Horizon Lines report posted and Festival of Stocks

A few weeks ago, I posted about some strange action in Horizon Lines (HRZ) and a few weeks later, Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group disclosed an 11% stake in the company, which may explain the upward price movement.
In any event, if the share price holds up at this level, I will be a proud shareholder of [...]

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ACAS — That was fast!

So I talked about American Capital Strategies (ACAS) and how I wouldn’t think about buying until it fell to $37 and one day later, I’m thinking about it. Mr. Market sure does provide good service.
I haven’t reviewed their last quarter’s results in-depth yet but I did read a few press releases. Book value [...]

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BDCs Getting Beat Up

Readers know I’ve been keeping an eye on American Capital Strategies (ACAS) and have been waiting for it to drop down to at least $37 before I think about buying.
Well, it turns out the whole lot of them (BDCs — business development companies) are getting marked down today. Apparently, a few of them, Apollo [...]

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Noise or the Beginning of the End?

Buried in the back pages of the Wall Street Journal was an article about the Treasury International Capital (TIC flow) report for August. August saw a record net outflow of $69.3 billion in capital leave US financial markets. The Financial Times had an even smaller article about it with little color added but there [...]

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