Gary Weiss earns an F
Those who claim I was painting a larger conspiratorial picture are – not coincidentally – directly tied to a certain hedge fund manager or his friends. The resulting stab at journalism (in name only) is hardly a conspiracy; it’s human nature and in the case of these writers, very poor form and an even more poorly-kept secret.
The stories behind the Rocker and Gradient lawsuit story
Today, short-selling hedge fund Rocker Partners paid Overstock.com $5-million to settle the lawsuit filed against them in August of 2005. Rocker Partners also entirely dropped its own countersuit. This is a major victory for all public companies targeted by bear raiding hedge funds.
SAC Capital linked to insider trading? Who knew!
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.
SEC brings another case against naked short sellers
Far from over, for Rhino Trading founder Damon Rein, the party is only mildly dampened.
Congress prepares to bypass impotent SEC
YOU need to contact your US senators, encouraging them to co-sponsor Senate Bill 605.
Three short hours inside the SEC
And so it was with today's second and concluding session of the SEC's roundtable on securities lending and short selling: I expected the absolute worst, but in the end was pleasantly surprised to find that it wasn't quite as bad as I feared.
Eight long hours inside the SEC
(Washington, DC) The SEC's roundtable on securities lending and short selling got started today, and Deep Capture was there.
The history of short-side stock manipulation
I need some input on the book I’m writing (more information on that here). I’m looking for the…
A sweet tweet you might have missed
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.
Hedge funds and the global economic meltdown
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.