Infinite Loops Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future (EP.02)
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Feb 27, 2020 AI Snips
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Quant Short Selling Challenges
- Quant models often struggle with short-selling because they rely on published data, which can be manipulated.
- They often focus on momentum, missing accounting irregularities or Ponzi schemes.
First Short
- Jim Chanos's first short recommendation was Baldwin United in August 1982.
- This was at the market bottom, coinciding with Henry Kaufman's bearish call.
Fraud History Course
- Chanos teaches a course on financial fraud history at Yale and Wisconsin.
- A student used the course's framework to detect fraud within her own company.