Peridot Capitalist
An investment blog written by Chad Brand, President of Peridot Capital Management
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Posted 6 days ago
After seeing that Yahoo (YHOO) was able to reject a hostile bid from Microsoft (MSFT), claiming the offer was inadequate despite the fact that it clearly was quite adequate, Anheuser-Busch (BUD) has
Posted 1 week ago
Those of you who follow the oil markets know that a core bullish argument for rising oil prices over the long term is the growth in demand from overseas, most notably China and India. Those two countr
Posted 2 weeks ago
With gasoline prices nationally surpassing $4.00 per gallon, politicians are revisiting the idea of allowing oil companies to drill off the coasts of the continental U.S. as well as the National Wildl
Posted 2 weeks ago
Bear Stearns is gone. Lehman Brothers (LEH) is fighting to stay afloat as an independent company. Merrill Lynch (MER) is right up there with the investment banking operations of Citigroup (C) as the d
Tags: trading
Posted 2 weeks ago
It will take time, but this kind of introduction shows we do have the ability to transform our domestic vehicle fleet in order to greatly reduce oil consumption from transportation, which represents t
Tags: highs
Posted 3 weeks ago
After being born and raised in Baltimore, I traveled out to St. Louis for college and subsequently spent a decade there. The long rumored InBev hostile merger offer for American icon Anheuser-Busch (B
Posted 3 weeks ago
A couple people have asked about Sears, including a comment on my last post, so I decided to copy my reply here for all to view: As for Sears. my last comment was after they decided to split the manag
Posted 3 weeks ago
In addition to Verizon (VZ), mentioned in my last post, there continue to be attractively valued large cap stocks hitting new lows in the latest market drop. Both of these names sell for about 13 time
Posted 4 weeks ago
When CNBC's David Faber broke the news that Verizon (VZ) was in discussions to purchase Alltel for north of $27 billion, Verizon shares tumbled to $36 on Wednesday. I was getting ready to write that s
Tags: wireless
Posted 4 weeks ago
Just a quick note before I head out for the weekend. In the face of oil peaking at $135 per barrel in recent days we have seen many of the airlines cancel planned deliveries of new planes they were go
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