Browsing Category
Featured Stories
62 posts
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.
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.
The Register weighs in on our crusade
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.
Patrick Byrne was right all along
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.
SAC Capital Gets “Tips” from Goldman; If Only There Were a Pattern
SAC Capital's business model: cheating
Goldman pillages, Goldman steals, Goldman Sachs
I think we can all agree that the middle of last September was as strange a time as our financial markets have ever experienced.
Gary Weiss busted. Again.
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.
Blue Kryptonite and naked short selling
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.
The Pendulum Swings
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.