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Jim Chanos: Psychology of short selling; China makes Europe, U.S. debt look like child's play

Jul 10 2012 1 Comment
Jim Chanos is a legendary short seller and Founder of Kynikos Associates, the hedge fund management company he started in 1985. Sitting down with Opalesque.TV, he talks about his background and first great short idea in Baldwin United, which led him to believe he could successfully start Kynikos utilizing a short selling mandate.

Chanos gives insights from his 27 years in the business into the asymmetries between the long and short side of investing and talks about the drastic difference in psychology between successful short sel ...more

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