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		<title>Spin-Offs: New companies for the New Year</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems one form of special investing that doesn&#8217;t go out of style is investing in spin-offs. I first ran into this special investing style while reading Buffet’s original letters in his partnership. It seems this tactic is not new, but seems to be continuously explored by many value investors. Also notable investors such as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purecapitalism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=766025&amp;post=15&amp;subd=purecapitalism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weyerhaeuser-Domtar Odd-lot Tender Offer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domtar Weyerhaeuser Exchange &#160; Thesis: The thesis of this trade is simple: take advantage of an odd-lot tender offer that will create a 10% price discrepancy. “The exchange offer is designed to permit holders of Weyerhaeuser common shares and Weyerhaeuser exchangeable shares to exchange their shares for shares of Company common stock at a 10% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purecapitalism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=766025&amp;post=12&amp;subd=purecapitalism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Industries: A Risk Arbitrage situation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously stated by the blog&#8217;s philosophy statement, Purecapitalism will try to seek out good value investment strategies. One of these strategies is based on the concept of risk arbitrage other known as merger arbitrage. This opportunity is created by many different factors such as: time value of money, risk that the deal falls through, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purecapitalism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=766025&amp;post=9&amp;subd=purecapitalism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am starting this blog as a way to scribe my own thoughts for future reference and also for other people to use my research. I am relatively new to the world of investing, and have much to learn, however starting a blog will enable me to keep a living journal of my thoughts. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purecapitalism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=766025&amp;post=3&amp;subd=purecapitalism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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