Comments on: How to get an A on your 13-D http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm We dividend our ad money to you. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: 2L http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm/comment-page-1#comment-20144 2L Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:01:15 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm#comment-20144 "Not only can he write" ummm... http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/web/291837851.html Activist 13D Letter Writer/Editor: write original and edit/proofread activist 13D correspondences from Chapman Capital to Fortune 1000 CEOs and Boards of Directors. Writers/editors must have articulate and witty approach to written communication. “Not only can he write”

ummm… http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/web/291837851.html
Activist 13D Letter Writer/Editor: write original and edit/proofread activist 13D correspondences from Chapman Capital to Fortune 1000 CEOs and Boards of Directors. Writers/editors must have articulate and witty approach to written communication.

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]]> By: anon. http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5139 anon. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:40:35 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm#comment-5139 I have had the opportunity to work with Bill on a few occasions and I can tell you from personal experience that he is an exceptional attorney in all aspects of the law (but particulary in high yield debt offerings). In addition, (as is so rarely the case with highly successful attorneys) Bill is a genuine and considerate person who works hard for his clients, respects his associates and their opinions (no matter how junior) and makes a point of spending time with his family. In short, Bill Schwitter is a class act and one hell of an attorney. If it had been anyone else, I am quite sure that you would have seen a strong reaction from investment community in response to this leter. Thankfully, no one takes Mr. Chapman seriously as an investment professional, so such a response is not necessary. I have had the opportunity to work with Bill on a few occasions and I can tell you from personal experience that he is an exceptional attorney in all aspects of the law (but particulary in high yield debt offerings).

In addition, (as is so rarely the case with highly successful attorneys) Bill is a genuine and considerate person who works hard for his clients, respects his associates and their opinions (no matter how junior) and makes a point of spending time with his family.

In short, Bill Schwitter is a class act and one hell of an attorney.

If it had been anyone else, I am quite sure that you would have seen a strong reaction from investment community in response to this leter. Thankfully, no one takes Mr. Chapman seriously as an investment professional, so such a response is not necessary.

]]> By: ArbMan http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5115 ArbMan Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:55:08 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm#comment-5115 one more thing - you call the hedge fund manager sector "otherwise uninteresting". While I would generally agree that the broader hedge fund manager sector does not provide attractive opportunities for investors in this space, I would point out that the "activist investor" subsector of the hedge fund manager space has quite a few interesting opportunities. From walking thesaurus Dan Loeb of Third Point to howling-at-the-moon legend Carl Icahn, I think any investor should be looking for the right kind of exposure (with appropriate risk controls, of course)in this space one more thing – you call the hedge fund manager sector “otherwise uninteresting”. While I would generally agree that the broader hedge fund manager sector does not provide attractive opportunities for investors in this space, I would point out that the “activist investor” subsector of the hedge fund manager space has quite a few interesting opportunities. From walking thesaurus Dan Loeb of Third Point to howling-at-the-moon legend Carl Icahn, I think any investor should be looking for the right kind of exposure (with appropriate risk controls, of course)in this space

]]> By: me http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5071 me Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:35:37 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm#comment-5071 I don't know which was funnier, his letter or your observations of it. I laughed my ass off. I don’t know which was funnier, his letter or your observations of it. I laughed my ass off.

]]> By: Kaiser Edamame http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5066 Kaiser Edamame Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:28:37 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm#comment-5066 arbman - you're right and i should've been more clear. i was thinking of "holding" the life insurance policy as being the INSUR-ER, not he INSUR-ED. hence all the payouts reverse - if I'm the insurer i want to sell his policy to someone else before he dies so i don't have to pay it out. your way is more clear, but my way lets me stay true to the namesake of the site. arbman – you’re right and i should’ve been more clear. i was thinking of “holding” the life insurance policy as being the INSUR-ER, not he INSUR-ED. hence all the payouts reverse – if I’m the insurer i want to sell his policy to someone else before he dies so i don’t have to pay it out. your way is more clear, but my way lets me stay true to the namesake of the site.

]]> By: ArbMan http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5065 ArbMan Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:16:49 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/how-to-get-an-a-on-your-13-d.htm#comment-5065 The trade you proposed wouldn't achieve the result you are looking for. Selling his life insurance policy would be the equivalent of selling a put on his life, meaning that you are doubling your downside exposure rather than eliminating it. To properly execute the trade, you would buy a life insurance policy on him, which would pay off in the event of his untimely demise. The trade you proposed wouldn’t achieve the result you are looking for. Selling his life insurance policy would be the equivalent of selling a put on his life, meaning that you are doubling your downside exposure rather than eliminating it. To properly execute the trade, you would buy a life insurance policy on him, which would pay off in the event of his untimely demise.

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