The Art Of Vulture Investing

Author : George Schultze
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470872642

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The Art of Vulture Investing by George Schultze Pdf

A detailed and compelling look at distressed securities investing in today’s market In the corporate world, “vulture” investors in distressed securities serve the same cleanup function as vultures do in the natural world: they deal with failing companies, digest bad debt, and mop up after bankruptcies. Since this market’s structural and legal complexities create greater inefficiencies than in other investment fields, it’s a style of investing that can make money during both booms and busts. While recent economic carnage has made opportunities for vulture investors, more convoluted bankruptcies, conflicts of interest, and even government intervention have made this arena harder to negotiate. Nobody understands this better than author George Schultze, founder of Schultze Asset Management. During his successful career as a vulture investor, he’s learned a number of lessons and developed an investment philosophy that has served him well. Now, in The Art of Vulture Investing, Schultze shares his valuable insights and experiences with you. Engaging and informative, this reliable guide offers a bird’s-eye into the opportunities and risks associated with vulture investing. And while it may not always be pretty, you’ll see exactly why this process is necessary for our economic ecosystem. Throughout this book, Schultze explains the theory and strategy of vulture investing in clear and lively prose, illustrating each concept with examples from his own varied experience that show how the landscape has changed in recent years. Offers valuable information on distressed securities investing since the 2007-2009 financial crisis Examines the opportunities and dilemmas for modern vulture investors Includes in-depth case studies of high-profile bankruptcies, including those of Chrysler Automotive and Tropicana Casinos and Resorts By its very nature, investing in distressed companies can be a complicated and risky business. But once the dust settles, these investments can yield extraordinary profits. The Art of Vulture Investing puts this discipline in perspective and shows you how to excel at this difficult, yet rewarding, endeavor.

Author : George Schultze
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118234730

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The Art of Vulture Investing by George Schultze Pdf

A detailed and compelling look at distressed securitiesinvesting in today’s market In the corporate world, “vulture” investors indistressed securities serve the same cleanup function as vulturesdo in the natural world: they deal with failing companies, digestbad debt, and mop up after bankruptcies. Since this market’sstructural and legal complexities create greater inefficienciesthan in other investment fields, it’s a style of investingthat can make money during both booms and busts. While recenteconomic carnage has made opportunities for vulture investors, moreconvoluted bankruptcies, conflicts of interest, and even governmentintervention have made this arena harder to negotiate. Nobody understands this better than author George Schultze,founder of Schultze Asset Management. During his successful careeras a vulture investor, he’s learned a number of lessons anddeveloped an investment philosophy that has served him well. Now,in The Art of Vulture Investing, Schultze shares his valuableinsights and experiences with you. Engaging and informative, thisreliable guide offers a bird’s-eye into the opportunities andrisks associated with vulture investing. And while it may notalways be pretty, you’ll see exactly why this process isnecessary for our economic ecosystem. Throughout this book, Schultze explains the theory and strategyof vulture investing in clear and lively prose, illustrating eachconcept with examples from his own varied experience that show howthe landscape has changed in recent years. Offers valuable information on distressed securities investingsince the 2007-2009 financial crisis Examines the opportunities and dilemmas for modern vultureinvestors Includes in-depth case studies of high-profile bankruptcies,including those of Chrysler Automotive and Tropicana Casinos andResorts By its very nature, investing in distressed companies can be acomplicated and risky business. But once the dust settles,these investments can yield extraordinary profits. The Art ofVulture Investing puts this discipline in perspective and showsyou how to excel at this difficult, yet rewarding, endeavor.

Author : Hilary Rosenberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471361893

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The Vulture Investors by Hilary Rosenberg Pdf

