July 2, 2020
Published by Kuppy at July 2, 2020
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PG&E Corporation (PCG – USA) is an industry leader in arson and manslaughter. They also do something with electricity. PCG filed for bankruptcy in January of 2019 after they were unable to pay billions in claims. To call the bankruptcy process a klusterfuk, is generous to all involved. However, that’s all in the rearview mirror. A bunch of distressed funds teamed up to rig ... Read More
Categories: Investments
Positions Mentioned: PCG
June 29, 2020
Published by Kuppy at June 29, 2020
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On Monday morning, I posted an article about the extreme mispricing of Nikola Motor’s warrants (NKLAW – USA). While there were ways to arb this trade in an almost risk-free manner, I went into them naked as the spread was so damn wide. Since that time, the warrants have risen by roughly 50% (hitting a high of $41 vs roughly $28 when I posted). ... Read More
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Positions Mentioned: NKLAW
June 24, 2020
Published by Kuppy at June 24, 2020
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I frequently hear investors say that “there’s no such thing as free money in the markets.” I’d argue that those people are simply lazy. Once a year, the Russell Indexes re-balance. It’s rules-based and as the indexes and closet indexers get larger, the percentage of a company’s float involved gets larger. In many cases, 20% to 40% of a company’s total float changes hands ... Read More
Categories: Investment Strategy
Positions Mentioned: TNK
June 22, 2020
Published by Kuppy at June 22, 2020
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Ever since I mentioned my event-driven book last week, I’ve had a bunch of questions on it from readers. I’ve been hesitant to speak much about this ED book as the opportunities tend to be short-term in duration and the overall win-rate often isn’t that good. It’s more about risking something tiny to see what happens, applied across a large number of situations. However, ... Read More
Categories: Investments
Positions Mentioned: NKLAW
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