Lecture on abuse of social media by stock manipulators
I recently lectured business students at the University of Texas, on the topic of abuse of social media by stock manipulators. I’ve merged the recording of the lecture with my slide presentation and...
View Article“Do I Live in a Synthetic Reality?” Do-It-Yourself Home Test
“The Matrix is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from the truth.” – Morpheus to Neo, The Matrix It is the mission of DeepCapture to show you, dear reader, that the financial...
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Weighing the options
Note: I have the privilege of being a contributor on an upstart blog where some extremely intelligent criticism of Web 2.0 is taking place. It’s called Akahele.org, and I recommend adding it to your...
View ArticleOur Watchdogs and the Financial Scandal of the Century
“Accountability – Integrity – Reliability” That’s the motto of the Government Accountability Office, and it almost makes you believe that there really is a functioning watchdog – somebody, aside from...
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Gary Weiss discards own identity, reborn “Tom Sykes” the bumbling sockpuppet
Apparently aware of the ruin that is his own reputation, Gary Weiss has taken to battling in favor of illegal stock market manipulation on political blog aggregator DailyKos.com, under the pseudonym...
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The Pendulum Swings
Back in college, where the combination of free time and that university mojo so often lend themselves to this sort of thing, a friend and I challenged each other to cram the most undeniable truth into...
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Blue Kryptonite and naked short selling
The Bizarro World Code Within minutes of my introduction to the world of short selling hedge funds, I encountered the analogy that remains the best suited to describe the truth to which they subscribe:...
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Gary Weiss busted. Again.
If you fail to find entertainment value in seeing illegal naked short selling proponent Gary Weiss publicly caught telling irresponsible lies, then you may consider this post optional and stop reading...
View ArticleThe climate on Planet Money
Two things: First, I highly recommend making a habit of listening to NPR’s Planet Money podcast. I’ve been listening for nearly a year (the entire length of its existence) and find the benefits...
View ArticleGary Weiss earns an F
NOTE: Though DeepCapture.com publishes on a blog platform, this site is first and foremost a work of journalism. Consequently, we rarely engage in the kinds of back-and-forth exchanges of jabs that...
View ArticleWikipedia’s Jimbo Wales unimpressed by Gary Weiss and his lies
Wikipedia’s Jimbo Wales sees Gary Weiss sockpuppeting all over the internet As is described at great length in these pages, Wikipedia has been one of the principal battlegrounds in the effort to...
View ArticleYet another naked shorting disinformation campaign laid bare
It’s difficult to overstate the influence of Wikipedia these days, particularly when it comes to informing media coverage. A recent experiment, carried out by a student in Ireland, makes this very...
View ArticlePodcast: Barry Ritholtz and a tale of two media
This is a transcript of the Deep Capture podcast episode published on February 10, 2010. You may: Download the episode in mp3 format. It’s no secret that the Deep Capture message is not a popular one...
View ArticleEvidence of murder at 383 Madison Ave.
Nearly one year after its original date of publication, my video, Hedge funds and the global economic meltdown has finally received its first bit of serious criticism, and I can’t express how pleased I...
View ArticleBarry Minkow’s short trip from ex-felon to current-felon
It’s been a tough few weeks for Barry Minkow, as Patrick Byrne has done a fine job chronicling recently. Minkow’s sudden return from ex-felon to current-felon has come as a surprise to some, but not to...
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