Joe Nocera, Columnist

Short Sellers Do Good, So Leave Them Alone

Companies and stock exchanges want to make investors disclose short positions. Big mistake.

February 9, 2018 at 6:00 PM UTC

Joe Nocera is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is the host and writer of the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast "The Shrink Next Door."

Somebody has to expose weak companies.
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The senior correspondent for Fox Business reported that Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange and Herbalife Ltd. were teaming up to “curb the power of short sellers” by forcing them to disclose large positions, something that is not currently required.