165: Michael Samuels – Speculating on Mergers—and a Case of “Excessive” Due Diligence

165: Michael Samuels – Speculating on Mergers—and a Case of “Excessive” Due Diligence

I was introduced to this weeks guest by an experienced trader and fund manager, who described him as being "hands down the best trader I know..." Michael Samuels is an equities trader, who once traded for First New York and Apex Capital, he now trades his own money under the banner of Broome Street Capital. Michael describes himself as being an 'event driven trader' with a primary focus on news flow surrounding mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism and fundamentals—to seek out valuation disconnects. During this episode you'll hear about merger-arb strategies (including examples), what happens during takeovers, a case of "excessive" due diligence, mistakes made and lessons learned during Michael's career, plus plenty more. You should also note, Michael has recently begun hosting a podcast about M&A activity and the journalists who report on significant company news: According To Sources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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217: Jared Tendler – Practical Solutions to Strengthen Your Mental Game

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216: Jim Mellon – Becoming an Opportunistic, Billionaire Investor

216: Jim Mellon – Becoming an Opportunistic, Billionaire Investor

Jim Mellon’s a British investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. It was 1979 when Jim got his start, in Hong Kong, as a trainee fund manager. When the fund was acquired eight years later, he received...

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215: William Beauchamp – Ex-Poker Player Assembles Team to Conquer Sports Markets

215: William Beauchamp – Ex-Poker Player Assembles Team to Conquer Sports Markets

William Beauchamp’s the founder of Seamless Capital, an algorithmic firm trading in sports markets—most notably Hong Kong horse racing, but also football and tennis. However, Will didn’t anticipate th...

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214: James King – The Principles that Drive Elite Performance

214: James King – The Principles that Drive Elite Performance

It was 2017 when I first spoke with James King [Ep 133], around the same time he’d left a London-based commodity trading firm, where he worked as Performance Director. Since then, he’s continued advis...

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213: John Roberson – An Obsession with Edge, Powered by Automation

213: John Roberson – An Obsession with Edge, Powered by Automation

John Roberson's a well-experienced equities trader, who's been able to harness the power of technology and leverage the skills of his team to maximize his trading operation. Since starting out in 2007...

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212: Kristjan Kullamägi – Breakouts, Home Runs & Exponential Returns

212: Kristjan Kullamägi – Breakouts, Home Runs & Exponential Returns

Since entering the U.S. equity market in 2011, Swedish swing trader Kristjan Kullamägi has attained a rare level of trading success; having realized ten’s of millions in trading profits. Which is only...

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211: Stan Gluzman – One Bias, One Objective: Make Money

211: Stan Gluzman – One Bias, One Objective: Make Money

Stan Gluzman’s an equities trader at proprietary trading firm Seven Points Capital, he also heads up a small group of traders at one of the firms’ satellite offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Now tw...

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210: Ryan Hasson – Scalp, Scalp, Swing—Maximizing Market Opportunities

210: Ryan Hasson – Scalp, Scalp, Swing—Maximizing Market Opportunities

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