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If John Mack Had Gotten His Way, He And Blankfein Would've Told Jimmy Chanos And His Friends Where They Could Go On National TV
Oct 06, 2009, 1:37pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Most of you will probably agree that when you want to get a serious message out the (financial services) masses, the best medium through which to send it is a place where your news is served with a dash of...
Squeeze Baby, Squeeze!
Apr 28, 2009, 7:11pm
Posted by Equity Private
We tend to ignore highly volatile biotech stocks that bound off the walls and ceilings like a Happy Fun Ball on acid-laced meth, but Dendreon Corporation (DNDN) is a special case because it is such an obnoxious assassins tool for...
I Want My Two Dollars
Jan 26, 2009, 12:25pm
Posted by Equity Private
What will we miss most about the last few years? Well, the list is long, but high up on it is Bill Ackman's skewing of MBIA. That trade was a brutally long campaign, and caught Ackman a lot of flak...
Regulatory Credibility
Oct 29, 2008, 12:52pm
Posted by Equity Private
This Volkswagen thing is getting serious. The Wall Street Journal is running a piece now challenging the credibility of German regulators in the incident, intimating that the huge spike in Volkswagen shares was the result of some regulatory failure. That's...
Squeezed?
Oct 29, 2008, 10:43am
Posted by Equity Private
We think David Einhorn is dreamy. So you can imagine our alarm when rumors reached us to the effect that Greenlight was involved in this shabby Volkswagen business. Greenlight, apparently, was betting against Volkswagen via short positions. Not a bad...
Don't Mention The War
Oct 28, 2008, 9:56am
Posted by Equity Private
Volkswagen has defied explanation for a long while. VW's powerful labor union has made it difficult to deal with, expensive to operate and therefore subject to severe shock in any economic downturn, where it would lack the flexibility to quick...
When Cramer Calls You A Communist, Is That Good Or Bad?
Sep 18, 2008, 4:50pm
Posted by Equity Private
Let's do a little thinking here. Just a little. Premise: Short selling is not illegal. Premise: Spreading wrong information is illegal (short or long, makes no difference). Conclusion: Let's freeze short selling of financial stocks and open a limitless probe...
Short Selling Wizard Closes On East Side Tower
Aug 26, 2008, 12:51pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Cityfile reports that Jim Chanos has closed on a triplex at 3 East 75th Street (neighbors!). Chanos paid $20.365 million two months ago for the 7,800 square foot space. In the same way that rich people often have so many...
Jim Cramer's "If I Did It"
Jul 18, 2008, 3:35pm
Posted by Bess Levin
"In retrospect, it was so easy to take down Bear." Related: How To Kill A BankYour Ex-Wife Get Shorties [NYMag]...
Dick Bove's Going To Make You Rich
Jul 14, 2008, 9:15am
Posted by Bess Levin
Ladenburg analyst Dick Bove released a report this weekend called "Who Is Next" (as in who is the next bank to FAIL) and it is definitely not a crib sheet for your next short ideas, he wink-winks. But...if it was...some...
Dick Bove Joins The Evil Short Seller Pile-On
Jul 11, 2008, 12:51pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Ladenburg analyst Dick Bove knows who's to blame for the "pounding" Lehman Brother's has been taking. Bove told Bloomberg that you needn't look any further than the wicked short sellers, who are spreading rumors about the bank, in "a concentrated...
The "Wizards" of Short Selling
Jul 03, 2008, 11:26am
Posted by Bess Levin
Someone at BusinessWeek recently decided that short sellers are hot, and something should be done to acknowledge that hotness beyond staring into the dreamy eyes of (a picture of) David EinPorn and self-gratifying. But it's hard to write an article...
