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		bob_theslob646 on Feb 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Ackman Surrenders in His Five-Year War Agains... I still do not understand why these people choose to reveal their positions. In ackman's case, it actually made people a lot of money because other people who didn't like Ackman got together and said 'hey what if we take the other side of this because we think that there's another puff left to this cigar."

cryptozeus on Feb 28, 2018 [–]

May be at that level they hope to play the market by revealing...more people could get behind the call

bob_theslob646 on March 1, 2018 | [–]

If anything, reading about it from the 13f attracts more attention. ( i.e Buffet), but for Bill and Mr.Dalio, does not seem to be working out.

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