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07-11-2014, 09:01 AM
at the moment..someone is killing it from it..
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Cynk Surges 36,000% as Buzz Builds for 1-Employee Company
The financial world has become obsessed with Cynk Technology Corp., a stock that sold for a few pennies for most of its existence before exploding more than 36,000 percent to give it a market value...
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Cynk Technology Is The New Scheme In Town
Jul. 10, 2014 2:58 PM ET | 45 comments | About: Cynk Technology Corp. (CYNK), Includes: CBCA
Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a short position in CYNK over the next 72 hours. (More...)
Summary
Cynk Technology is an abomination and a clear short sell which will drop 99.9% with 100% certainty.
However, it's also an example of a new kind of scheme built to extract money from the market.
This article explains the scheme.
You've probably never heard of Cynk Technology (OTCPK:CYNK). Unless you've been following Twitter the last couple of days, that is (Source for chart: Interactive Brokers).
(click to enlarge)
CYNK now has nearly $6 billion in market capitalization. Which isn't bad for a company you've never heard of. That has 1 employee, no website and nearly no cash to its name. $6 billion for a company which doesn't exist, basically. It's even worse than Cannabis Capital (OTCQB:CBCA) and it will obviously fall 99.9% at some point.
However, CYNK also heralds a new age. It heralds the appearance of a new type of scheme engineered to take money from the market. A scheme which will naturally prevail until the SEC shuts it down.
How does this new scheme work
In the most simple of forms, the scheme goes like this:
A tight group of insiders controlling 100% of the stock of a company, trades between themselves until the stock is at an obviously unsustainable valuation;
Then, this group of insiders lets there be some shares available for selling short;
Naturally, some valuation-driven short sellers cannot believe their luck and short sell the stock at what's a clearly unsustainable valuation - like, say, $2 for a company like CYNK;
Here, the fun starts. The insiders once again shut down the availability of stock to sell short, thus shutting down the supply of stock, and at the same time drive the stock powerfully up. Up 100%, 500%, 1000% as with CYNK;
At this point, even reasonable short sellers who only sold 5% of their portfolio have a problem. The position compounds against them and becomes huge. Even a 5% position turns into a 50% position that wipes out half of their portfolio;
Here, two things can happen: either the short sellers cover, thus closing out the insiders at a gain, or they try to hold onto the position - certain that it will, at some point, go down 99.9%.
But this is where the scheme gets really creative. Since insiders control the shares being lent and sold short, they also control the pricing short sellers need to pay just to keep their positions open. This pricing is the so-called "short rebate". And this is what happens in a stock like CYNK (Source: Interactive Brokers, red and green highlights are mine):
(click to enlarge)
Notice how 7 days ago, there was stock to be borrowed. Notice also how the short rebate shoot up into the sky and now stands at 120%.
The problem is not just that the position now needs to pay a fee at an annualized 120%. It's also that this 120% applies to the current stock quote, so in effect the position will be paying 1200% on the short seller's cost basis!
And therein lies the scheme. Either the short sellers quit or they pay through their nose at such a clip that even if they don't quit, they lose. Unless the SEC shuts it down or until someone in the insider circle breaks loose and makes more supply available to the general market, at which point this will, indeed, drop 99.9% with 100% certainty.
Conclusion
Beware of CYNK. It's a scam that's been driven to a $6 billion market capitalization. Yet, there is a rational scheme behind it which should allow its promoters to profit even if the stock ultimately drops 99.9% with 100% certainty.
The scheme involves both a traditional short squeeze, and the racking up of massive short borrowing fees. The stock will drop 99.9%, but those driving it up will probably make out like bandits, unless the SEC does something about it.
Editor's Note: This article discusses one or more securities that do not trade on a major exchange. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2309115-cynk-technology-is-t he-new-scheme-in-town (http://seekingalpha.com/article/2309115-cynk-technology-is-the-new-scheme-in-town)
https://twitter.com/search?q=%24CYNK&src=ctag
Bloomberg News
Cynk Surges 36,000% as Buzz Builds for 1-Employee Company
The financial world has become obsessed with Cynk Technology Corp., a stock that sold for a few pennies for most of its existence before exploding more than 36,000 percent to give it a market value...
