Not surprisingly, following the biggest plunge in biotech stocks in 2015 - many have speculated that the real goal of Shkreli's actions was to profit by shorting the biotech sector ahead of the selling which his action would have unleashed

Brilliant !

Mercenary but if that's what he did it was executed perfectly. Throw a bunch of popcorn into the air, get the minions steamed up, get the political vote chasing talking heads to claim they'll crusade, now you have everyone's attention....

Short the shit out of it quietly and walk away whistling !!


Same move that Goldman pulled when they bought all the empty warehouses in Michigan- hoarded Aluminum and created their own market by playing the rules on receiving and releasing aluminum in the commodity market