Anarcho-Regulation For Investors of Sears Holding, Mannkind Corp, Ame... -03/30/10 at 12:03 AM EDTby Judd Bagley

Short-side stock manipulators are slippery and, by definition, dishonest. These people thrive on the internet, where they can anonymously spread misinformation and then away, with little fear of being held accountable. Still, on a few occasions, I’ve observed anonymous defenders of illegal naked short selling attempt to mount a philosophical defense...

Tix Corporation Trade Presents a Good Opportunity -03/25/10 at 1:54 PM EDTby Peter York

Last week, after having its stock price drop by approximately one third in 3 months and two thirds in 6 months, Tix Corporation (NASDAQ:TIXC) tried to stop the bleeding by presenting an earnings report that looked pretty decent for a company with its market capitalization of just over 40 million.  But was anybody paying attention?  The stock li...

Gamestop Corp Rumor Writer Fired by Business Insider -03/25/10 at 12:26 PM EDTby Perry H. Rod

Managing editor of Clusterstock.com and former editor-in-chief of Dealbreaker.com John Carney was fired by Business Insider's Henry Blodget yesterday.  There is no official word on the reason for his termination. Two weeks prior, Carney had written an article stating that retailer GameStop Corp [NYSE:GME] "might be an acquisition target," according ...

Take Two Interactive's Bioshock 2 Tops Software Sales for February 2010 -03/11/10 at 6:23 PM ESTby Perry H. Rod

Take Two (NASDAQ:TTWO)'s Bioshock 2 on the Xbox 360 barely beat out Wii's popular New Super Mario Brothers for the month of February, according to NPD.  Activision's November release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was at number 3 and 6 of the top 10.  Electronic Arts hit the next three spots.  Sony's Heavy Rain comes in tenth.  On the...

How David Einhorn and Dan Loeb along with Goldman Sachs Brought Their... -03/04/10 at 3:49 PM ESTby Mark Mitchell

You don’t hear much about it, but the March 2007 bankruptcy of a company called New Century Financial was arguably one of the most important events leading up to the financial crisis that nearly caused a second Great Depression. It was the demise of New Century, then the nation’s second largest mortgage lender, that triggered the collapse of t...

Cataloging Sears Holdings Corporation Stock Manipulation -02/22/10 at 1:24 PM ESTby Judd Bagley

Most of the examinations of stock manipulation published here on deepcapture.com take place after the fact, the damage being done. However, we’ve became aware of instances of apparently illegal, manipulative trading in several companies’ stocks, happening right now, which we have the ability to monitor and report on in nearly real time. I&rsqu...

Sears Holdings Corporation Short Selling Stock Delivery Failure Analy... -02/17/10 at 3:05 PM ESTby Judd Bagley

I’ve got everything ready to go for my next article, save one thing: the most current stock delivery failures data, corresponding to the second half of January, which the SEC was supposed to have made available yesterday. I’m particularly eager to get that batch, because it has the capacity to confirm or rule-out my ability to predict the futu...

Fed Exit Strategy? Preparing For Inflation: SPDR Gold Trust et al. Pa... -02/16/10 at 4:44 PM ESTby Brian Benton

In late July of last year, I provided an analysis of the tools the Federal Reserve was proposing it might use to facilitate an exit from the substantial amount of bank reserve creation (and resultant balance sheet expansion) since September 2008 (Fed Exit Strategy?). Also discussed were some of the problems I felt the Fed would encounter when attempting t...

TheStreet.com's Barry Ritholtz and a Tale of Two Media -02/11/10 at 2:43 PM ESTby Judd Bagley

This is a transcript of the Deep Capture podcast episode published on February 10, 2010. You may: Download the episode in mp3 format. Subscribe to the podcast’s RSS feed. Download in iTunes. listen to the episode right here in this handy audio player:  Barry Ritholtz and a tale of two media. [12:35m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup   It...

Kilroy Realty Corp Misses Guidance Estimate -01/26/10 at 2:11 PM ESTby Peter York

During their mid trading day conference call, Kilroy Realy Corporation (NYSE:KRC) reported FFO guidance of $2.10-$2.30. An average of 11 analysts had expected FFO of $2.23.  Shares slipped slightly as a result of the miss.  After the markets had closed yesterday, Kilroy reported FFO earnings of .39 which was a penny less than analysts had expect...

John Paulson's "Greatest Trade Ever" - Something of a Scam -01/20/10 at 11:34 PM ESTby Mark Mitchell

By now, everybody knows that the market for collateralized debt obligations was riddled with fraud in the lead-up to the financial crisis. What is less known is the fact that hedge fund managers helped create and inflate the market for these toxic securities specifically so that they could bet against them and profit from the inevitable collapse. An examp...