Quoth the Raven

Andrew Left was interviewed on the Quoth the Raven Podcast on Friday, 8/31/2018. In this unfiltered interview he talks his favorite shorts, his biggest investing failure, his favorite investors, the 2008 crisis, and much much more.  Andrew Left is the Executive Editor of Citron Research. Citron Research has been publishing columns for over 17 years, making it one of the longest-running online stock commentary websites.  With over 150 reports, Citron has amassed a track record identifying fraud and terminal business models second to none among any published source. QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Neither Andrew or Chris is an investment adviser or is licensed. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: Chris owns TSLA calls and puts, Left is long and short names as disclosed in the podcast Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

At 11PM EST on a Friday night last night, Elon Musk announced in a blog post that the company would be staying public. This ends a three week shit show that took place after he came out and said he was considering taking the company private at $420 per share and that he had funding secured. I offer my take on this company which has turned into a full scale, four alarm, three ring circus. QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Chris is not an investment adviser. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: Chris is short TSLA Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.  

I swear, this is not a Tesla-only podcast. But today, I spoke to Mark Spiegel, one of the world's most well known Tesla short sellers. Mark B. Spiegel is the Managing Member & Portfolio Manager of Stanphyl Capital Partners and is a New York-based equity investor. Prior to founding Stanphyl in 2011, he spent six years as an investment banker (most recently as a Principal with Piper Jaffray & Co.) financing public companies. Prior to becoming an investment banker Mark spent a year working for a microcap Nasdaq tech company, and he began his career with 17 years in the commercial real estate industry where he experienced firsthand the opportunities and challenges faced by a wide array of client companies. Mark believes that all these experiences– banking public companies, working for a public company and securing real estate for a wide variety of companies– combine to provide the kind of “real world” experience that’s extremely useful for an investor.   All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Chris is not an investment adviser. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: Chris and Mark are short TSLA Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

Ross and I argue for an hour about the latest developments in the world of Tesla. Ross is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. Ross oversees Gerber Kawasaki's corporate and investment management operations as well as serves individual clients. Ross is a frequent guest on CNN, CNBC, Fox Business News, and Reuters as well as a contributing writer for Forbes.com. He is ranked as one of the most influential investment advisors and Fintech innovators in America and has over 43k Twitter and 30k Facebook fans. All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Chris is not an investment adviser, Ross is. Regardless, listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: Chris is short TSLA, Ross is long. Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

Adam Spittler is an investor in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred shares and has been following #FannieGate - the scandal of the government taking over Fannie and Freddie and essentially fucking over shareholders who lost nearly everything in the financial crisis - for years. In today's podcast, we talk about what has happened to Fannie and Freddie since the financial crisis, why investors lost everything to begin with, and what current shareholders are hoping with investments in the now decimated stock of both of these Government Sponsored Entities that are now in conservatorship. Adam is a CPA in the state of Pennsylvania and has an MS in Finance from Drexel. He worked 3 years at KPMG followed by 10+ years in corporate finance. All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Chris is not an investment adviser, nor is Adam. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: Adam and QTR both own FNMA and FMCC preferreds. Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.    

In this podcast, I rant about recent news that has broken on Tesla, what I believe to be Jim Cramer’s irresponsible handling of the situation and a Business Insider report on MoviePass today, describing how one investor lost $190,000 following the investment advice provided to him by “analyst coverage” available on E*TRADE. All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Chris is not an investment adviser. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: I own TSLA calls and puts Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

Marc Cohodes joins me talk to about OSTK stock recently getting plowed after a potential $1.5B valuation was supposedly placed on it by GSR Capital, according to the company's recent press release. I ask Marc about some of the rumors about GSR, concerns raised by some of his critics on Twitter, the company's recent shelf offering, MiMedx and people who think he acts like a bully online.  Marc on Twitter is @AlderLaneEggs All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ Neither Marc nor Chris is an investment adviser. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.  THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - OPINION ONLY AND FOR JOURNALISTIC AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES Disclosures: Marc is long OSTK and short MDXG & Badger Daylight BAD.TO, QTR is long OSTK Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

In this podcast, I rant about the recent controversy surrounding Elon Musk's supposed "secured" financing to take the company private at $420 per share and I question why the Board of Directors doesn't seem to have any clue as to what the hell is going on.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR. Disclosure: I own TSLA calls and puts

