Then this would be illegal (the website owners have a short in Herbalife).
http://www.factsaboutherbalife.com/
I think as long as you disclose your position in the stock/security, you can say whatever you want.
http://www.factsaboutherbalife.com/
I think as long as you disclose your position in the stock/security, you can say whatever you want.
This is actually one of the mechanisms that Efficient Market Theory relies upon for disseminating market information. If you could only benefit from assets increasing in value, then there would mostly be negative incentive for anyone to try to expose companies that are weaker than the market assumes them to be.