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Complete Kyle Bass And Hayman Capital Portfolio Update
Profit Fan • Fri, May 17 • 6 Comments
Hyatt Announces Results of its Bond Tender Offer

Business Wire (Wed, 9:00AM)
Hyatt Regency Amsterdam to Open in 2015

Business Wire (Tue, 10:50AM)
Denver-Area Hotel to Be Converted to a Hyatt Place Hotel

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Pricing of Senior Notes

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Total Consideration for its Bond Tender Offer

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Hotels Corporation to Speak at Baird’s 2013 Growth Stock Conference

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Plans a Hyatt Regency Hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Regency O’Hare Wins First Ever “CEO’s Award for Innovation”

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Hotels Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 1
Shaped by Research and Guest Insights, the Newly Redesigned Hyatt.com is More Robust, Innovative and Experiential

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Cash Tender Offer

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Hyatt House Pittsburgh-South Side Celebrates Official Opening

Business Wire (Apr 24, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Plans for a Grand Hyatt Hotel in Changsha

Business Wire (Apr 19, 2013)
Hyatt Recognizes Excellence among Owners and Developers with 2013 Awards

Business Wire (Apr 17, 2013)
Hyatt To Redeem Senior Notes due 2015

Business Wire (Apr 15, 2013)
Cramer's Mad Money - Cramer's New Favorite Oil And Gas Stock (4/10/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Thu, Apr 11 • 1 Comment
Hyatt Place Pensacola Airport Celebrates Official Opening

Business Wire (Apr 10, 2013)
Hyatt House Atlanta/Cobb Galleria Celebrates Official Opening

Business Wire (Apr 4, 2013)
Hyatt Hotels Corporation Announces Timing of First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Investor Conference Call

Business Wire (Apr 3, 2013)

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Hyatt Hotels Hopes Investors Find IPO Inviting
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Complete Kyle Bass And Hayman Capital Portfolio Update
Profit Fan • Fri, May 17 • 6 Comments
Cramer's Mad Money - Cramer's New Favorite Oil And Gas Stock (4/10/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Thu, Apr 11 • 1 Comment
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Dissecting Hayman Capital's Q4 2012 Holdings
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Sleeping Well At Night With Hotel Stocks
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Hedge Fund Legend Kyle Bass Loves These Stocks
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Top 5 Insider Sells Filed On September 13
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Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Large-Cap Growth Style
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Marriott Lowers Outlook: Hotel Stocks Fall
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Earnings Preview: Marriott International, Inc.
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Hyatt Hotels Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 1
Hyatt Hotels' Management Presents at J.P. Morgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant & Leisure Management Access Forum (Transcript)
Fri, Mar 8
Hyatt Hotels' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 13
Hyatt Hotels Corporation's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 31, 2012
Hyatt Hotels Corporation's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Hyatt Hotels' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 3, 2012
Hyatt Hotels' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
Hyatt Hotels' CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 2, 2011
Hyatt Hotels,'s CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call, Aug 02, 2011 Transcript
Tue, Aug 2, 2011

Hyatt Announces Results of its Bond Tender Offer

Business Wire (Wed, 9:00AM)
Hyatt Regency Amsterdam to Open in 2015

Business Wire (Tue, 10:50AM)
Denver-Area Hotel to Be Converted to a Hyatt Place Hotel

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Pricing of Senior Notes

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Total Consideration for its Bond Tender Offer

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Hotels Corporation to Speak at Baird’s 2013 Growth Stock Conference

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Plans a Hyatt Regency Hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Hyatt Regency O’Hare Wins First Ever “CEO’s Award for Innovation”

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
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'Helicopter Ben' Intact as Traders Mull 'Sell in May'

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Shaped by Research and Guest Insights, the Newly Redesigned Hyatt.com is More Robust, Innovative and Experiential

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Fed May Provide a Safety Net for the Market

at CNBC.com (Apr 26, 2013)
Tech Stocks: Amazon falls; but Facebook, H-P, Apple rise

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Hyatt Announces Cash Tender Offer

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Hyatt House Pittsburgh-South Side Celebrates Official Opening

Business Wire (Apr 24, 2013)
Boston Travel on Lockdown, NY-Boston Amtrak Halted

at CNBC.com (Apr 19, 2013)
Hyatt Announces Plans for a Grand Hyatt Hotel in Changsha

Business Wire (Apr 19, 2013)

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Company Description

Hyatt was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957 when he purchased the Hyatt House motel adjacent to the Los Angeles International Airport. Over the following decade, Jay Pritzker and his brother Donald Pritzker, working together with other Pritzker family business interests, grew the company into a... More

Sector: Services

Industry: Lodging

Country: United States

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Friday, May 3, 6:18 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:30 p.m.: ABFS +16.0%. RNR +3.75%. MSG +3.3%. NCT +3.1%. INCY +3.0%.
After-hours top losers: STM -9%. GRMN -3.6%. BRCD -2.7%. H -2.6%. CPWR -2.1%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, May 1, 7:52 AM More on Hyatt Hotels' (H) Q1: Comparable systemwide RevPAR increased 2.4% during the period with average daily rates strengthening. Results could have been better if not for the timing of Easter and currency swings. Eight hotels were added during Q1, and the company says it expects a "significant number" of new properties to be opened in the future. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings]
Wednesday, May 1, 7:32 AM Hyatt Hotels (H): Q1 EPS of $0.09 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $975M beats by $35M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, May 1, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’ s open: AB, ADT, AFAM, AFSI, AGN, AH, AMT, ARW, AVA, CCJ, CHK, CLH, CLX, CMCSA, CVH, CVS, DLPH, DVN, ENR, EXAS, EXC,GRMN, GWR, H, HSP, HUM, ICE, IPGP, IQNT, IRM, JRCC, KCG, KFN, MA, MKL, MRK, NVO, PDCE, PKD, POR, PSX, RDC, RDN, SEE, SPW, TLM, TWX, VG, VIAB, VPHM Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, April 30, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’ s open: AB, ADT, AFAM, AFSI, AGN, AH, AMT, ARW, AVA, CCJ, CHK, CLH, CLX, CMCSA, CVH, CVS, DLPH, DVN, ENR, EXAS, EXC,GRMN, GWR, H, HSP, HUM, ICE, IPGP, IQNT, IRM, JRCC, KCG, KFN, MA, MKL, MRK, NVO, PDCE, PKD, POR, PSX, RDC, RDN, SEE, SPW, TLM, TWX, VG, VIAB, VPHM Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 29, 6:59 AM President Obama is expected to sign a bill sometime today to give the FAA ability to end its furlough of 13K air traffic controllers. Typos delayed delivery of the bill to the White House. Airline stocks (FAA) and hotel stocks (CHH, CTRP, H, HOT, IHG, MAR, WYN) are viewed by analysts as getting a boost from the return to normalcy in the travel industry. Comment! [Consumer, U.S. Economy]
Thursday, April 25, 9:49 AM Hotel company lobbyists are in Washington to protest the impact of the furlough of FAA employees on the industry and voice its opinion on immigration bills. The sector is particularly concerned with keeping up its momentum with business travel as the industry has seen RevPAR (revenue per available room) start to move in the right direction. Lodging stocks: CHH, CTRP, H, HOT, IHG, MAR, WYN. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Monday, April 15, 12:02 PM Hyatt (H -1.5%) says it will call $250M (par) 5.75% senior notes due 2015. The redemption price will be ~$281.19M, the sum of the present value of the stream of principal and coupon payments which otherwise would have been made. Comment!
Thursday, February 14, 6:49 AM FBR Capital downgrades Hyatt (H) to Market Perform from Outperform and keeps a soft $43 price target on shares. The firm thinks the hotel segment will see a slow rebound. Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, February 13, 7:43 AM More on Hyatt Hotels' (H) Q4: Comparable owned and leased hotel RevPAR rose 7.5% Y/Y. Higher insurance costs contributed to a 5% increase in hotel expenses. The company expects a brisk pace of expansion in the future with management or franchise contracts on 200 hotels across brands in place. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings]
Wednesday, February 13, 7:32 AM Hyatt Hotels (H): Q4 EPS of $0.2 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $1.0B (+4.9% Y/Y) misses by $0.03B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, February 13, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ASPS, AVEO, CPN, DE, DF, DPS, DUK, EZCH, FBN, H, HSP, LO, PES, PRLB, TLM, TRI, VG, WCG, WFR 1 Comment [Earnings]
Tuesday, February 12, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ASPS, AVEO, CPN, DE, DF, DPS, DUK, EZCH, FBN, H, HSP, LO, PES, PRLB, TLM, TRI, VG, WCG, WFR Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:31 AM Hotel hunting: China's Dalian Wanda Group is in talks with major hotel chains in the U.S. over buying and building more hotels in North America. Chairman Wang Jianlin didn't disclose which hotel companies he is in discussions with, but noted investing in areas such as Kansas or Iowa that need capital is something Chinese companies should look at. Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 8:35 AM More on Hyatt's (H) Q3: The hotel operator saw business travel help boost results, while its limited exposure in Europe helped stave off some of the sales declines peers in the sector have realized. RevPAR for comparable North America hotels rose a brisk 4.2% Y/Y during the period. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 7:40 AM Hyatt Hotels (H): Q3 EPS of $0.18 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $977M (+9% Y/Y) misses by $23M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]

