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Jim Chanos says "stunning" executive turnover at Tesla is a bad sign for the company. Elon Musk "may be misleading investors," Chanos.. "I think Elon Musk has crossed the Rubicon in terms of making statements to investors that he might rue later," ... Short-seller Jim Chanos is blasting Elon Musk's leadership at Tesla. ... Musk's announcements about future products. "He said the Roadster will be available in 2020 and Semi [truck] will be entering production next year," Chanos said. "I don't think either of those are going to happen." He believes recent management turnover at the electric car maker is...

Short-seller Chanos: Moody's, S&P wrong on China By Katya Wachtel NEW YORK | Tue Dec 6, 2011 4:46pm EST (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager James Chanos, who has been a long-time skeptic on the Chinese growth story, is sticking with his gloomy view of ratings agencies Moody's Corp (MCO.N) and Standard and Poor's, saying their rosy outlook on China's debt only bolsters his bearish bet. The famed short-seller said he's puzzled by the readiness of S&P, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies Inc (MHP.N), to downgrade the sovereign debt of countries like the United States and much of Europe while continuing...

Chanos calls China syndrome John Daly Published Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 2:56PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 5:30PM EDT China is in the midst of the biggest real estate bubble in human history—“Dubai in 2007 times 1,000.” And Sino-Forest, the less-than-meets-the-eye Canadian forestry play in China? That fits a pattern: Promoters “find a different investment hype, a story, to get people excited. In the 1990s, it was the Internet, and now it’s China. Unbridled growth.” More related to this story Why should we believe this prophecy of imminent calamity in the market that we were all counting on...

Contrarian investor Jim Chanos, known for his short selling prowess, has now made it known that he is betting against one of the biggest stars of today: China Inc. Chanos and his aptly named fund, Kynikos (Greek for ‘cynic’) earned their stripes in Wall Street by foreseeing the problems of Enron, Tyco (NYSE: TYC), Boston Market and other corporate megastars. Chanos warns that China’s economy is hyperstimulated by credit excess and headed for a spectacular crash. He even suspects that the growth rate of 8% is cooked. Chanos doesn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that he is betting...

Short seller Jim Chanos is bearish on major pharmecutical companies. Warren Buffett is long pharmaceuticals. This creates the interesting situation of the top long investor, Buffett, versus the top short investor, Chanos, being on opposites side of a major trade. Buffett owns more than 3.9 million shares of Sanofi Aventis and he holds 1.51 million shares of GlaxoSmithkline. Chanos recently told an Australian radio station: The US healthcare system is probably the most interesting large group of companies that are heading for major problems that we've seen in a long, long time. Healthcare is growing now at about 10 per...

The high-priced hooker who sunk Gov. Spitzer's political career was a party pal of one of his top financial backers, boozing it up with him at clubs and his palatial Hamptons mansion. James Chanos, 50, a billionaire hedge fund manager who runs Kynikos Associates in Manhattan, says he met Ashley Alexandra Dupre - the girl at center of the gov love scandal - at a nightclub several years ago and often invited her to parties, But he denied introducing her to Spitzer.