“It's just that I've never seen people celebrate mediocrity the way you do.” Jack Byrnes (Robert DeNiro). Meet the Fockers. Dir. Jay Roach. Universal Studios 2004. For...
READ MORE >“Financial engineering is the use of mathematical techniques to solve financial problems. Financial engineering uses tools and knowledge from the fields of computer science, statistics, economics and applied...
READ MORE >This isn’t the first time, nor will it be the last (unfortunately) that the stock of a company that we have recommended going short has been acquired. It happened with OPEN, MCRS, and now RON. ...
READ MORE >We recently conducted a survey of approximately 20 independent specialty jeweler retailers. The purpose of our survey was to: Gain greater insight on sales trends in the first few weeks of the holiday season Determine how independent...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 12/16/09.Shares of SIG (29.54 ↓0.94%) have pulled back in the past 10-days following ZLC (3.03↓6.19%)’s 10-Q filing, in which Zale’s reported...
READ MORE >This report was originally published 9/9/09.SIG reported 2Q10 results this morning. You can find the full press release here. Overall, the company handily beat consensus expectations and the stock has reacted...
READ MORE >This report was originally published 8/25/09.In a recent post on NILE (54.88 ↑1.95%), we discussed the primary fundamental short thesis on the stock, which included among other things the company’s “operating margin conundrum”. In short, it is our view that...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 8/12/09.Approximately 6-weeks ago we introduced a pair trade recommendation Long Signet Jewelers/Short Blue Nile. Thus far it has not yielded positive...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 6/25/09.Over the past few months there have been some nascent signs of stabilization in consumer spending. For the most part we have avoided the entire consumer sector during the recovery in the market over...
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PAIR - LONG BGG/SHORT TTC
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PAIR - LONG KNL/SHORT MLHR
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PAIR - LONG CSGP/SHORT LOOP
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