Followers of the twisted tale of DeepCapture may remember that on August 12, 2005, I gave a webcast of which I will always remain proud. It was titled, "The Miscreant's Ball".
As you encounter conversations on this topic in the days to come, it is a good opportunity to point out that Deep Capture published irrefutable evidence of insider trading at short selling hedge funds SAC Capital, Kynikos Associates and Third Point Partners almost one year ago.
29 September 2009 by Judd Bagley
(Washington, DC) The SEC's roundtable on securities lending and short selling got started today, and Deep Capture was there.
21 September 2009 by Judd Bagley
I need some input on the book I’m writing (more information on that here). I’m looking for the best, most colorful examples of post-1934 short-side stock manipulations. As I see it, stock manipulation comes in three general flavors… Trade-based: on the short side, this is the essence of abusive, illegal short selling, is the general focus of this [...]
21 September 2009 by Judd Bagley
It's recently come to our attention that some of you are not taking full advantage of the Deep Capture Twitter feed. If not, then you are likely among the many who do not get to see video clips like this one, in which Patrick Byrne discusses executive compensation and recent activity by the SEC on Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto show.
15 September 2009 by Judd Bagley
I originally published this video last on the first anniversary of the destruction of Bear Stearns, though its lessons seem even more timely today, the first anniversary of the destruction of Lehman Brothers.
15 September 2009 by Mark Mitchell
Michael Milken and his "philanthropic" foundation have stymied a company with a promising treatment for prostate cancer while promoting more dubious companies -- all to the benefit of network of affiliated, miscreant hedge funds.
08 September 2009 by Judd Bagley
Recently, I revealed a few details of a security flaw I had discovered on the Yahoo! message boards, which made it possible to determine a user's IP address and username. This would have been nothing more than a curiosity but for the fact that stock message boards are among the preferred venues for short selling hedge funds seeking to spread disinformation about targeted companies.
02 September 2009 by Judd Bagley
We've long maintained here at Deep Capture that Charlie Gasparino is possibly the most insightful figure at CNBC. Today, Mr. Gasparino underscored that status.
28 August 2009 by Mark Mitchell
SAC Capital's business model: cheating
21 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
Those of you who have been asking for a compiled version of Mark Mitchell’s epic investigation into the short attack on Dendreon are in luck: the complete story of Dendreon is available for download in .pdf format here.
20 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
I highly recommend making a habit of listening to NPR's Planet Money podcast.
