Stop Selling Chesapeake Short

Back in May 2012, when Reuters' all out aggressive campaign against Chesapeake Energy was in full swing and the stock was trading around $14 per share, we predicted that contrary to the endless balance sheet bashing there was, in fact, much upside to CHK.

Aubrey McClendon is out as CEO of Chesapeake Energy after turning a company he founded from scratch 30 years ago into the country's second-largest natural gas producer. What happened?  The short answer is the low natural gas prices destroyed the company's earnings.

By Devon Shire: High debt loads and low natural gas prices aren't the only things that Ward and McClendon have been facing at their respective companies. Both Sandridge Energy (SD) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK) are being taken to task by unhappy and activist shareholders.

By Dana Blankenhorn: Chesapeake Energy (CHK) has done what, in ordinary times, could have put a line under its financial problems and ethical concerns.

By Stock Croc:Chesapeake (CHK) has been in the news for the past month and at times the headlines have been frightening.

By Jason Merriam:By now, most investors have come to understand how critical the liquidity situation at Chesapeake Energy (CHK) is. In previous "bearish" observations on CHK, many bulls disagreed vehemently with our analysis of the financial statements, concerns about earnings quality and the numerous off-balance sheet obligations.

By SogoTrade: By John J Critchley Jr. Chesapeake Energy (CHK) has been almost a daily fixture in the financial media and has been taking a beating in the past few months.

Chesapeake Energy recently gave a new investors presentation intending to attract more money. They started off with the statement:“During the past five weeks CHK has withstood an unprecendented negative media campaign,” it says. “While damaging in the short run to our reputation, these attacks have failed, and will continue to fail, to reduce the value of the company’s assets and our long-term attractiveness to investors.