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Amazon: Clownish Trade Of The Day
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Value Investing 8: Fishing In Shallow Waters
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Value Investing 7: The Question of Timing
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Book Review: 'Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short (And Now Complete) Story'
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AFC: A Compelling Preferred
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Ares Capital: BDC With High Dividend and Put Options Yields
Double Dividend Stocks • Sun, Apr 11, 2010
An Allied Autopsy
Patrick Harden • Fri, Apr 2, 2010 • 5 Comments
BDCs' Recent Dividend Performance
Nicholas Marshi • Mon, Mar 29, 2010 • 6 Comments
Ares Buys Allied Capital: What's Next?
Nicholas Marshi • Fri, Mar 26, 2010 • 11 Comments
Prospect Capital to Allied Capital: Good-Bye
Nicholas Marshi • Fri, Mar 5, 2010 • 6 Comments
The Future of Private Equity
Howard Sun • Fri, Mar 5, 2010 • 16 Comments
Ares Capital Blinks, Offers Allied Shareholders Cash Dividend for Yes Vote
Nicholas Marshi • Wed, Mar 3, 2010 • 4 Comments

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Book Review: 'Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short (And Now Complete) Story'
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Divided About Allied Capital Dividends
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The SEC Still Needs a Seeing-Eye Dog
Gary Weiss • Tue, Feb 3, 2009
Still, the Crooks Be Winnin'
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David Einhorn: The Irony of It All
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Book Review: David Einhorn's 'Fooling Some of the People All of the Time'
Jon Heller • Tue, May 13, 2008 • 17 Comments
Herb G., David E., Will Not Be Pleased
Greg Newton • Thu, Jun 21, 2007
Why Shorting Allied Capital is a Losing Proposition
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Allied Capital Subpoenaed By US Attorney
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Allied Capital: Wall Street's Double Standard
Herb Greenberg • Fri, Jan 19, 2007
Allied Capital: The Angst Continues
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Amazon: Clownish Trade Of The Day
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American Capital Has Blow-Out Quarter: NAV Up To $15.71
Philip Mause • Tue, May 1, 2012 • 27 Comments
Investors Seeking Yield Face Unavoidable Risks: In Or Out Of The Market
Philip Mause • Fri, Jan 27, 2012 • 11 Comments
Value Investing 8: Fishing In Shallow Waters
Philip Mause • Wed, Nov 30, 2011 • 8 Comments
Yield Versus Risk Part 1: Beaten Down Business Development Companies
Philip Mause • Tue, Sep 27, 2011 • 12 Comments
The Treasury Should Begin Testing The Market For Consols
Philip Mause • Thu, Sep 15, 2011 • 5 Comments
BDC Review: Part 7 - Alternative Vehicles For Investing In BDCs
Philip Mause • Fri, Sep 9, 2011 • 1 Comment
Value Investing 7: The Question of Timing
Philip Mause • Tue, Aug 16, 2011 • 7 Comments
Value Investing 1: Distressed Financial Stocks Provide Opportunities
Philip Mause • Fri, May 27, 2011 • 9 Comments
Why Dividend Stock Investors Should Consider BDCs
Philip Mause • Wed, Jan 19, 2011 • 48 Comments
AFC: A Compelling Preferred
Bob Grunewald • Thu, Sep 16, 2010 • 2 Comments
Greenlight's Q2 Review: David Einhorn Is Long Apple, Ensco and NCR
Market Folly • Sun, Jul 25, 2010 • 3 Comments
Ares Capital: BDC With High Dividend and Put Options Yields
Double Dividend Stocks • Sun, Apr 11, 2010
An Allied Autopsy
Patrick Harden • Fri, Apr 2, 2010 • 5 Comments
BDCs' Recent Dividend Performance
Nicholas Marshi • Mon, Mar 29, 2010 • 6 Comments
Ares Buys Allied Capital: What's Next?
Nicholas Marshi • Fri, Mar 26, 2010 • 11 Comments
Prospect Capital to Allied Capital: Good-Bye
Nicholas Marshi • Fri, Mar 5, 2010 • 6 Comments
The Future of Private Equity
Howard Sun • Fri, Mar 5, 2010 • 16 Comments
Ares Capital Blinks, Offers Allied Shareholders Cash Dividend for Yes Vote
Nicholas Marshi • Wed, Mar 3, 2010 • 4 Comments
A Shaky Start for Monday's Market
Markos Kaminis • Mon, Mar 1, 2010 • 1 Comment

Allied Capital Corporation Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Allied Capital Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Aug 10, 2009
Allied Capital Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, May 11, 2009 • 1 Comment
Allied Capital Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Mar 2, 2009
Allied Capital Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Nov 10, 2008
Allied Capital Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Aug 5, 2008
Allied Capital Corporation Earnings Call Transcript
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Allied Capital Corporation Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 • 2 Comments
Allied Capital Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 7, 2007

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Company Description

We are a business development company, or BDC, in the private equity business and we are internally managed. Specifically, we generally invest in primarily private middle market companies with EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, of between $5 million and... More

