As I’ve mentioned previously, I have been enjoying a free trial courtesy of George of Fat Pitch Financials Contributor’s Corner and here is my review.

Basics
The main premise behind Contributor’s Corner is to provide “arbitrage and special situation opportunities in the stock market for small time investors.” One of the more common examples of this is a company trying to “go private” by buying back all the existing publicly traded shares.

For example, let’s say BigBob Enterprises (BOB) has 100,000 shares currently trading at $9.00 each. If it wants to go private, it has to buy back all the shares at a price that the current shareholders as a whole would approve. So maybe it files with the SEC that it would like to buy back ...