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Bob de'Long
B-H U.S. rig count = +6. Gas = -11; oil = +16. No trend. Data has varied much from week to week for last 10 weeks or so.
11/9/12
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CAT unveiled new 336E H hybrid hydraulic excavator, claims 25% fuel savings http://stks.co/nCbQ
10/17/12
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Michael Bryant
Both Hyatt Hotels (H) and Marriott (MAR) have similar price patterns. H is younger though. http://yhoo.it/ONc45C
10/8/12
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Michael Bryant
"Hyatt Hotels (H) trades at a discounted 10 times 2013 EBITDA [while] Marriott (MAR) trades at 13 times." http://yhoo.it/UxkeRO
10/8/12
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Bob de'Long
B-H US drilling rig count = -11. Oil = -12; gas = +2. Horizontals = -10. Very non-tend results for the last couple of months.
10/5/12
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Bob de'Long: My conclusion. Growth in oil drilling has stopped; decline in gas drill has stopped. Boring like the stock market.
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Bob de'Long
B-H US rig count -11; Oil +8; Gas -19. Big loss seems to be in horizontal gas drilling. Vertical (presumably oil) drilling increasing.
9/28/12
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Bob de'Long
B-H US rig count = -5; Oil = -11; Gas = +6; vertical = -16; horizontal = +16. Surprisingly, trend is to gas (horizontal).
9/21/12
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Bob de'Long
B-H US total rig count unchanged. However, oil rigs increased by 4; gas rigs decreased by 4.
9/14/12
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Bob de'Long
B-H US rig counts: oil = -10; gas = -21. High efficiency walking rigs replacing slower conventional rigs.
9/7/12
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Bob de'Long: HP has mostly very new rigs and doesn't feel the full effect, but rig rental rates are falling even for the best rigs.
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Ocean Man: Nat gas rigs are down to 450 from 890 one year ago, a drop of 50%.
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Bob de'Long
B-H US drilling rig count = -11. Oil = -12; gas = +2. Horizontals = -10. Very non-tend results for the last couple of months.
10/5/12
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Bob de'Long: My conclusion. Growth in oil drilling has stopped; decline in gas drill has stopped. Boring like the stock market.
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B-H US rig counts: oil = -10; gas = -21. High efficiency walking rigs replacing slower conventional rigs.
9/7/12
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Bob de'Long: HP has mostly very new rigs and doesn't feel the full effect, but rig rental rates are falling even for the best rigs.
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Bob de'Long
B-H US rig count. Oil = + 11; Natural gas = -13. So we may be back on trend.
8/31/12
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Ocean Man: Last week was a strange outlier.
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Paulo Santos
For the technicians out there, nat gas put on a mighty clear H&S. Almost like it was hand-drawn.
8/27/12
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zelareka2: hocus pocus
8/28/12
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Paulo Santos: I am slaughtering a chicken as an offer to the oscillator Gods as we speak.
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Bob de'Long
B-H rig count: US oil rigs +13; US gas rigs -7. This has been the trend for many months. Oil is king.
8/3/12
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marcocuyun: GOOD, dont need any more nat gas
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Hillbilly Stock Star: NBL .......looks like building cash to play "hard ball" imo.