"What kinds of investors actually choose to make their living by seeking out troubled companies and becoming mired in the complexities and contentiousness of a bankruptcy or out-of-court workout?" - Hilary Rosenberg (from The Vulture Investors) Welcome to the big-time, big-stress-and big-profit-world of vulture investing. From the eleventh-hour save of Donald Trump's casinos, to the tempestuous history of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, to the rocky restructuring of the massive Revco discount drugstore chain, Hilary Rosenberg takes us on a fast-moving journey through some of the major bankruptcies of the 1980s and 1990s-and brings to life the infamous, talented arbiters at the heart of their recovery. Meet the so-called "vulture investors" who cast their sights on distressed concerns, buy out debt, and skillfully forge their way to rich returns. Quietly upstaging the flashier corporate tycoons and raiders of the previous decade, men like Leon Black, Ronald LaBow, Sam Zell, Talton Embry, and Martin Whitman have helped to make a more efficient market in this obscure sector of investment, and their success may even inspire the quickly evolving business cultures of Asia and Latin America. The vulture investors made their way to the forefront of American business during the troubled period when declaring bankruptcy became commonplace among debt-heavy companies. Buying out debt and seeing through the rehabilitation of companies as well-known as Sunbeam and Bloomingdale's, these unique players have changed the face of the distressed securities market. In her own animated, absorbing, and original style, Hilary Rosenberg creates thoroughly researched reenactments of the vultures' greatest exploits to offer an intriguing examination of their methods and their madness-and reveals the important role of these controversial characters in aiding worldwide economic recovery. Praise for The Vulture Investors "A lively account of the hardy band of investors who look for-and find-gold in capitalism's junk pile. Rosenberg not only tells their stories with captivating relish but weighs the overall economic impact of their exploits. This book is a valuable introduction to 1990s-style deal-making." - Chris Welles, Senior Editor, Business Week "In a tour de force of punchy business writing, Rosenberg dissects a little-known but increasingly common high-stakes financial game: preying on companies in distress. . . . The author relates these intricate, suspenseful narratives in a clear, lively style that always instructs and often amuses." - Publishers Weekly "Reads like a good suspense novel." - Library Journal

Author : Lee Freeman-Shor
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857195029

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The Art of Execution by Lee Freeman-Shor Pdf

Over seven years, 45 of the world's top investors were given between $25 and $150m to invest by fund manager Lee Freeman-Shor. His instructions were simple. There was only one rule. They could only invest in their ten best ideas to make money. It seemed like a foolproof plan to make a lot of money. What could possibly go wrong? These were some of the greatest minds at work in the markets today - from top European hedge fund managers to Wall Street legends. But most of the investors' great ideas actually lost money. Shockingly, a toss of a coin would have been a better method of choosing whether or not to invest in a stock. Nevertheless, despite being wrong most of the time, many of these investors still ended up making a lot of money. How could they be wrong most of the time and still be profitable? The answer lay in their hidden habits of execution, which until now have only been guessed at from the outside world. This book lays bare those secret habits for the first time, explaining them with real-life data, case studies and stories taken from Freeman-Shor's unique position of managing these investors on a day-to-day basis. A riveting read for investors of every level, this book shows you exactly what to do and what not to do when your big idea is losing or winning - and demonstrates conclusively why the most important thing about investing is always the art of execution.

Author : John Heins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business
ISBN : 1119205689

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The Art of Value Investing by John Heins Pdf

Says Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management about The Art of Value Investing: "I learned the investment business largely from the work and thinking of other investors. The Art of Value Investing is a thoughtfully organized compilation of some of the best investment insights I have ever read. Read this book with care. It will be one of the highest-return investments you will ever make." Based on interviews with the world's most-successful value investors, The Art of Value Investing offers a comprehensive set of answers to the questions every equity money manager should have thought through clearly before holding himself or herself out as a worthy steward of other people's money. What market inefficiencies will I try to exploit? How will I generate ideas? What will be my geographic focus? What analytical edge will I hope to have? What valuation methodologies will I use? What time horizon will I typically employ? How many stocks will I own? How specifically will I decide to buy or sell? Will I hedge, and how? How will I keep my emotions from getting the best of me? Who should read The Art of Value Investing? It is as vital a resource for the just starting out investor as for the sophisticated professional one. The former will find a comprehensive guidebook for defining a sound investment strategy from A-to-Z; the latter will find all aspects of his or her existing practice challenged or reconfirmed by the provocative thinking of their most-successful peers. It also is a must read for any investor - institutional or individual - charged with choosing the best managers for the money they are allocating to equities. Choosing the right managers requires knowing all the right questions to ask as well as the answers worthy of respect and attention - both of which are delivered in The Art of Value Investing.

