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Closing Out Thomas Weisel Partners Group (TWPG) Long Idea With 44% Gain

April 26th, 2010

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...

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Traditional Capital Markets Activity Continues Its Recovery, TWPG Remains Well Positioned to Benefit

March 12th, 2010

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...

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Deal Activity, Recovery in Venture Capital, and Insider Buying All Suggest Better Times Ahead for TWPG

March 11th, 2010

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...

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Getting Back to the Basics in the Capital Markets – Long TWPG

March 10th, 2010

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...

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