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Bob de'Long
B-H US rig count oil = +2; gas = -11; bit deceiving as new faster drilling oil rigs are replacing older less efficient rigs.
7/27/12
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evan.prospect: Interesting and thanks for posting!
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Ocean Man
Good day for Eagle Ford oil jr's: SM +5%, ROSE +6%, FST +7.5%, CWEI +5.5%, CRZO +7%. Long all 5. Textbook inverse H&S on SM 3-month chart.
7/17/12
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Ocean Man: Good day for CLR and KOG too.
7/17/12
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Tom in Texas: Poor day for AXAS.
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mun2000
Hollande talk nice about greece of course after french banks who were so stupid to loa to greeks aredown 5% today.No growth for Greece MR H
5/23/12
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mun2000: Hollande want growth for France and no cuts or balance budget but he wants greeks to be squeze like lemons
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bajjiblow
We will go down to 1320 and then bounce , has to complete H&S pattern
5/16/12
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realornot: The H&S has long been established! Just wave your hands goodbye...
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Bret Kenwell
okay so my "T H C V" only work in CapiTals. Fair warning To eVeryone before THe open.
5/11/12
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eabyrd: Maybe a can of that air duster stuff... or a reboot. If those don't work, may be time for a new keyboard!
5/11/12
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Bret Kenwell: HaHa, iT's a lapTop :( maybe a rebooT around lunCH.
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eabyrd
Added to long term position in DE. Bullish H&S on 3-mo chart.
5/9/12
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eabyrd: Also watching 1340 on SPX.
5/9/12
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briandiplacido: Yup. Holding small UVXY also, up 13% (sold other 1/2 up 12% today, missed the spike : (). Gotta be on-board if we hit backwardation.
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Scott Matusow
$ATRS moving back up nicely after epic fail bear attack on phony H&S tech Analysis. $GSK sorry missed that one!
4/19/12
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amitschele: It's ok. We are all ready for ATRS
4/19/12
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Noreika: Agreed, we'll get 'em next time! Long ATRS.
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Ricardo Espinosa
W H I P S A W is great!
3/22/12
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shaker33: I agree Richard, good call yesterday on 1392.
3/22/12
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Ricardo Espinosa: Thanks shaker, we´ll see if market can shake&bake tomorrow
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Dr. Kris
Today's investing bright spot: $BAC preferred shares hitting new highs--E, G, H, J, L series. Yields in the 3.8 - 4.7% range.
3/6/12
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DeepValueLover: The preferreds are STILL amazing bargains. Like being paid to acquire undervalued assets!
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Dr. Kris
Income Alert! Closed-end fund H&CTL Life Sciences ($HQL) breaking out to a new high @ $13.50. Current yield is 19%--yes, you read that right!
2/7/12
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Tom in Texas: I bought ALSK yielding 19%+. One week later they cut the div. by 77%.
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Lin777: I had ALSK at the same time. One of my biggest losers ever!
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