Financial Sleuthing: Herb Greenberg on Investigative Journalism in Finance | #539

Today’s guest is Herb Greenberg , a veteran financial journalist and skeptical market commentator. In today’s episode, Herb talks about the evolution of markets during his career, finding and following frauds like Herbalife, and advice for those starting in markets. (1:05) Introducing Herb Greenberg (1:29) Herb's early career (7:10) Market structure changes during his career (11:46) Herb's five simple lessons and their modern interpretations (17:58) The role of short sellers (23:00) Herb's investigation into Herbalife (41:17) Herb's contrarian investment beliefs ----- Follow Meb on Twitter , LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Sponsor: 10 East is a membership-based investment firm founded by Michael Leffell, former Deputy Executive Managing Member of Davidson Kempner, focused on providing targeted exposure to private markets. Members invest at their discretion in single-investment and niche fund vehicles across private credit, real estate, private equity, and venture capital. Follow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp , Richard Thaler , Jeremy Grantham , Joel Greenblatt , Campbell Harvey , Ivy Zelman , Kathryn Kaminski , Jason Calacanis , Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran , Howard Marks , Tom Barton , and many more. ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices