Etalon Investment Research, established in 2012 by Alex Gavrish, focuses on event driven and value situations. Seeks to exploit pricing inefficiencies that occur before or after an event. Looks at a wide range of events including activist investors, M&A deals, spin-offs, SPACs, share buybacks, restructurings and special situations. Alex authored the book: Wall Street: Back to Basics, which offers a range of thinking approaches that investors can implement to improve returns. Some of the recent ideas include: Syngenta (Monsanto deal cancellation), Activision/Vivendi buyback, Baxalta spin-off from Baxter, AgroFresh Solutions SPAC (blank-check company), Citrix Systems (activist investor).