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Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Round table discussion

Orange County bankruptcy

In 1994, Orange County California, home of Anaheim, Santa Fe, and the TV series "The OC", declared bankruptcy. The county's financial officer, Bob Citron, was found to have invested heavily in leveraged fixed income instruments, including some rather complex securities. With an increase in interest rates, the investments lost $1.6 billion.

Monday, June 4, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Round table discussion - June

In the year 2000, Worldcom was the second largest U.S. long distance telephone service provider and a leading supplier of Internet infrastructure worldwide. Its stock market value was $150 billion and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was on Forbes’ list of the 200 richest men in the country. Its assets exceeded $100 billion, its revenues were over $30 billion, it had 20 million retail customers and its corporate clientele included the U.S.

Friday, July 12, 2013 2:11 pm - 2:11 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Full disclosure: I'm short this stock and you should be too!

Join us for this upcoming roundtable discussion!

Since early 2010 several previously unknown investment firms have issued “research reports” with reports with strong sell ratings attached. The report begins with a disclaimer advising the reader that the author of the report has already shorted the subject company. The report then details a series of concerns, often including misappropriation of assets, lack of revenues or outright fraud. Almost instantly the share price drops anywhere from 12-80%, generating huge profits for the short seller, virtually overnight.