Yesterday, August 27, Green Plains (Nasdaq: GPRE) announced that it had agreed to sell its 120 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Obion, Tennessee, for $190 million. This equates to an impressive valuation of $1.58 per gallon of capacity. Shares of GPRE rose 12% to $11.18 per share following the news. We recommend selling half
In this week’s issue of The Big Secret On Wall Street, we perform a brief market analysis and a comprehensive portfolio review on six of our holdings as well as offering actions to take.
Many beaten-down bonds deserve to be beaten down and never to recover. A smaller number of issuers, also beaten down, do have the wherewithal to make good on their obligations and strengthen their balance sheets.
In this week’s issue of The Big Secret On Wall Street, we provide excerpts from recommendations of the three top-performing Best Buys – each company held a position in our Best Buys feature for an extended period, generating returns that outperformed the rest of the portfolio and the overall market, represented by the S&P 500.
A noteworthy entrant to the distressed ranks is Xerox (XRX) – in the 1980s, the copier producer’s stock was one of the greatest performers ever, registering an astounding 4,500-fold gain in the 50 years through its all-time high on May 3, 1999. Xerox’s senior debt is now on the watchlist for downgrading.
In this week’s issue of The Big Secret On Wall Street, we perform a comprehensive portfolio review. Given our focus on long-term investments, the three-year mark has provided an adequate track record to officially see how we are doing.
Unlike first generation gene editing tools based on CRISPR technology, this new one, prime editing, doesn’t make breaks in DNA’s double helix. Instead, it uses a guided search-and-replace mechanism – like a molecular word processor – to correct typos in our genetic code. And the big name investors are pouring in.
On February 13, we issued our Distressed Investing report A New Burst Of Life, in which we recommended purchasing Herbalife’s 4.25% convertible bonds due June 15, 2028. Today, we are recommending selling the bonds, to realize a return of 35% from our entry price. Our thesis for recommending the bonds less than five months ago
Over the last several years, the U.S. jobs market has gradually transitioned from red hot to lukewarm. But in the last several months, the labor market has gone from lukewarm to ice cold. In this issue, we look at five companies that we feel will be resilient to any economic downturn that might result from this.
Today JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) announced a new round of cost cuts as travel demand remains sluggish. The company is reducing its schedule and ending service to certain markets. JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty indicated the company is unlikely to achieve its previously stated goal of a breakeven in operating margin this year. Since we recommended