It's Just a Walk in the Park Sown With Land Mines: Taking Stock

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Sahm Adrangi can tell you all about patience.

In January, the chief investment officer at Kerrisdale Capital said thatBloomberg Terminal Qualcomm would lose the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case, resulting in a halving of the firm’s licensing revenue, earnings and share price, and that he’s short the stock. Shares subsequently notched a 43% rise over the following four months. Then came the ruling from a California federal judge, which sent the stock 11% down in one session. Shares are down another 2.9% before the bell Thursday.