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Note: The Goldman Sachs direction neutral strategy empirical analysist
is now available to Pro
subscribers. Click We have started with analyzing market neutral option strategies during the bull run of 2Q09. Also we have started with analyzing most optimal OTM Strangle strategies for the S&P and the companies we have covered over the last year. Below is a list of 12 companies for the purpose of analysis based on following criteria. Criteria 1: a) More than 50% price change over the past one month / three month / six month and b) More than 5% deviation from consensus mean Criteria 2: b) More than 25% deviation from consensus mean Based on the criterion above we have selected the list of 12 companies below. Before getting to the list, I want to make clear how absurd this rally has been. Notice the columns in the list and who has made the list... The worst performers with the worst prospects have been propelled the farthest, while the best performers with the brightest prospects have remained relatively static. I aim to mitigate the risk of prospecting for a correction with the direction neutral strategies described in my previous post. Please keep in mind that the consensus estimates outlined here have been lowballed, and reduced significantly according to managment guidance. You all should know the Wall Street game by now. It goes a little something like this: "Company X's earnings fell 80%, with a 95% drop in revenues, as auditors doubt the ability to continue as a going cocern. Management hires prominent law firm Getcha, Gotcha, Wily and Lipton to advise on potenial bankruptcy filings, but stock pops and rallies in after hours trading on better than anticipated results!" This would be funny, except for the fact that even with significantly lowered guidance and consequent consensus estimates, companies are still missing, and missing by a lot. Notice how that does not stop them from rallying though. For those who subscribe to my research, you know what the real numbers should look like, without the politics, drama, conflicts of interest and bullshit that abounds!
We target to complete the strategy analysis of these companies by the end
of the week based upon the relevant free and proprietary BoomBustBlog
Subscriber research below. The Goldman Sachs direction neutral strategy
empirical analysist is now available to Pro
subscribers. Click Below is a complete listing of the fundamental research that we are using to compile the direction neutral strategy analysis for the tickers listed above. Some of it is free for non-subscribers. I would recommend that pro subscribers reread the documents to brush up on my take on the companies listed herein. GS  Subscribe  Goldman
Sachs Stress Test Professional 2009-04-20 10:06:45 4.04 Mb - 131 pagesGoldman
Sachs Stress Test Retail 2009-04-20 10:08:06 720.25 Kb - 17 pagesFree research and opinion
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STI
JPM [Note: we have never performed a full forensic analysis of JPM, although there may be one coming]
USG
SFD
AXP
HOT
FRO
LRN
BBV
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Reggie
Middleton
Well, I fancy myself the personification of the free thinking maverick, the ultimate non-conformist as it applies to investment and analysis. I am definitively outside the box - not your typical or stereotypical Wall Street investor. I work out of my home, not a Manhattan office. I build my own technology and perform my own research - in lieu of buying it or following the crowd. I create and follow my own macro strategies and am by definition, a contrarian to the nth degree. Since I use my research as a tool for my own investing to actually put food on my table, I can stand behind it as doing what it is supposed too - educate, illustrate and elucidate. I do not sell advice, I am not a reporter hence do not sell stories, and I do not sell research. I am an entrepreneur who exists just outside of mainstream corporate America and Wall Street. This allows me freedom to do things that many can not. For instance, I pride myself on developing some of the highest quality research available, regardless of price. No conflicts of interest, no corporate politics, no special favors. Just the hard truth as I have found it - and believe me, my team and I do find it! I welcome any and all to peruse my blog, use my custom hacked collaborative social tools, read the articles, download the files, and make a critical comparison of the opinion referencing the situation at hand and the time stamp on the blog post to the reality both at the time of the post and the present. Hopefully, you will be as impressed with the Boom Bust as I am and our constituency. I pay for significant information and data, and am well aware of the value of quality research. I find most currently available research lacking, in both quality and quantity. The reason why I had to create my own research staff was due to my dissatisfaction with what was currently available - to both individuals and institutions. So here I am, creating my own research for my own investment activity. What really sets my actions apart is that I offer much of what I produce to the public without charge - free to distribute and redistribute, as long as it is left unaltered and full attribution is given to the author and owner. Why would I do such a thing when others easily charge 5 and 6 digits annually for what some may consider a lesser product? It is akin to open source analysis! My ideas and implementations are actually improved and fine tuned when bounced off of the collective intellect of the many, in lieu of that of the few - no matter how smart those few may believe themselves to be. Very recently, I have started charging for the forensics portion of my work, which has freed up the resources to develop the site to deliver even more research for free, particularly on the global macro and opinion front. This move has allowed me to serve an more diverse constituency, which now includes the institutional consumer (ie., investment turned consumer banks, hedge funds, pensions, etc,) as well as the newbie individual investor who is just getting started - basically the two polar opposites of the investing spectrum. I am proud to announce major banks as paying clients, and brand new investors who take my book recommendations and opinions on true wealth and success to heart. So, this is how I use my background and knowledge in new media, distributed computing, risk management, insurance, financial engineering, real estate, corporate valuation and financial analysis to pursue, analyze and capitalize on global macroeconomic opportunities. I have included a more in depth bio at the bottom of the page for those who really, really need to know more about me. Visit his blog Boom Bust Blog. Copyright © 2007-2009 Reggie Middleton Image rendition and html coding Copyright © 2000-2009 SafeHaven.com ADVERTISEMENTS
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