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View all articlesHarris “Kuppy” Kupperman – chief investment officer of Praetorian Capital and founder of Kuppy’s Event-Driven Monitor – shared his bullish thesis on small-cap oil exploration and production company Journey Energy (JOY.TO/JRNGF) on the Value Hive podcast ( from Kuppy via Twitter on March 24)…
Read articleA short-selling thesis for software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm Sprout (SPT) ( from DaRazor via Twitter on April 5)…
Read articleNine under-the-radar investment opportunities in “litigation finance, defaulted debt, and expropriation claims ( from Undervalued-Shares.com on April 14)…
Read articleHere are four high-conviction long ideas from the Value Investing Club, including Delek US Holdings (DK), Dole (DOLE), IAC (IAC), and Danaos Corporation (DAC) ( from Dalius – Special Situation Investments via Twitter on April 15)…
Read articleRecent research suggests the past four decades of equity-like returns in bonds were an historical exception that’s unlikely to continue ( from the Financial Times on February 25)…
Read articleFormer senior Federal Reserve trader Joseph Wang believes U.S. Treasury market “instability” may ultimately require the Federal to resume quantitative easing (QE) to suppress government bond yields via yield curve control (“YCC”) ( via Twitter on March 2)…
Read articleU.S. Treasury market volatility was unprecedented in March ( from the Financial Times on March 30)…
Read articleThe yield on 1-month U.S. Treasury bills has plunged over the past few weeks, indicating massive demand for the government’s safest, short-term debt ( from Wall Street Silver via Twitter on April 19)…
Read articleMost analysts believe this demand for 1-month T-Bills is due to the impending debt-ceiling “showdown” in Washington, D.C. ( from Barron’s on April 21)…
Read articleHowever, some analysts – most notably Jeffrey Snider, Chief Strategist for Atlas Financial and co-host of the popular Eurodollar University podcast – disagree. Snider believes this move is actually indicative of a shortage of high-quality collateral in the global financial system ( via Twitter on April 22)…
Read articleU.S. high yield credit spreads could be headed significantly higher (from Oxford Economics/Haver Analytics via The Daily Shot on March 15)…
Read articleWhile corporate credit spreads remain relatively low for now, a majority of investment grade corporate bonds are already trading below par (from Torsten Slok/Apollo Global Management via The Daily Shot on March 15)…
Read articleTightening corporate credit conditions are likely already “baked in the cake” as banks pull back on lending ( from Bloomberg on March 21)…
Read articleU.S. bankruptcies are on pace for their worst year since the Great Financial Crisis (from S&P Global Market Intelligence via The Daily Shot on April 11)…
Read articleThe latest National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) survey suggests credit conditions for small businesses are tighter than they’ve been in years ( from Bloomberg on April 11)…
Read articleRecent problems in smaller banks could have an outsized effect on consumer credit (from BCA Research and Morgan Stanley Research via The Daily Shot on March 17)…
Read articleFollowing last month’s turmoil, smaller banks will likely be reorganizing their balance sheets, leading to tighter credit conditions in the U.S. This development ultimately makes a recession much more likely (from Torsten Slok/Apollo Global Management via The Daily Shot on March 21)…
Read articleRates on new car loans have soared over the past year, warning of potential trouble ahead if the economy slows ( from Charlie Bilello via Twitter on April 10)…
Read articleData suggest consumer credit card spending has slowed significantly in recent weeks ( from JHump via Twitter on April 11)…
Read articleA recent survey suggests a growing number of Americans are turning to “buy now, pay later” apps to purchase basic necessities ( from Bloomberg on April 18)…
Read articleU.S. housing affordability is the worst on record ( from Bloomberg on March 2)…
Read articleOffice vacancies are soaring in many cities, suggesting commercial real estate (CRE) delinquencies and defaults could continue to climb ( from the Wall Street Journal on April 6)…
Read articleA massive wall of CRE debt is due to mature over the next few years (from Trepp/Morgan Stanley Research via The Daily Shot on April 11)…
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