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Bill Ackman is getting annihilated
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William Ackman, founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, the fund's publicly traded vehicle, has fallen 18.6% in 2016, according to a performance update.
That performance is through February 9.
Pershing Square had its worst year in its history last year, falling 20.5%.
Ackman, a well-known activist investor, makes large, concentrated bets in a handful of companies.
Late last month, he published a doozy of an investment letter.
Among other he things, he revealed he is shorting China and Saudi Arabia as a hedge, and that his biggest error in 2015 was assigning too much value to the "platform value" in certain investments.
He also said that he was sorry he didn't sell at the top, and that there could be a bubble in index funds. The letter also revealed that Pershing partner Paul Hilal is leaving to launch his own venture.
Ackman isn't alone is reporting weak returns. Some of the biggest names in the business have been getting scorched.
In his investment letter, Ackman intimated that he would be sticking by his positions, and this week he released a short film on Herbalife, his infamous short position.
The 20-minute video is called "The American Dream Denied: Herbalife Victims Speak Out".
The letter also included this chart, showing the performance of his positions. As you can see, pretty much every holding went against him.
(Pershing Square)
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