Reading yesterday’s news on the remains of Van der Moolen in the Financieele Dagblad. Turns out at least seven spin-off’s have been created from the wrecked company. One may wonder how many of the seven dwarfs will survive in 2010. Fairy tales usually have a happy ending, so maybe we could say “and they livedRead more
The year 2009 is almost gone, and trading has been fairly quiet as usual during the last weeks. Plenty of time to look back on the events of 2009. All Options to buy Saen Options One of the few main events this year happened straight in the first month. January 28th the market maker AllRead more
The title says it all. Somebody definitely needs to get rid of his brand new Renault Scenic with license plate 16-JNZ-5. Hardly ever used and in perfect condition. As good as new. The car is part of the remaining assets of Van der Moolen, to be auctioned somewhere in January 2010. Together with the otherRead more
After some 500 negative comments on the earlier posts on the fall of Van der Moolen, this won’t really come as a big surprise. The company finally filed for bankruptcy Wednesday night. One day earlier the brokerage department (Aespen) escaped the burning house with a management buy-out. The press release noted that discussions on the transferRead more
Last short post on the fall of Van der Moolen ignited an explosion of comments. Between the funny jokes and vicious attacks more valuable inside information was published than any single editor could think of. This website can’t handle more than 200 comments as I discovered. Real Madrid – Barcelona for VDM board? The newsRead more
