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C   LEH   The Option Arm Triplets: Dead Banks Walking 08/29/08   —  I am continually surprised that people are willing to hold, at any price, the common stock of regional Option-ARM mortgage disasters Downey Financial (DSL), BankUnited Financial Corporation (BKUNA), and FirstFed Financial (FED).  They are dead banks walking. The big investment banks, money center ...
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Graphic_rating_sell CRZ   Graphic_rating_sell MPG   A Short Update on My 4 Short Ideas 08/14/08   —  So far I have written four “Short Ideas” for Seeking Alpha, and my track record has been stellar. My article on Crystal River (CRZ) was submitted when the stock was around 3.5, and as I write it is now at 2.18, down nearly 40%. In it I predicted that the company would in Q2 write down its...
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CRZ   A Short Update on My Four Short Ideas 08/14/08   —  So far I have written four “Short Ideas” for Seeking Alpha, and my track record has been stellar. My article on Crystal River (CRZ) was submitted when the stock was around 3.5, and as I write it is now at 2.18, down nearly 40%. In it I predicted that the company would in Q2 write down its...
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TMA   Graphic_rating_sell MPG   Why Maguire Properties is Going Down 08/10/08   —  When evaluating short plays of financials with falling asset values, a very profitable strategy for me the past two years, I look for three things: ownership of the declining assets, short-term or callable financing, and a high degree of leverage.In 2007 such companies were easy to find. I shorted Th...
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Graphic_rating_buy LNUX   SourceForge: Undervalued Open-Source Stock 08/03/08   —  SourceForge (LNUX) is a small internet company that had a wild beginning. At the height of the internet bubble, its stock, like fellow Linux stock Red Hat, soared to insanely high values, peaking at over 400 per share. But the company’s current price is too low, and opportunities abound. The f...
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Graphic_rating_sell CRZ   TMA   Crystal River’s Q2 Write-Downs Could Bankrupt the Company 07/04/08   —  Crystal River Capital, Inc. (CRZ) is a leveraged financial entity structured as a Real Estate Investment Trust. I think that the company - within two to six months - will be insolvent and its stock worthless (and trade like other worthless REITS such as Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) for under 30 cents a s...
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NEWCQ   Graphic_rating_sell RWT   Redwood Trust: From $30 to $4 by Year-End? 06/27/08   —  Introduction: Heavy Mortgage Backed Securities Exposure Will Lead To Big DeclinesRedwood Trust (RWT) is a REIT-structured entity that makes leveraged investments in financial instruments that themselves are highly leveraged. It’s my candidate for the financial midcap stock most likely to lose 8...
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Graphic_rating_sell FED   9 Reasons to Short FirstFed Financial 06/08/08   —  FirstFed Financial (FED) is a medium-sized bank with operations entirely within California....
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