View on web
Here is whats going on :-
Paulo Santos, Think Finance (601 clicks)
Long/short equity, arbitrage, event-driven, research analyst
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Cynk Technology Is The New Scheme In Town
Jul. 10, 2014 2:58 PM ET | 45 comments | About: Cynk Technology Corp. (CYNK), Includes: CBCA
Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a short position in CYNK over the next 72 hours. (More...)
Summary
Cynk Technology is an abomination and a clear short sell which will drop 99.9% with 100% certainty.
However, it's also an example of a new kind of scheme built to extract money from the market.
This article explains the scheme.
You've probably never heard of Cynk Technology (OTCPK:CYNK). Unless you've been following Twitter the last couple of days, that is (Source for chart: Interactive Brokers).
(click to enlarge)
CYNK now has nearly $6 billion in market capitalization. Which isn't bad for a company you've never heard of. That has 1 employee, no website and nearly no cash to its name. $6 billion for a company which doesn't exist, basically. It's even worse than Cannabis Capital (OTCQB:CBCA) and it will obviously fall 99.9% at some point.
However, CYNK also heralds a new age. It heralds the appearance of a new type of scheme engineered to take money from the market. A scheme which will naturally prevail until the SEC shuts it down.
How does this new scheme work
In the most simple of forms, the scheme goes like this:
A tight group of insiders controlling 100% of the stock of a company, trades between themselves until the stock is at an obviously unsustainable valuation;
Then, this group of insiders lets there be some shares available for selling short;
Naturally, some valuation-driven short sellers cannot believe their luck and short sell the stock at what's a clearly unsustainable valuation - like, say, $2 for a company like CYNK;
Here, the fun starts. The insiders once again shut down the availability of stock to sell short, thus shutting down the supply of stock, and at the same time drive the stock powerfully up. Up 100%, 500%, 1000% as with CYNK;
At this point, even reasonable short sellers who only sold 5% of their portfolio have a problem. The position compounds against them and becomes huge. Even a 5% position turns into a 50% position that wipes out half of their portfolio;
Here, two things can happen: either the short sellers cover, thus closing out the insiders at a gain, or they try to hold onto the position - certain that it will, at some point, go down 99.9%.
But this is where the scheme gets really creative. Since insiders control the shares being lent and sold short, they also control the pricing short sellers need to pay just to keep their positions open. This pricing is the so-called "short rebate". And this is what happens in a stock like CYNK (Source: Interactive Brokers, red and green highlights are mine):
(click to enlarge)
Notice how 7 days ago, there was stock to be borrowed. Notice also how the short rebate shoot up into the sky and now stands at 120%.
The problem is not just that the position now needs to pay a fee at an annualized 120%. It's also that this 120% applies to the current stock quote, so in effect the position will be paying 1200% on the short seller's cost basis!
And therein lies the scheme. Either the short sellers quit or they pay through their nose at such a clip that even if they don't quit, they lose. Unless the SEC shuts it down or until someone in the insider circle breaks loose and makes more supply available to the general market, at which point this will, indeed, drop 99.9% with 100% certainty.
Conclusion
Beware of CYNK. It's a scam that's been driven to a $6 billion market capitalization. Yet, there is a rational scheme behind it which should allow its promoters to profit even if the stock ultimately drops 99.9% with 100% certainty.
The scheme involves both a traditional short squeeze, and the racking up of massive short borrowing fees. The stock will drop 99.9%, but those driving it up will probably make out like bandits, unless the SEC does something about it.
Editor's Note: This article discusses one or more securities that do not trade on a major exchange. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2309115-cynk-technology-is-t he-new-scheme-in-town (http://seekingalpha.com/article/2309115-cynk-technology-is-the-new-scheme-in-town)