“My pain…. Is self chosen At least so the prophet saysI could either burnOr cut off my pride and buy some timeA head full of lies is the weightTied to my waistThe river of deceit pulls downThe...
READ MORE >“…the hedge funds tend not to do the due diligence. They don’t take the deeper dive and understand.”SAID NO ONE EVER. Wait a minute, someone actually did say this and very recently. This...
READ MORE >“The vulnerability associated with household indebtedness remains important and is edging higher, owing to an increase in the level of household debt and the ongoing negative impact on incomes from...
READ MORE >Was it only two years ago that HCG management triumphantly trumpeted its conquest of short sellers? Make no mistake the fact pattern surrounding the company over the past six months has been...
READ MORE >Among Canadian financial services companies Home Capital Group has had a remarkable run of generating strong loan growth, 20%+ ROE, and most importantly for investors, significant shareholder returns. The stock is up 40 fold over the past 15 years! ...
READ MORE >We are closing our our Thomas Weisel Partners Group long idea today with a 44% gain. You can read our original report here. This morning Stiffel Financial Corp. announced a deal to acquire TWPG in a stock deal. TWPG shareholders will receive...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 1/25/10.In our original report on Thomas Weisel (TWPG 3.96 ↑1.02%) Partners entitled “Getting Back to the Basics in the Capital Markets” we argued that TWPG shares were...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 11/11/09.In our report entitled: “Getting Back to the Basics in the Capital Markets – Long TWPG (3.94↑0.77%)“, we argued that TWPG shares could see considerable upside...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 9/17/09.It’s hard to believe that it was only 11-months ago when the TED Spread, LIBOR-OIS spread and the “VIX” all made multi-year, if not all-time highs. Each of those barometers of anxiety and fear in the...
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