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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176: Alex, @TAGRtrades – Can the Family Breadwinner Become a Full-Time Trader?

176: Alex, @TAGRtrades – Can the Family Breadwinner Become a Full-Time Trader?

This episode takes on a slightly different format to normal. Essentially, it’s a response to an email that I received from a listener… The email comes from a gentleman who’s 38 years old with a full-t...

21 Jun 201952min

175: Jonathan Shapiro – Investigating and Exposing the Crafty Schemes of Public Companies

175: Jonathan Shapiro – Investigating and Exposing the Crafty Schemes of Public Companies

Jonathan Shapiro's a senior reporter at the Australian Financial Review. While he writes about a range of subjects from banking to hedge funds to private equity, he's renown for stories that uncover d...

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174: Nishant Porbanderwalla – Opportunity Meets Experience—Defining Moments of One Traders' Career

174: Nishant Porbanderwalla – Opportunity Meets Experience—Defining Moments of One Traders' Career

’d like you to meet part-time Bollywood DJ, full-time equities trader: Nishant Porbanderwalla. For the past 12-years and ever since leaving college, Nish has been a proprietary trader at Kershner Trad...

8 Mai 20191h 10min

173: Michael Katz – Riding Price Action—A Complete Breakdown of the Lyft IPO

173: Michael Katz – Riding Price Action—A Complete Breakdown of the Lyft IPO

After appearing on Chat With Traders last year for episode 156, Michael Katz returns: Mike’s a short-term equities trader and managing partner of proprietary trading firm Seven Points Capital. The pur...

9 Apr 201959min

172: Anthony Riley – Clawing Back a Six-Figure Loss

172: Anthony Riley – Clawing Back a Six-Figure Loss

Anthony is a proprietary futures trader from Sydney, with 10-years market experience. He's active—particularly during the night—in a range of products, such as; Australian and U.S. bonds, equity indic...

15 Mar 20191h 22min

171: Stan Gluzman – Raid the "Money Box"

171: Stan Gluzman – Raid the "Money Box"

It’s with great pleasure that I introduce to you, Stan Gluzman; an intraday equities trader at proprietary trading firm Seven Points Capital. Stan also heads up a small team of junior traders at one o...

16 Feb 20191h 18min

170: Joshua Greenwald – The Technology Edge—How a Team of Options Market Makers Found Success in Asia

170: Joshua Greenwald – The Technology Edge—How a Team of Options Market Makers Found Success in Asia

My guest on this episode is Joshua Greenwald, the CEO of a newly formed crypto derivatives exchange, LXDX. But the part that got me keen to speak with Josh, was the fact that he was a professional tra...

17 Jan 20191h 16min

169: Jack Ma – Strategies Die, Skills Survive

169: Jack Ma – Strategies Die, Skills Survive

Jack Ma is a proprietary futures trader from Sydney and the head trader of Minter Capital—a firm he established this year, in which he currently mentors and backs a group of developing traders. Jack t...

20 Des 20181h 28min

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