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Friday, March 5, 2010, 11:34 AM Prospect Capital (PSEC +4.2%) ends a two-month proxy fight by terminating its offer to buy Allied Capital (ALD +1.8%), blaming Allied's unwillingness to talk after arranging to sell itself to Ares Capital (ARCC +1.2%) for an estimated $648M. Allied approved a special $0.20 dividend conditional on approving the Ares sale. Comment!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 8:10 AM Allied Capital (ALD): Q4 EPS of -$0.02 misses by $0.07. Revenue of $66M (-34.2%) vs. $69M. (PR) Comment!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: ALD, AMT, CFL, CHS, CLWR, DLTR, FTR, GRMN, HPT, LXP, PQ, RIG, SKS, TJX, TOL, TSL, ZLC Comment!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:41 AM Allied Capital (ALD) rejected an offer from Prospect Capital (PSEC), calling it inferior to the one Allied already agreed upon with Ares Capital (ARCC). Prospect's all-stock offer is valued at around $900M, but the merged companies might be unable to maintain dividends or access capital markets on favorable terms. Comment!
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 8:43 AM Allied Capital (ALD): Q3 EPS of $0.02 misses by $0.05. Revenue of $M in-line. Shares -1.3% premarket. (PR) Comment!
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ALD, BVF, CAH, CDE, CI, CNQ, CTL, CVS, DNR, DPS, DPTR, DTV, DYN, FTO, GNA, HK, KG, KIM, LAMR, MAC, MF, MGM, NDAQ, OCR, PCS, PXP, RRI, SE, SIRI, SLE, TDC, TWC, WEN, WW Comment!
Monday, October 26, 2009, 10:06 AM Ares Capital (ARCC +7.2%) says it's buying Allied Capital (ALD +26.4%) in a $648M all-stock deal. The $3.47/share (0.325 Ares share) offer is a 27% premium to Friday's close. Allied had been shedding assets to pay down debt and fight liquidity concerns. Comment!
Monday, October 26, 2009, 9:00 AM Premarket gainers: IO +24%. SUPG +22%. ELGN +19%. ALD +16%. VVUS +13%. BCRX +11%. NVTL +10%. ARNA +8%. MPS +7%. HEB +6%. SVA +5%. MRVL +5%. CVM +5%. RSH +4%. NVAX +4%. CIT +4%.
Losers: PVTB -15%. SOHU -9%. ING -8%. CYOU -8%. TMS -8%. TIVO -4%. Comment!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 9:00 AM Premarket gainers: NVAX +14%. YRCW +13%. SVA +10%. BONU +9%. BEXP +7%. TXT +6%. HLCS +5%. ALD +5%. GNBT +4%. INO +4%.
Losers: BEAT -12%. CMED +12%. RMBS -10%. SQNM -9%. IMMU -6%. AXL -6%. CTIC -5%. AIG -5%. CIT -5%. HCN -5%. BVF -4%. Comment!
Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:22 AM Allied Capital (ALD): Q2 EPS of $0.10 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $85M (-37%) vs. $87M. Shares -1.8% premarket. (PR) Comment!
Monday, August 10, 2009, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: ALD, DISH, DYN, HOC, KWK, NXG, PCLN, PWRD, SYY Comment!
Monday, May 11, 2009, 9:00 AM Premarket losers: CPSL -21%. ALD -14%. AOB -11%. COF -11%. DAN -11%. DYN -11%. DRYS -7%. BCS -6%. RCL -6%. USB -5%. LYG -5%. AXA -5%. GNW -5%. MGM -5%. HIG -4%. WFC -5%. ETFC -4%. AXL -4%. RDS.A -4%. ALU -4%. BBT -4%. ING -4%. AXP -4%. CIT -4%. Comment!
Monday, May 11, 2009, 7:09 AM Allied Capital (ALD): Q1 EPS of $0.16 beats by $0.03. (PR) Comment!
Monday, May 11, 2009, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: ABK, ALD, AOB, DISH, ENER, FRPT, KG, PCLN, RRI, SLW, SUG, WCRX Comment!
Monday, March 2, 2009, 7:15 AM Allied Capital (ALD): Q4 EPS of -$3.24 misses by $3.46. Will separate the roles of Chairman and CEO effective tomorrow. John M. Scheurer will become CEO, William L. Walton will remain Chairman. (PR I, II) Comment!
Monday, March 2, 2009, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: ACAS, ALD, CEDC, CNO, DISH, EIX, FCN, KFN, RRI Comment!

Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises (AFCE) looks good in short run, but it may have peaked. http://yhoo.it/RZsZ4L;c=
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Michael Bryant
Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), AFC Enterprises (AFCE), American Vanguard (AVD), Gap (GPS), & Amgen (AMGN) rose Monday on unusual volume.
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John Gordon
$AFC: Popeye's standout strong SSS, $.02 EPS beat, domestic unit net opens stronger, reports franchisees with record profits.
8/15/12
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Michael Bryant
NetEase (NTES), OSI Systems (OSIS), FleetCor Tech (FLT), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), & AFC Enterprises (AFCE) rose Wednesday on unusual vol
8/15/12
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Michael Bryant
News Corp (NWSA) & (NWS), AFC Enterprises (AFCE), H. B. Fuller (FUL), & NetEase (NTES) rose Tuesday on unusual volume.
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Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises (AFCE) and Sturm, Ruger (RGR) were the only two stocks to rise Thursday on unusual volume.
6/22/12
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Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises (AFCE), Mattress Firm Holding (MFRM), AutoZone (AZO), B&G Foods (BGS), & Targa Resources (TRGP) rose Friday on unusual vol.
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Michael Bryant
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), AFC Enterprises (AFCE), Toro (TTC), PetSmart (PETM), & PVH rose Thursday on unusual volume.
5/24/12
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Alex B. Gray
AFC Enterprises AFCE reported Q3 2010 adjusted earnings per share of $0.23 vs. $0.18 in 2009. Global same store sales increased 5.2%.
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Nicholas Marshi
Allied (ALD) has been acquired by Ares (ARCC). Kudos to ARCC for engineering acquisition despite PSEC opposition + w/o increasing price
3/26/10
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