Author : Stephen G. Moyer
Publisher : J. Ross Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781932159189

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Distressed Debt Analysis by Stephen G. Moyer Pdf

Providing theoretical and practical insight, this book presents a conceptual, but not overly technical, outline of the financial and bankruptcy law context in which restructurings take place. The author uses numerous real- world examples to demonstrate concepts and critical issues. Readers will understand the chess-like, multi- move strategies necessary to achieve financially advantageous results.

Author : Kathryn F. Staley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-12-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471146323

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The Art of Short Selling by Kathryn F. Staley Pdf

A one-of-a-kind book that shows you how to cash in on the latestinvesting trend--short selling "The Art of Short Selling is the best description of this difficulttechnique."--John Train, Train, Thomas, Smith Investment Counsel,and author of The New Money Masters "Kathryn Staley has done a masterful job explaining the highlyspecialized art of short selling. Her approach to telling the truestories of famous investment 'scams' will keep the readerspellbound, while teaching the investor many cruciallessons."--David W. Tice, Portfolio Manager, Prudent BearFund "Selling short is still a misunderstood discipline, but even themost raging bull needs to know this valuable technique to masterthe ever-changing markets."--Jim Rogers, author, InvestmentBiker On the investment playing field, there is perhaps no game moreexciting than short selling. With the right moves, it can yieldhigh returns; one misstep, however, can have disastrousconsequences. Despite the risk, a growing number of players areanteing up, sparked in part by success stories such as that ofGeorge Soros and the billions he netted by short selling theBritish pound. In The Art of Short Selling, Kathryn Staley, anexpert in the field, examines the essentials of this importantinvestment vehicle, providing a comprehensive game plan with whichyou can effectively play--and win--the short selling game. Whether used as a means of hedging bets, decreasing the volatilityof total returns, or improving returns, short selling must behandled with care--and with the right know-how. As Staley pointsout, "Short selling is not for the faint of heart. If a stock movesagainst the position holder, the effect on a portfolio and networth can be devastating. Investors need to understand the impacton their accounts as well as the consequences of getting bought inbefore they indulge in short selling." The Art of Short Sellingguides you--clearly and concisely--through the ins and outs of thishigh-risk, high-stakes game. The first--and most important--move in selling short is to identifyflaws in a business before its share prices drop. To help youtackle this key step, Staley shows you how to evaluate companyfinancial statements and balance sheets, make sense of returnratios, detect inconsistencies in inventory, and analyze thestatement of cash flows. Through real-world examples thatillustrate the shorting of bubble, high multiple growth, and themestocks, you'll proceed step by step through the complete processand learn to carry out all the essentials for a successful shortsell, including quantifying the risk factor and orchestratingcorrect timing, as well as implementing advanced valuationtechniques to execute the sell/buy. Packed with landmark, cutting-edge examples, up-to-the-minuteguidelines, and pertinent regulations, The Art of Short Selling isa timely and comprehensive reference that arms you with thenecessary tools to make a prepared and confident entrance onto theshort selling playing field.

Author : Hilary Rosenberg
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0887306489

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The Vulture Investors by Hilary Rosenberg Pdf

A senior editor at Institutional Investor presents vivid anecdotes of big-time investors, more than 75 candid and personal interviews with vulture investors who hold nothing back in their explanations of how they operate in their attempt to spin gold from the corporate rag.

Author : J. T. Mason
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119871088

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The Investing Oasis by J. T. Mason Pdf

A guided journey revealing hidden values and buried treasures while negotiating the investing landscape. A metaphorical journey through the hot, shifting sands of the capital markets ‘desert’ to awaken readers to the urgency of the "Behavior Gap"—a chronic gap of under-performance relative to the markets experienced by investors worldwide. This is a roadmap of portfolio management concepts and contrarian tactics that can turn misbehaviors, undue risks, and short-term gambles into longer-term strengths. Through 27 chapters and four tiers, the author progressively introduces more powerful tools & techniques used in the founding and ongoing management of the Oasis Growth Fund, a North American Hedge Fund.

Author : Stephen Doud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1425102778

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Don't Feed the Vultures by Stephen Doud Pdf

Investment advisors don't get rich by "beating the market." They get rich by managing Other Peoples Money (OPM) for outrageous fees. You can do it yourself cheaper with better results.

