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Is Icahn Enterprises a Ponzi Scheme?
Carl Icahn has generated one of the best long-term investment track records in history, but he has also made a lot of powerful enemies over the years. Now the prominent short-selling firm, Hindenburg, is targeting Icahn and his company. Here's why we are keeping IEP in our model portfolio.
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The SVB Crash Was Just The First Domino
In light of the past week’s extraordinary market events, we’re releasing this “state of the markets” briefing.
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What to Watch After the SVB and Signature Bank Collapses
In today's special edition of Something You Don't Know, you'll find an important briefing from credit analyst and author Martin Fridson, who leads Porter & Co.’s Distressed Investing team.
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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You: A Chemical Mushroom Cloud
Norfolk Southern is the latest poster child for the pitfalls of financial engineering. Years of reckless cost cutting and debt-fueled buybacks, at the expense of infrastructure upgrades, have caused an ecological disaster.
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A Huge Recession Red Flag Just Popped Up
Every once in a while, a financial panic or deep recession provides the rare chance to buy quality merchandise at fire-sale prices. The time isn’t now, but it’s coming. Don’t Believe in “The End of America”…? Then Watch Gold Gold is the best-performing asset class since 2000. It has outperformed stocks, bonds, cash, real estate,