Did a little mystery company in London help hedge funds crash the markets?
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.
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.
18 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
I think we can all agree that the middle of last September was as strange a time as our financial markets have ever experienced.
18 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
As many of you already know, I’m currently writing a book dedicated to a much deeper examination of the subjects addressed in this blog. As always, I’m going to great lengths to ensure that every assertion in the book is defensible. However, because finance is not my primary (nor secondary, nor tertiary) vocation, I frequently rely [...]
11 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
If you fail to find entertainment value in seeing illegal naked short selling proponent Gary Weiss publicly caught telling irresponsible lies, then you may consider this post optional and stop reading now.
10 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
Within minutes of my introduction to the world of short selling hedge funds, I encountered the analogy that remains the best suited to describe the truth to which they subscribe: Bizarro World.
05 August 2009 by Judd Bagley
On balance, 2006 was a very dark time for the market reform movement, as every charge was followed by a blistering counter-charge, and every lunge answered by a quick parry.
27 July 2009 by Judd Bagley
Apparently aware of the ruin that is his own reputation, Gary Weiss has taken to battling in favor of illegal stock market manipulation as “Tom Sykes”.
25 July 2009 by Mark Mitchell
In this, the final chapter of the Dendreon saga, we wonder how many biotech companies have been destroyed by criminal stock manipulators and their captured accomplices.
22 July 2009 by Mark Mitchell
Yet more on the criminal Michael Milken, hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, and a particularly destructive network of miscreants.