Author : Kenneth Smith,Alexandra Lajoux
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071756211

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The Art of M&A Strategy: A Guide to Building Your Company's Future through Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures by Kenneth Smith,Alexandra Lajoux Pdf

Seize the competitive advantage with today’s most powerful strategic tool—M&A “Given the influence of technology, globalization, and regulatory change, M&A will continue to shape our industries. For most companies, therefore, the consideration of M&A in strategy is now fundamental.” –from the Introduction to Part I The Art of M&A Strategy is exactly what you need to build mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures into your overall business strategy—to make M&A a competitive advantage and avoid landing on the long list of M&A failures. Experts in the field of M&A, Smith and Lajoux demystify this otherwise complex subject by taking you through the types of M&A strategy and the key steps to successful M&A strategy development and implementation. The Art of M&A Strategy is conveniently organized into three sections: Part I presents a range of possible corporate strategy situations and provides the role and rationale for M&A in each, such as building and managing a portfolio, participating in industry consolidation, spurring corporate growth, and using acquisitions to create “real options.” Part II outlines how to determine the role of M&A in your strategy—taking into consideration industry context, competitive imperatives, and strategy options—and explains how to find and screen partners, decide whether to buy or sell, and engage the board of directors in M&A decisions. Part III covers M&A as a sustained corporate program, particularly in the context of international growth, outlining the most strategic aspects of post-merger integration, describing how to use advisors throughout the process, and examining core competencies required for successful M&A programs. The authors illuminate the purpose and process of applying M&A with real-world success stories involving Cisco, GE, Google, and many other companies that have leveraged M&A for strategic success. Use The Art of M&A Strategy to create a powerful strategy position for success in today’s changing business environment and to seize and hold competitive advantage.

Author : Martin J. Whitman,Fernando Diz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470117675

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Distress Investing by Martin J. Whitman,Fernando Diz Pdf

Financial innovation, new laws and regulations, and the financial meltdown of 2007–2008 are just a few of the forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, today's distress investment environment. Combine this with the fact that the discipline of distress investing doesn't always follow what conventional wisdom says, and you can see why it is one of the most challenging areas in finance. Nobody understands this better than Martin Whitman—the legendary founder of Third Avenue Management LLC and a pioneer in the field of distressed markets—and leading academic Dr. Fernando Diz of Syracuse University. That's why they decided to write Distress Investing. As an outgrowth of annual distress and value investing seminars the two have taught together at Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management, this reliable resource will help you gain a better understanding of the essential principles and techniques associated with distress investing and show you how to effectively apply them in the real world. Divided into four comprehensive parts—the General Landscape of Distress Investing, Restructuring Troubled Issuers, the Investment Process, and Cases and Implications for Public Policy—this book comprehensively covers the practice of buy-and-hold investing in distressed credits, whether it be performing loans or the reinstated issues of a reorganized issuer. From the recent changes to U.S. bankruptcy code and creditor rights to cash bailouts, you'll quickly learn how to analyze distressed situations such as pricing issues, arbitrage opportunities, tax disadvantages, and the reorganization of funding plans. Along the way, case studies of both large and small distress investing deals—from Kmart to Home Products International—will give you a better perspective of the business. Critical topics addressed throughout these pages include: Chapter 11 bankruptcy and why it's not considered an ending, but rather a beginning when it comes to distress investing The "Five Basic Truths" of distress investing The difficulty of due diligence for distressed issues Distress investing risks—from reorganization risk to risk associated with the alteration of priority of payments in bankruptcy Valuing companies by both going concern as well as their resource conversion attributes In today's turbulent economic environment, distress investing presents some enticing opportunities. Put yourself in a better position to excel at this endeavor with Distress Investing as your guide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Investments
ISBN : OCLC:2087967

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The Art of Investing by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael G. Zahorchak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:20501242188

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The Art of Low Risk Investing by Michael G. Zahorchak Pdf

Author : Devi Sookun
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1849290083

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Stop Vulture Fund Lawsuits by Devi Sookun Pdf

This handbook distils the key lessons on best practice in negotiating loan agreements, and responding to the activities of vulture funds - funds that buy up the debt of sovereign countries at a discount in the hope of making significant profit - for the benefit of all government officials who may have to deal with these issues.