Pension funds, already deeply underwater on their illiquid private equity investments that they piled into during #ZIRP years, are now taking up hundreds of billions in leverage to invest in $NVDA, $INTC, and other “hot” names. So far, no one has managed to convincingly rationalize this idiocy. Real estate developers’…
Author: Dario
IS $NVDA CURRENTLY EMPLOYING THE SAME ACCOUNTING TRICK TO INFLATE ITS MARGINS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY CAUGHT USING DURING THE DOT-COM BUBBLE?
In March 2011, the $NVDA CFO at that time, David White, suddenly resigned due to “personal reasons”. The company then took 2 years to find its new CFO, Colette Kress, who has remained in the role ever since. In 2011, David White was 55 years old and had only been…
THE SEC IS NOW THE GATEKEEPER OF AN ASYLUM WITH A NUCLEAR REACTOR AT ITS CENTER
The #SEC was established in the aftermath of the 1929 crash to prevent a similar disaster from happening again, right? For those who don’t know, these are the two pillars on which the US Congress drafted and passed the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:…
A MESSAGE FROM #CHINA : DEBT DETOXING IS GOING TO BE LONG, PAINFUL AND NEEDED NOT TO RISK THE ECONOMY DIES OF OVERDOSE AT SOME POINT
A lot of people, including myself, often draw parallels between 2008 and today. However, what should really be compared are the first and second largest economies in the world. Both #China and the #US have fueled enormous real estate bubbles that have since become #stocks market bubbles. The only difference…
DID CREDIT SUISSE BAIL OUT $UBS?
No, I didn’t get the title wrong, I meant to say that. You know why? Because that’s what’s written in $UBS Q4-23 financial statements just released. Let’s go straight into it. Please look at Picture 1 where you can see the amount of Total Assets and Total Liabilities still attached…
WHY #CHINA MARGIN LENDING NIGHTMARE IS A BIG WARNING TO #US AND #EUROPE #STOCKS
As you know, I am currently in mainland #China, so please forgive me if I am going to be extra careful about anything I write until next week. Yesterday, #China #stocks suddenly started to free fall in what could have turned into a 1987 style crash if it wasn’t for…
WE JUST WATCHED JEROME POWELL “WALKING ON EGGS” FOR #60MINUTES!
Today, Jerome Powell reminded everyone why he fully deserves to be called Jerome Burns instead (in honor of the #FED chairman Arthur Burns, the one that couldn’t get anything right). For the entire length of his 60 Minutes interview, you can really understand: 🚩The #FED chair denies being a politician,…
THE SHOW MUST GO ON… UNTIL THE END
The famous Queen’s song is a perfect fit as the soundtrack of the current stock market, isn’t it? Anything that doesn’t fit the (manic) #fomo narrative must be ignored, even though the giant 560bn $USD size #CRE Elephant in the room is now patting people on the shoulder. What’s that…
IS $NYCB THE CANARY IN THE $UBS COAL MINE?
Sorry, folks, but after our beloved Jerome Burns’s performance at the last #FOMC, 2 things are clear: 🚩 The #FED knows they’ve screwed up the fight against #inflation and it’s going to flare back up to a point where (political) adjustment won’t be able to hide what’s obvious in the…
DEAR JEROME BURNS, TODAY YOU MUST TELL THE WORLD WHAT COMES AFTER THE #BTFP…
During the last session, investors piled into financial #stocks with $XLF up 1.26%, and several major banks had a good green day ahead of the next #FOMC. Since October, $XLF is up 24% despite banks’ books starting to have more holes than Emmental cheese 🧀 (and some even starting to…