Roddy Boyd heads up the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation. On today's podcast, we talk about massive stories he broke on both Valeant and Insys, as well as the new book he is preparing and the one book he has already written. From there, we talk for a half hour about Tesla and Elon Musk's Tweet today that he is considering taking the company private for $420/share. From SIRF-Online.org: "Our foundation produces substantive investigative reporting without fear or favor. These investigations bring to life important stories that are going untold, illuminating the many ways investors, consumers and market stakeholders are regularly misled. We accomplish this through carefully mining corporate legal and financial filings–such as a skillfully buried footnote inside a quarterly report, or an overlooked exhibit in a forgotten legal claim–which, when coupled with ample shoe leather reporting, presents the clearest possible picture of our subject. The hallmark of the foundation’s reporting is a commitment to accuracy, the breadth of our news gathering and the clarity of our presentation. In doing this work, our goal is to conduct the foundation’s business to meet or exceed the highest standards of non-profit governance and ethical journalism. To that end, apart from truth and increased knowledge, our work will be free of agenda. The completed investigations are published free of charge, without advertisements or sponsors. We are funded solely through the tax-deductible contributions of individual donors and foundations, none of whom derive any professional or economic benefit from this support. No one, apart from the foundation’s employees and our legal advisors, has any input to editorial decisions. The foundation’s employees, directors and advisors will never benefit financially from the price movements in the securities or derivatives of companies mentioned in our journalism." Roddy on Twitter is: @RodBoydILM and @SIRF_Report www.sirf-online.org QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

On today's podcast, Peter Schiff finally checks in after me badgering him with e-mails for 6 months come on! We cover a broad range of topics, including disdain for how the mainstream media covers finance, what caused the 2008 collapse, what will cause the next economic collapse, how Keynesian theory and Austrian economic theory differ, how inflation has an effect on the middle class, the politics of Trump's economic policy, Bitcoin, the recent volatility in tech stocks and tons more. Peter Schiff is Chairman of SchiffGold, CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc, and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters who accurately and publicly predicted the 2007 housing market collapse and subsequent 2008 financial crisis. Check out Peter's YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/channel/UCIjuLiLHdFxYtFmWlbTGQRQ Peter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.  

In this podcast, I review the good and the bad from Tesla's Q2 earnings in the most objective way I possibly can. Tesla reported a Q2 that was mostly in line with expectations of a financial wreck. The silver lining (for now) was Elon Musk' behavior, an answer about a Wells Notice and a story-line that the company is keeping in tact. I do my best to be objective and explain why Tesla is rallying post-earnings and what it could mean for investors in the short and long term. QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR. Disclosure: I own TSLA puts and calls

In this podcast, I talk about the one question I would ask of Tesla during their earnings report for Q2 2018 if given the chance. Additionally, I review my Tesla Q2 Earnings Report Bingo Card that I put up on my Twitter profile today. If you enjoy the QTR podcast - which will always be free - please consider an extremely small recurring donation through Patreon. My link is here. Thank you guys: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC. All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Disclosures: QTR owns TSLA puts and calls Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

Aaron Greenspan is the self-proclaimed missing piece from the Facebook story as it has been documented in films like "The Social Network". He joins me on my podcast to talk about his role in creating the first "Face Book", why he thinks Mark Zuckerberg is a "sociopath" and "threat to national security", Facebook's most recent scandal, the stock's recent plunge, and why he believes the number of Facebook fake accounts are understated. Aaron is an entrepreneur and engineer with a background in enterprise software. He is the President & CEO of Think Computer Corporation (http://www.thinkcomputer.com), as well as the founder of Think Computer Foundation (http://www.thinkcomputer.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Aaron has worked on engineering problems involving accounting, payments, and legal systems, among others. Though not a lawyer, he has represented himself and his company before several state and federal courts, as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Aaron has an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College and is the author of a memoir about his time there, during which he developed the predecessor to The Facebook. Aaron also contributes to legal website PlainSite. In addition to making huge volumes of data accessible to the public free of charge, PlainSite lets ordinary citizens impact the law-making process. Follow him on Twitter @PlainSite and @AaronGreenspan If you enjoy the QTR podcast - which will always be free - please consider an extremely small recurring donation through Patreon. My link is here. Thank you guys: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All content created and owned by Quoth the Raven Research, LLC. All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Disclosures: QTR has no position, Aaron owns Facebook puts Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

In today's episode, I address Montana Skeptic leaving Twitter after he told me that Elon Musk called his boss to complain about him.  QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Disclosure: QTR owns TSLA calls and puts Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.

In this podcast, I "shall" rant about how Dennis Gartman recently took offense to Zerohedge simply pointing out the fact that he is consistently wrong. From there, I dovetail nicely into a critique about the financial media that all started when a CNBC anchor cut me in line for a sandwich at an investment conference in 2013. QTR Podcasts are always free, but some people choose to make a small recurring donation, which is gratefully accepted: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch All podcast content is subject to the following disclaimer: http://www.quoththeravenresearch.com/disclaimerterms-of-service/ THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE Visit www.quoththeravenresearch.com for more on QTR.