The Gardener
Terrafirma Phobic
The thing with buying BK stocks is that after a CH.11 the prefered shares, bondholders,debt holders, employees get paid before common shares. And in most Ch.11 cases they get wiped out. Even if they survive after re-emergence from BK (if they even do) the company ususally issues BRAND NEW shares rendering old ones worthless..
There are exceptions especially when assets exceed liabilities the company may throw the shareholders a bone, which in the case of Calpine, Bally's, and Mirant have. Their old shares were converted to X ammount of new one and they were given warrents (or options in the new company. Also if an EQUITY COMMITTEE is formed by shareholders it is a good sign. with the exception of Enron and Worlcom of course.
Now in CH. 7 which is a complete liquidation of a ocmpany almost always sharheolders may recieve something if there is something left.
I am certainly not sitting here waiting for my money to come back that is for sure.