Manuel Asensio doesn’t bet often. But when he does, it’s wise to pay attention.

Asensio helped define “activist investor.”

Winstar […] failed to make an interest payment on some debt, shortly before it fell into bankruptcy, as Asensio predicted.

Asensio has a remarkedly strong record in picking shorts. [….] For that talent, one company has called him ‘one of the world’s best-known short sellers.’

Everyone agrees [Asensio] gets results.

Asensio has produced perhaps the best public record of stock calls in the business.

Manuel Asensio is every investor’s best friend […] his firm scours the investment world […] in the process, Asensio has uncovered numerous cases of outright fraud.

Don’t sell this short-seller short.

at bottom, what gives shorts an edge is sheer shoe leather. “Shoe leather” might well be Manuel Asensio’s middle name.