Espial Group Inc ESPAF

House positions following 'Black Wednesday'

[luberon]

House positions Oct 29, 2015 - March 5, 2016
	1	4	18	33	42	59	62	74	83	87
	Anon	CanFitz	EuPac	Canacc	GloMax	PI	Haywood	GMP	Mackie	Beacon
Oct	-391	0	-21.7	-7.4	2.6	22.8	-338	162.6	12.3	265.9
Nov	-345.7	0	-126.3	-20.2	3.4	22.2	-9.8	-192	-1	455.5
Dec	6.9	0	11.2	-14.6	-2.7	-268	-0.8	23.7	47.8	288.8
Jan	23.8	0	34.9	6	0	-28.6	-20.7	-112	40.9	170.7
Feb	-143.3	0	17.9	11.2	0	-106	0	-27	-58	-155.9
Mar	-3.9	11.2	22.8	-1.5	0	-5	0	1	0	116.5
Total	-853.2	11.2	-61.2	-26.5	3.3	-362.6	-369.3	-143.7	42	1141.5

Hope this shows up correctly and that the stats are useful in pursuing your DD.

There may be some transcription errors so check any interesting data yourself before arriving at any conclusions.

Note: Ralph Garcea was with GlobalMaxfin but is now with CantorFitz.  Pardeep Sangha was with PI but is now with Haywood.

[luberon]

I should have mentioned that this was not intended to be a comprehensive list of brokers involved in trading ESP - just those that from (my) memory have provided analyst reports, participated in financings etc.

[luberon]

We read on this board that on October 29, Haywood issued a "buy" with a revised target of $4.40.   We see from the stats that from that date thru February, Haywood was net -369.3 shares.  I also note that the analyst's former brokerage (PI) was also shedding over 300k shares, net. On Feb 19, Haywood re-issued its buy rec at $4.40.   We note from the stats that

[sr71loki]

Beacon is net +1141.5 shares since October and up +116.5 in March alone.  And for those who are just learning, that's x1000 shares. Without getting into nefarious accusations in any way, this looks curious to me. Anyone have some insight into possibilities that they can contribute to our understanding of how the market works? 

[luberon]

Looks pretty simple to me. Either 1) Beacon is really, really positive on Espial's outlook, or 2) Beacon is Espial's market maker and is simply carrying out the responsibilities that that entails. Hope that this helps!