Cramer: Ackman's Dreadful Picks   | Aug 19, 2013 | 7:35 AM EDT
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sure seems like it.       But how do I know that the fate of his
biggest positions might be in the balance? First, the ascension
of Carl Icahn as a force took a dramatic turn to an even more
positive level last week. Apple (AAPL) soared on his Twitter
comments that he has a huge stake in the company, relative to
his normal positions -- not relative to the market
capitalization as a whole, which is Doug Kass's complaint
elsewhere in this site. The simple truth is that Carl's up big
on Apple, and that's a testament to his power right now and the
belief that no one has a hotter hand.  What this means is that,
the moment Herbalife issues clean financials (they are only
dirty because of the actual rogue actions of the accounting firm
doing its auditing), I have to imagine that Icahn will push for
an expanded share buyback, or even a Dutch tender offering, that
would immediately cause the sto