Author: tremendousblog
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No one could touch John Gotti. Prosecutors went after the Gambino crime family boss repeatedly, only to see him acquitted. Rather than give up, they went after Gotti in his inner sanctum: the Ravenite Social Club. As the Gambinos eventually learned, an FBI surveillance team, over Thanksgiving weekend 1989, had…
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Lately, I keep seeing startups running into the same problems. As an angel investor, I work hand in hand with numerous startups. I also see presentations and deal memos from hundreds more. Let’s dig into some of the biggest challenges they have in common: Recruiting The labor market is red…
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What would it be like to not have ears? Unfortunately, for patients with microtia, this is no hypothetical. Microtia, or lack of a fully developed ear, is a congenital condition affecting about 1 in every 6-8,000 people. Some patients have a malformed outer ear. Others have almost no ear tissue…
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Hedge fund Citadel LLC is holding nearly $500 million in options on AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., per the fund’s latest SEC filing. Citadel’s position consists of $191 million in puts and $272 million in call options, along with a small position in common stock. This massive position has not been…
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Evidently unsatisfied with his billions, Citadel LLC CEO Ken Griffin has won an arbitration case against a parody website: Investment firm Citadel has won a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the owner of CitadelAir.com. The domain owner operates a Twitter account called Citadel Air, where he parodies the investment firm…
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My wife and I just returned from a wonderful vacation in Barcelona! It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. The warm weather, palm trees, beaches and museums make for an outstanding visit. But what stands out most is the food! Spain has a tradition of small…
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“You’re the one who’s trying to regulate your way into a market victory” Judge Justin Walker Citadel Securities LLC is suing the SEC to stop curbs on high frequency trading: A federal judge challenged a lawyer for Citadel Securities LLC about its efforts to thwart a new kind of market…
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Shares in AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and GameStop Corp. have skyrocketed this year. As retail traders pile in, short sellers are nursing deep wounds. According to the latest data from S3 Partners, shorts have lost over $10 billion in both companies for the year. And their losses are accelerating: The…
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I’m working on making my own index fund. And it’s proving surprisingly difficult. The Goal My goal is to create a portfolio of the highest yielding Dividend Aristocrats. Dividend Aristocrats are blue chip companies that have increased their dividend every year for at least 25 years. But even being an…
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The small investors suing Citadel Securities LLC are fighting back against its motion to dismiss their case: Plaintiffs suing Citadel Securities and others over trading restrictions on “meme stocks” have filed a motion to strike the market maker’s recent court filing that leaned on the SEC’s report to dismiss the…