Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Because the World Cries Out For Extremely High Risk Short Term Trades

Via FinViz:

DLNG Dynagas LNG Partners LP daily Stock Chart

$7.77, down 20 cents (2.51%) last.

A couple notes on this chart:
1) The late July spike was concurrent with the release of the June 30th 3-and-6 month report.
2) The stock has tested the current support four times since early May. That is not a 'base' that is testing support.
The company will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 after the close in New York on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

The risks:
1) It's a Greek shipping company. Based in Monaco. Traded in the U.S. With an untraded (read opaque) sister company.
2) The company just closed (Oct. 24) a "$55,000,000 Public Offering of 8.75% Series B Fixed to Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units."

Astute—or even semi-conscious—reader will note that in addition to taking a lot of words* to name what was being sold, the dividend offered was considerably above the risk-free rate.

On the other hand the company will be taking delivery of three brand-spanking-new ice-breaking LNG tankers from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for the Russian Northern Sea Route:

https://www.lngworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dsme-names-three-yamal-lng-tankers-320x240.jpg

One final note, these things move fast and "Ya snooze, ya lose" is not just a rhymey aphorism. Here's the last Monaco base LNG hauler we looked at:

GLOG GasLog Ltd. daily Stock Chart
15% and right back down.

*See also July's "Structured Products Are Back Baby!" wherein Alphaville's Dan McCrum introduces us to the
"Auto-Callable Contingent Coupon Barrier Notes Linked to the Lesser Performing of Four Equity Securities, Due July 1, 2021."
As noted at the time: "How can anyone look upon this and not weep tears of joy?"

Dynagas LNG Partners LP press release page.