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Greenbackd Portfolio Q1 performance and update

Posted in ARC Wireless Solutions (NASDAQ:ARCW), About, Arrhythmia Research Technology Inc (AMEX:HRT), Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ:VOXX), Autobytel (NASDAQ:ABTL), Avigen (NASDAQ:AVGN), Axcelis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ACLS), Barnwell Industries (AMEX:BRN), Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Cobra Electronics Corporation (NASDAQ:COBR), CuraGen Corporation (NASDAQ:CRGN), Ditech Networks Inc (NASDAQ:DITC), Greenbackd, Greenbackd Portfolio, Ikanos Communications Inc (NASDAQ:IKAN), InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS), Kona Grill Inc (NASDAQ:KONA), MathStar Inc (OTC:MATH), Multimedia Games Inc (NASDAQ:MGAM), Network Engines Inc (NASDAQ:NENG), Neurobiological Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NTII), Northstar Neuroscience Inc (NASDAQ:NSTR), OrthoLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:CAPS), Soapstone Networks Inc (NASDAQ:SOAP), Stocks, ValueVision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »

March 1, 2009 marked the end of Greenbackd’s first quarter, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to update you on the performance of the Greenbackd Portfolio and the positions in the portfolio, discuss some changes in our valuation methodology since our first post and outline the future direction of Greenbackd.com. First quarter performance of [...]

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Pershing Square’s Investment Strategy

Posted in About, Activist Investors, Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Pershing Square Capital Management, Stocks, William A. Ackman, tagged , , on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Pershing Square Capital Management hosted its Annual Investor Dinner in late January (Dealbreaker has a copy of the presentation (.pdf).) We’ve previously written about Pershing Square in relation to its position in Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP). It was not one of our better calls. Pershing Square’s investment strategy makes for interesting reading: We seek simple, [...]

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Welcome back for 2009 and update on Greenbackd Portfolio holdings

Posted in About, Autobytel (NASDAQ:ABTL), Avigen (NASDAQ:AVGN), Barnwell Industries (AMEX:BRN), Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Greenbackd, Greenbackd Portfolio, InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS), Kona Grill Inc (NASDAQ:KONA), MathStar Inc (OTC:MATH), Stocks, ValueVision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Welcome back to Greenbackd and happy new year for 2009. We hope that you had a good break. There have been a number of positive developments in the companies we discussed last year. Set out below is an update on those positions we had open in the Greenbackd Portfolio at the close of 2008: Trilogy [...]

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Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP) Q3 Update

Posted in Activist Investors, Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Pershing Square Capital Management, William A. Ackman, tagged , , , on December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE:BGP) has released its 10Q for the third quarter. We’ve previously posted about BGP here. When we first looked at it, we said that it presented a rare opportunity to invest in a stock with a well-known brand alongside one of the best activist investors in the US, William A. Ackman of [...]

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Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE:BGP)

Posted in Activist Investors, Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Net Net Stocks, Pershing Square Capital Management, Stocks, William A. Ackman on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Warning: We updated this post on December 18, 2008. Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE:BGP) presents a rare opportunity to invest in a stock with a well-known brand alongside one of the best activist investors in the US, William A. Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. Want more? With a market capitalization of $39.4M at today’s [...]

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