First and foremost we wanted to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year and thank you for your continued interest in our research. 2014 will be remembered as a Dickens-esque year at...
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READ MORE >“We operate a minimal inventory, intermediary model where we typically take customer orders before we purchase inventory from our vendors”- ZU S-1 filing 11/13/13Much like NILE...
READ MORE >As you know, we love to conduct surveys. We're interested in learning more about how our clients utilize our service and ways in which we can improve the research offering and enhance client satisfaction. Please click on the link below to take the survey. It should...
READ MORE >“On November 17, 2014, we obtained a commitment from Cerberus Business Finance, LLC to provide us with a new $100 million senior secured term loan facility”- ESI 2Q14 10-Q...
READ MORE >This oft quoted aphorism (incorrectly attributed to Twain) represents one of the greatest truisms for any seasoned investor: the ability to identify trends and map them to historical patterns is a...
READ MORE >“That was a mistake….Look deep, Josh. It’s there. It’s moves away, but it’s there. You’ve got him….. Don’t move until you see it.” Ben Kingsley, Searching for Bobby...
READ MORE >Approximately two months ago we introduced ZU as a short idea. As a reminder here’s the original elements of our short thesis:Cracks have started to emerge recently, but we think revenue, gross margin, and profitability...
READ MORE >“…the long-term opportunity for Rentals, we look at competitors in the rental space kind of pure play what they call ILSs or Internet Listing Sites, Internet Listing Services and we see a couple...
READ MORE >Heading into WWE’s 3Q14 earnings release here’s what we said about how the stock might react to the Network subscriber number (all else being equal):“Here’s how we think the stock COULD trade based on a...
READ MORE >In the context of the volatility in WWE shares thus far this year, the 20% trading range for the stock over the past three months can only be described as tranquil. Perhaps more importantly the relative amount of...
READ MORE >There’s a well-known adage in this business that the “highs are never as high as the lows are low”. No truer statement could be made about our feelings on our short call on ESI today even with ESI shares down 72%...
READ MORE >From our perspective, the long awaited filing of ESI’s 2013 10-K was as notable for what was NOT in the document as for what was. After all, at this stage the only two data points that truly...
READ MORE >SELL/SHORT
$4
SELL
$50
SELL/SHORT
$45
SHORT
$18
SELL/SHORT
$5
SELL/SHORT
$42
LONG
$75
LONG
$128
SELL/SHORT
$50
SELL/SHORT
$50
LONG
$5.50
SHORT
$50
SHORT
$28
LONG
$65
LONG
$37
PAIR TRADE
$10
PAIR TRADE
$30
LONG
$35
SHORT
$35
SELL/SHORT
$10
SHORT
$101
SHORT
$15
SHORT
$0
SHORT
$9
SHORT
$0
PAIR - LONG BGG/SHORT TTC
25%
PAIR - LONG BGG/SHORT TTC
25%
SHORT
$14.00
SHORT
$22
SHORT
$15
SHORT
$20
SHORT
$31
SHORT
$35
SHORT
$30
PAIR - LONG KNL/SHORT MLHR
25%
SHORT
$100
LONG
$8
LONG
$20
SHORT
$22
PAIR - LONG CSGP/SHORT LOOP
40%
LONG
$35
SHORT
$275
SHORT
$0