“Bill Ackman sprinted to an early lead in a MarketWatch poll on Friday’s live billionaire street fight, but as more readers weighed in, the momentum shifted decisively in Carl Icahn’s favor.
More than 4,000 MarketWatch readers took the time to vote.
The informal survey saw early sentiment favoring Ackman, who took out a huge short position on Herbalife HLF -8.37% in December, calling the company a ponzi scheme.
As more MarketWatch readers voted, however, Icahn took the lead, flipping a 62-38 deficit into a similar lead before the gap tightened again.
As of Monday morning, Icahn was viewed as the winner by 54% of those expressing an opinion, while Ackman was viewed as the winner by 46%.
Friday’s “debate” riveted Wall Street traders, and served as a reminder of other great financial battles on Wall Street.”
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