Marc Cohodes made a living exposing fraudulent companies, and profiting when their stock prices collapsed. But the life of a short seller is spent on a high wire because executives willing to engage in fraud don't play by the rules when their freedom is at stake. Marc tells the stories of the adversity he's faced holding public companies accountable.

Marc recounts the war stories from his shorts of iomega, TCBY, Lernout & Hauspie, Novastar Financial, Jos. A Bank, Bally Manufacturing, Direct Focus, and more.

Follow Marc on Twitter: @alderlaneeggs
Marc's Mimedx Website: http://petiteparkerthebarker.com/

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Houyi went from Yale Law School to a job in finance before he left it all behind to become a professional advantage player. He talks about counting cards, learning to play hole cards, traveling the world, and a fateful poker game in Cambodia.

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The story of Long Term Capital Management as told by LTCM partner Eric Rosenfeld. Eric earned a PhD from MIT, then taught at Harvard Business School, then became a trader at Salomon, then was a founding partner of LTCM.

Resources:

HBS Study on LTCM dividend

Eric's talk at MIT in 2009

Michael Lewis article on LTCM

When Genius Failed, Roger Lowenstein

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David Orr is a former poker player turned fund manager. He started out investing with a value bias, and then eventually did a 180 and started shorting value traps. He talks about how his strategy evolved and also his plan to grow his fund.

Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/orrdavid

Support the show links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YTMUqap_Z0D9832cOl5wYxUs16Byr6xx-iAZzrRL3VU/edit

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Jeff Ma was a member of the MIT Blackjack Team. He told his story to the writer Ben Mezrich, who wrote a book titled "Bringing Down the House." The book was later made into the movie "21" which starred Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Jim Sturgess.

In addition to blackjack, Jeff talks about his career in tech where he has focused on using data and analytics to create value.

Note: an earlier upload contained a claim that the Patriots were caught filming opponent practices. That has been corrected in the episode. They were accused of that, but they dispute it, and there was no evidence found.

Links: The Bet the Process Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bet-the-process/id1291010585
Follow Jeff on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jeffma

Risk of Ruin Substack:
https://riskofruinpod.substack.com/

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Kyle Boddy is the founder of Driveline Baseball, which promises data driven performance training. He is best known for training pitchers in baseball. Prior to his career in sports Kyle was a professional gambler. On this episode he tells stories about exploiting online casino bonuses, as well as shuffle tracking, and playing poker.

Driveline Baseball: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/
Follow Kyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drivelinekyle
Blackjack Shuffle Tracker's Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Blackjack-Shuffle-Trackers-Cookbook-Arnold/dp/B001CH9S0I
Beyond Coupons: https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/gambling-with-an-edge/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/beyondcouponsbjfo.pdf

The Risk of Ruin Newsletter: https://riskofruinpod.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
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Andrew "Bert" Black is a co-founder of Betfair, which is the world's largest betting exchange. He recounts his life in gambling, coming up with the idea for Betfair, and how they managed to win the P2P betting war in the early 2000s. 

Bert's horse farm: https://www.chasemorefarm.co.uk/
Bert's Twitter:  https://twitter.com/bertthebold

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Jason Strasser is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Caption Partners. While in college Jason became a high stakes poker player and was making $100k/month before he left competitive poker for Wall Street. Today he generates his edge trading options, looking for one-off events where the volatility of the options are mispriced by algorithms.

Follow Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strassa2

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Evan Tindell is a former poker player and now is the CIO of Bireme Capital. He talks about how he got into the market, and also his value investing based process for finding investments.

Follow Evan on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/evantindell

Bireme Capital Blog Post on Meta:
https://www.biremecapital.com/blog/pounding-the-table-on-meta

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In 2022 Elon Musk signed an agreement to purchase Twitter. Then all hell broke loose. This episode is about that merger, the investors that traded it, and the most valuable Twitter follow to come out of the saga.

Guests:
Chris DeMuth - Rangeley Capital
https://twitter.com/ChrisDeMuthJr
Evan Tindell - Bireme Capital
https://twitter.com/evantindell
Chance, Editor in Chief of The Chancery Daily
https://twitter.com/chancery_daily

Media Clips Used:
Tesla 3rd Quarter Earnings Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_SOWBDCQnM
David Faber, CNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycx4b9-2nFU
Yahoo News, Biden Administration Reviewing Twitter Deal
https://www.yahoo.com/video/u-weighs-security-review-musks-010913575.html
Carolyn Berger Appearance on CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/07/13/twitter-is-in-a-very-strong-position-to-be-on-the-winning-side-says-ret-delaware-supreme-court-justice.html
Elon Musk Sold Zip2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9mczdODqzo
Peter Thiel Comments on Elon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y11uX8X6iz4
Tesla Shareholder Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49e7LrxS3FQ&feature=emb_title
SEC Sues Musk Over Funding Secured Tweets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjqp7LTb2B4&t=56s