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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136: Mike Agne – Take Care of the Short Term; Take Care of the Long Term

136: Mike Agne – Take Care of the Short Term; Take Care of the Long Term

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135: Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions

135: Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions

Sheelah Kolhatkar is a writer at the The New Yorker, who was previously a journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, and prior to that, a hedge fund analyst. She’s also the author of New York Times bestsel...

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134: BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore

134: BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore

On this episode, I have a returning guest—who first appeared on episode 53. His name is a mystery, but he goes by the handle: @BTCVIX Episode 53 was the first time I covered Bitcoin on this podcast, a...

20 Jul 20171h 16min

133: James King – Using Sports Science to Stack Probability in Favor of Trading Success

133: James King – Using Sports Science to Stack Probability in Favor of Trading Success

Up until recently, James King was the Performance Director at a commodity trading firm in London, Mandara Capital. And it was here that he implemented scientific methods to stack probability in the fa...

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132: Mark Gardner – Still Adapting After 80,000+ Hours of Screen Time

132: Mark Gardner – Still Adapting After 80,000+ Hours of Screen Time

Mark Gardner began working in the field at 17-years old, straight out of high school. Initially he began with back office duties, before broking on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE). Then...

6 Jul 201756min

131: Morgan Slade – Strategy Development, Powered by Machine Learning

131: Morgan Slade – Strategy Development, Powered by Machine Learning

Morgan’s career as a trader and portfolio manager began 20-years back, and since then he’s worked at many prominent firms and funds—to name just a few; Millburn Ridgefield, Merrill Lynch, Citadel and ...

29 Jun 20171h 9min

130: Ben Mallah – How to Own 100’s of Millions of Dollars of Real Estate

130: Ben Mallah – How to Own 100’s of Millions of Dollars of Real Estate

Ben Mallah is a trader of a different kind—he doesn’t trade stocks and bonds, he trades in real estate. You could probably call him a property developer, although he doesn’t build from scratch; he buy...

22 Jun 201752min

129: Victor Haghani – Optimal Bet Sizing—Lessons From a Biased Coin Flip Experiment

129: Victor Haghani – Optimal Bet Sizing—Lessons From a Biased Coin Flip Experiment

Victor Haghani began his career at Salomon Brothers in 1984, starting out in a research role before joining their prop trading desk. In 1992, Victor left Salomon to become one of the founding partners...

15 Jun 201742min

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