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A nice young man contacted me recently with an investment opportunity: a nude resort in Mexico. I declined. But not for the reason you might think. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Are You a Venture Scale Business? My decision wasn’t a moral one. I passed because this is not…
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Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has taken major losses this year. From a new report by Institutional Investor: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings fell 9.5 percent in June and is now down 26 percent for the year, as investors’ fears of recession outweighed concerns about the inflation Ackman has been…
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A new law introduced in Congress could mean the end of some major short sellers. According to a report that broke this morning on TheStreet, the law would require disclosure of short positions by large investors. Today, big investors like hedge funds have to disclose the stocks they own quarterly.…
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I did a double-take when I saw the number. Fails to deliver in shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. passed 2.6 million in June. The report, released today by the Securities and Exchange Commission, covers the first half of the month. Fails to deliver hit 2,653,787 on June 3 before…
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They were the best and brightest young engineers American could produce. But they had one problem: their boss was a tyrant. Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory founder William Shockley shouted at his talented engineers, recorded all phone calls, and even demanded they take lie detector tests. All refused. Instead, they did something…
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In the world of venture capital, there are two species: great white shark VC’s and goldfish angel investors. They dwarf us in size and power as we wiggle about looking for an insect to eat. So I was surprised to learn that in some of the hottest deals, angel investors…
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It was supposed to be a safe investment. In small offices across the country, brokers sold a security called L Bonds. The bonds were backed by life insurance policies and were supposed to provide a steady stream of income. Many buyers were elderly. Now they’re facing catastrophic losses of up…
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“Reasonable people…routinely fail in life’s important missions by not even attempting them.” The Power Law Every day for the last 15 months, I’ve sat down in front of my computer and tried to find the next great tech company. Being immersed in the daily details of e-mails and deal memos…
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Hedge funds are going all out to stop the SEC from implementing new disclosure rules. Now they have some help from an academic group whose finances are shrouded in secrecy. From a report that broke yesterday in Institutional Investor: …hedge funds aren’t fighting the SEC alone: A new organization, which…
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Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has stopped all withdrawals, imperiling the savings of 100,000 users. From The Wall Street Journal: A few months ago, Mike Washburn’s cryptocurrency investment looked like a winner. Now he’s just hoping to get his money back. Mr. Washburn, a 35-year-old plumber in Otsego, Minn., had $100,000…
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