Across public equities and event-driven situations, the founder directs capital into special-situation arbitrage, distressed debt and catalyst-driven stakes, emphasizing concentrated positions and activist engagement to unlock value. Jeffrey C. Smith built a market-facing track record running concentrated long-short strategies, has prior experience at hedge funds and investment banks, and uses fundamental research and proxy campaigns to influence corporate outcomes; holds a finance-related degree and is regularly cited by institutional investors for opportunistic deal sourcing.
Across public equities and event-driven situations, the founder directs capital into special-situation arbitrage, distressed debt and catalyst-driven stakes, emphasizing concentrated positions and activist engagement to unlock value. Jeffrey C. Smith built a market-facing track record running concentrated long-short strategies, has prior experience at hedge funds and investment banks, and uses fundamental research and proxy campaigns to influence corporate outcomes; holds a finance-related degree and is regularly cited by institutional investors for opportunistic deal sourcing.
Special-situation value investor deploying concentrated capital into event-driven arbitrage, distressed and catalyst situations across public equities and credit. Employs fundamental forensic research, activist playbooks and proxy campaigns to create asymmetric returns, combining long-short flexibility with targeted distressed debt positions. Prefers high-conviction, concentrated stakes with mid-term horizons to effect corporate outcomes, prioritizing capital preservation through hedged structures and downside protection. Underwrites opportunities on imbalance-driven mispricings, uses operational engagement and legal/commercial levers to accelerate realization, and sources deals through institutional networks and opportunistic market timing.
Special-situation value investor deploying concentrated capital into event-driven arbitrage, distressed and catalyst situations across public equities and credit. Employs fundamental forensic research, activist playbooks and proxy campaigns to create asymmetric returns, combining long-short flexibility with targeted distressed debt positions. Prefers high-conviction, concentrated stakes with mid-term horizons to effect corporate outcomes, prioritizing capital preservation through hedged structures and downside protection. Underwrites opportunities on imbalance-driven mispricings, uses operational engagement and legal/commercial levers to accelerate realization, and sources deals through institutional networks and opportunistic market timing.
| Trades 1300 | Longs Won 818/1300 62% | Profit Factor 2.26 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $26.11M |
| Average Win $9.95M | Best Trade (Sep 30) $278.34M | Sharpe Ratio -39.83 |
| Average Loss -$7.47M | Worst Trade (Dec 30) -$248.77M | Z-Score -10.53 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 1m 4w 1d | Expectancy $3.49M |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.67% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 622 | 560 | 498 | 436 | 373 | 311 | 249 | 187 | 124 | 62 |
| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACTG Acacia Research Corporation | 61.12M | $229.05M | $253.97M | - | $24.92M | 10.88% | -1.773% |
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. | 57.19M | $392.77M | $299.39M | - | -$93.39M | -23.78% | +0.673% |
BILL Bill Holdings Inc. | 7.03M | $372.14M | $319.18M | - | -$52.96M | -14.23% | -3.176% |
BIXI Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd. Class A Ordinary Shares | 300,000 | $2.99M | $3.03M | - | $42,000 | 1.41% | +0.099% |
BIXIW Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd. Warrant | 149,999 | $44,550 | $32,999.78 | - | -$11,550.22 | -25.93% | -18.519% |
BLMN Bloomin' Brands Inc. | 4.18M | $103.17M | $41.14M | - | -$62.03M | -60.12% | -0.906% |
DT Dynatrace, Inc. | 8.87M | $365.22M | $533.11M | - | $167.89M | 45.97% | -5.657% |
FLR Fluor Corporation | 1.59M | $62.87M | $74.36M | - | $11.49M | 18.28% | -1.668% |
FLS Flowserve Corporation | 1.44M | $106.91M | $100.96M | - | -$5.95M | -5.56% | -1.039% |
GPGI GPGI Inc | 5.03M | $85.96M | $62.08M | - | -$23.88M | -27.78% | -2.679% |
HR Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated | 1.94M | $32.82M | $33.57M | - | $755,144.13 | 2.3% | -0.115% |
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 8.88M | $600.81M | $641.42M | - | $40.61M | 6.76% | -1.068% |
KMX CarMax Inc. | 3.21M | $133.32M | $169.49M | - | $36.17M | 27.13% | +0.456% |
KVUE Kenvue Inc. | 27.31M | $557.24M | $513.25M | - | -$43.99M | -7.89% | +0.67% |
LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 5.73M | $242.32M | $306.14M | - | $63.82M | 26.34% | -1.513% |
MTCH Match Group, Inc. | 7.78M | $257.72M | $330.48M | - | $72.76M | 28.23% | -3.617% |
NWS News Corporation | 2.43M | $62.53M | $79.62M | - | $17.09M | 27.33% | -0.938% |
NWSA News Corporation | 2.04M | $55.14M | $60.99M | - | $5.85M | 10.61% | -1.075% |
QRVO Qorvo Inc. | 5.61M | $406.33M | $640.67M | - | $234.34M | 57.67% | 0.0 |
RIOT Riot Platforms, Inc. | 10.11M | $148.83M | $139.43M | - | -$9.4M | -6.32% | -11.065% |