Step Away From the Fiat » HEK http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm Just A blog, by J.N.McLarty - An Engineer, Derivative Trader and Austrian Economist Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 If I could pick only two stocks to hold for the next 5 years… http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/07/23/if-i-could-pick-only-two-stocks-to-hold-for-the-next-5-years/ http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/07/23/if-i-could-pick-only-two-stocks-to-hold-for-the-next-5-years/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:04:18 +0000 Jeffrey McLarty http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/07/23/if-i-could-pick-only-two-stocks-to-hold-for-the-next-5-years/ …and I wasn’t allowed to trade at all, it’d be TEX, and HEK. HEK is more risky, well actually really risky, but hence the upside. TEX, can’t figure it out, they just blew away the numbers tonight, I don’t know why the stock isn’t up 50% right now.

Long HEK from $8.27 and $9.95.

Long TEX from $44, $50 and $52.98.

]]> http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/07/23/if-i-could-pick-only-two-stocks-to-hold-for-the-next-5-years/feed/ 0 What the HEK? A Chinese Water Bottler, Blank Checks http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/05/23/what-the-hek-a-chinese-water-bottler-blank-checks/ http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/05/23/what-the-hek-a-chinese-water-bottler-blank-checks/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 19:21:04 +0000 Jeffrey McLarty http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/05/23/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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