What the HEK? A Chinese Water Bottler, Blank Checks

So, ‘Blank Check’ Company, Heckmann Corp. (HEK) recently announced they bought a Water Bottling company in China. I’m like – wow – what a great business to be in right now. Probably a scam. The chart exploded this morning. Some heavy money traded the shares north of $8.50, then it pulled back to ‘pre-publicized’ levels of $8.25. I figure 1. What a scam, these guys are investing in a likely trend/shell company, which their brother in law probably owned. If it is legit, it’s likely a great investment – anybody in charge of a ‘blank check’ likely knows what they are doing. If their crooks – no way did they go to all that trouble for the shares to peak at $8. If they aren’t crooks, same holds. So since it went back to pre-publicized levels, I bought a few shares at $8.2799. I especially liked the fact that I could consume everything in current circulation, in english, in less than an hour. It has just become my smallest holding, my biggest gamble, and most un-researched purchase. According to Lindzon, due diligence if for underperformers, lets see if he’s right. I’m literally gambling with ~1.5% of my portfolio…so blow on the dice for me…I know it’s wrong…and I’d never do this with other peoples money.

Plus, the downside shouldn’t be worse than the lows during the chart where the company was just a blank check. That’s $7.22. Soooo…yaaah. D

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