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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279: Saad Filali - Front-Running News Flow Trading

279: Saad Filali - Front-Running News Flow Trading

Saad Filali, worked for Goldman Sachs, specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions, then left and became a Trader. Understanding the thinking and trading styles of the many different market players is ke...

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278: Ben Greenfield - Elevate Your Mental Game With Better Brain Power

278: Ben Greenfield - Elevate Your Mental Game With Better Brain Power

Unlock the secrets to superior mental sharpness and explore groundbreaking strategies to boost your cognitive function, from nutrition hacks and exercise tips to innovative biohacking techniques. Ben ...

3 Apr 20241h 9min

277: Garrett Drinon - Musician Turned Trader Trains Algos to Find Unicorns

277: Garrett Drinon - Musician Turned Trader Trains Algos to Find Unicorns

The lure of the markets seduced a successful musician into full time trading at a prop firm. Collaborating with other traders, Garrett Drinon learned the market signals, and other ingredients which go...

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276: Will Gogolak - Contextualization Within a Framework of Conditional Probabilities

276: Will Gogolak - Contextualization Within a Framework of Conditional Probabilities

As a risk officer with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Will Gogolak was setting margin requirements and saw a wide variety of traders’ accounts and what separated the winning traders from the losing ...

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275: William Lam - The Best Operating System for Elite Performance: Our Minds

275: William Lam - The Best Operating System for Elite Performance: Our Minds

Experiencing the noticeable communication differences between his childhood culture and his new home in the U.S., William Lam was driven to become aware of how his limiting thoughts imprinted from his...

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274: Gary Norden - Keeping the Lost Art of Order Flow Trading Alive

274: Gary Norden - Keeping the Lost Art of Order Flow Trading Alive

A humble beginning as a gopher in the intense trading pits of Japanese warrants was shocking for Gary Norden when he was a teenager. As this volatile market was beginning its meltdown, Gary saw how ea...

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273: James Fishback - THIS TIME It’s Different…or Is It

273: James Fishback - THIS TIME It’s Different…or Is It

James is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Azoria Partners, a global macro investment firm. Prior to Azoria, he served as the Head of Macro at Greenlight Capital, a two-billion-dollar hed...

10 Jan 20241h 3min

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