everyone seems to be able to say whether they are on Team Ackman or Team Loeb. As a result, volumes have spiked recently and HLF will likely become a favorite among active investors for the next few months. 

  

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    PaiGow

    10 January 2013

    Great debate on this one. Wonder how much of the activity is supported by fundamental investors versus technicians  taking a side based on price moves supported by the volume. Perhaps the buying is all the "out of network" customers that truly believe in the product and the sellers are their referrals? :-)

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    asussman

    10 January 2013

    @paigow It would be interesting to see block trades in $HLF versus how much is being internalized?

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    PaiGow

    11 January 2013

    Sure - Lit vs. OTC is close to 50/50 last week or so  http://fragmentation.fidessa.com/fragulator/  Compared to other very active stocks, the lit number is low perhaps suggesting above normal block activity.

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    shamlet76

    14 January 2013

    looks like a bad short to me.  of course, i am happy to see that.

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    joyceparker

    31 January 2013

     

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