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The Deep Capture Campaign
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Jonathan Swift prophesied, “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in a confederacy against him.” The question is, Will the US turn into Britain circa 1961? Or are there enough cracks in the system that the dawn can break through? As Dirty Harry put it, “Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I’ve kinda lost track myself.”
SAC Capital and (and Steve Cohen, Too) Should Be Convicted of Murder
Former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma was convicted today for insider trading, and there is much discussion…
All Publicity is Good Publicity if You’re Bill Ackman
John Hempton at Bronte Capital (see his blogs here) is going to some lengths to stir up a…
Stevie Cohen, When PBS is Devoting Frontline Shows to Your Perfidy (“To Catch a Traitor”), Is That Bad? (SAC)
And yes, I know that PBS used “trader,” not “traitor.” De gustibus non est disputandum.
Steven A. Cohen: “That’s guilty! Guilty, guilty, guilty!!”
NBC: Billionaire Steven Cohen’s hedge fund could pay $1B fine in fraud case: sources
The Global Bust-Out Series (Chapter 8): Boris Berezovsky and the “Nexus” Between Organized Crime, Terrorism, and the Global Oligarchy
Berezovsky, a surprisingly typical oligarch, had ties to terrorists, organized crime, Wall Street and Washington
“The Global Bust-Out Series (Chapter 7): Michael Milken and the “Insider Trading” Network (as of 2013)
The "insider trading network" that the FBI is currently investigating is similar to an "insider trading" network that the FBI investigated in the 1980s--and the network is involved in much more than just "insider trading."
Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com Upgrades OSTK to Buy: ‘The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet’ – Winston Churchill
On May 31 TheStreet.com (which at one point had notorious Wall Street villains Jim Cramer and David Rocker…
The Global Bust-Out Series (Chapter 5): Monzer al-Kassar, Model Citizen
Meet Monzer al-Kassar: global terrorist, narcotics kingpin, mobster, killer, mercenary, financial criminal, intelligence agent, and prominent oligarch known as "The Prince of Marbella" (his Marbella mansion pictured above).
There is More to the SAC Capital Story
Steve Cohen has received a subpoena as part of the FBI's big insider trading probe, but insider trading is the least of SAC Capital's misdeeds.