Quote from Daal:
A good play here might actually be buying EBR's bonds. With the government owning 51% and the company being submissive to their demands, the company effectively has become a part of the federal government. I'm not sure how much their debt is yield but I suspect the yield has increased a lot after they said their EBITDA would tank as bond investors love to look at that to value bonds
Truth is these bonds are very close to be like government bonds
Quote from m22au:
I agree that the bonds are similar to those of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - in theory a private company, but in practice a tool of the government. In fact given the 51% government ownership, it is more of a government tool than FRE / FNM (before their conservatorship).
I don't have a Bloomberg terminal, and because it's a Brazillian company I can't find out as much information about EBR bonds than I can about AMD bonds for example.
However EBR is on the watchlist as a possible big decliner in the months and years to come.
Quote from Daal:
Looking at the daily chart, stock looks oversold as hell. Too risky to short these types of setups for me unless there is a liquidity crisis
Quote from Daal:
http://www.valor.com.br/brasil/2918408/uniao-pode-rever-parte-das-indenizacoes-diz-tolmasquim
Government might review financial compensation for utilities. I went long to bet on squeeze
Was way too slow, could have gotten in at 3.36 but waited till price reached 3.40s