Case StudiesA Hard Day at Rafael Rafael was heavily dependent on the success of Rafael Parmaceutical’s CPI-613 product. The trial was not successful. Investors lost over $400M.Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research at Hudson Labs·Oct 29, 2022·3 min
Hudson Labs analysisFailed SPAC mergers increased by 320% in 2022SPAC mergers seem to be collapsing. The state of the stock market and threat of recession appear to be the primary reasons for these failures. Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research at Hudson Labs·Oct 13, 2022·3 min
Hudson Labs analysisGovernance (sometimes) matters Governance risks at larger companies dramatically increases the likelihood of price collapse and underperformance.Kris Bennatti, CEO of Hudson Labs·Oct 6, 2022·3 min
Hudson Labs analysisAlmost 50% of de-SPAC filings reported material weaknesses The reasons for de-SPACs’ underperformance have often been fundamental problems with their management and underlying business operations. Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research at Hudson Labs·Sep 22, 2022·3 min
10-K Analysis & Red FlagsFiling after hours: When it mattersMost 10-Ks and 10-Qs are filed between 4 PM and 5:30 PM, after markets close but while EDGAR is still accepting filings. Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research at Hudson Labs·Sep 9, 2022·3 min
AI in FinanceHow language models are disrupting equity research The Hudson Labs news feed, a fully-automated real-time AI-driven news feed chronicles the worst nightmares of public companies as they happen.Suhas Pai, CTO of Hudson Labs·Sep 9, 2022·3 min
10-K Analysis & Red FlagsA Practical Guide to Finding “Dead Companies Walking”A key messages was that if you get too fixated on numbers, you can easily miss out on other critical information. Most of which is qualitative.Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research at Hudson Labs·Aug 25, 2022·3 min
Hudson Labs analysisWithum and Marcum audited over 78% of all SPACs since 2020With all these accounting and financial reporting issues, we questioned who is auditing the SPACs? We arrived at some very interesting findings.Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research at Hudson Labs·Aug 4, 2022·3 min
Hudson Labs analysisTop 13 Financial APIs That Will Actually Help You InvestServices that provide stock price, market and fundamentals data via API for algorithmic traders and data-focused investors.Kris Bennatti, CEO of Hudson Labs·Aug 3, 2022·3 min