It’s been some time since I first rang the alarm bell about the crisis unfolding in the Commercial Real Estate sector (#CRE) in the US. Banks’ risk departments were largely ignoring this crisis, an issue I highlighted in my previous post, ”The great paradox of CRE lending: while owners are…
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THE CRITICAL LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW THAT MAKE NAKED SHORT-SELLING “LEGAL”
Why did the South Korean financial services regulator commence investigations into potential illegal naked short selling? In September 2023, over 50,000 citizens, frustrated with their losses in the Korean stock market, petitioned the government to investigate unfair trading practices, especially naked short selling, purportedly carried out by brokers and banks….
HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DUMB (CENTRAL BANKS) AND DUMBER (GOVERNMENTS)
Have you ever watched the movie “Dumb and Dumber”? If you have not, you should. If that’s not your genre, at least do me a favor and watch this 41-second video clip here before reading this article. “That’s as good as money sir, those are IOUs”, isn’t this sentence striking…
IS MAGNETAR CAPITAL BLOWING AIR INTO THE NVIDIA (PONZI) SCHEME SO THEY CAN BET ON ITS IMPLOSION?
First of all, what is Magnetar Capital (MC)? It’s a hedge fund, no wait, it’s a private equity, no actually it’s a shadow bank, ehm, what the heck is MC? It’s a very interesting combination of the three categories I mentioned above and it has been working quite well for…
THE DARK CORNERS OF NVIDIA 10-Q REVEAL THE EXTENT OF THE NVIDIA FRAUD
The #Nvidia 10-Q for the latest quarter is now out, and I have to admit the company is doing an incredibly good job in covering its back from any potential legal consequences of its actions once the incredible Ponzi scheme they are part of will inevitably collapse under its own…
AFTER JAPAN, NOW IT’S EUROPE’S TURN TO SACRIFICE ITSELF TO KEEP THE US MARKET BUBBLE ALIVE UNTIL THE ELECTIONS
At the European Central Bank (#ECB), they are so adamant about cutting rates lately that they are barely sparing a single day to remind markets about it (The time is ripe to cut interest rates next week, European Central Bank’s Rehn says). But, why such a rush when, even according…
IS THIS HOW BANKS ARE CONCEALING THEIR LOSSES ON SILVER SHORT POSITIONS?
Silver is garnering attention lately, with its price movements suggesting the onset of a short squeeze. Silver is no stranger to dramatic short squeezes. The most notorious silver short squeeze took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s, executed by Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt. These sons…
WHO ARE TODAY’S “NINJA” SUBPRIME LENDERS? SHOCKINGLY… PENSION FUNDS
Over the past few weeks, I have been delving into the “buy now pay later” (BNPL) phenomenon to determine the extent to which this sector could pose a risk to the financial system. Firstly, BNPL is not a “new thing” at all, but rather, it is the evolution of what…
THE ETHEREUM ETF IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN YOU THINK
Earlier this year in “WHY A BITCOIN ETF WILL REMOVE THE BARRIER BETWEEN CENTRAL BANKS’ MONEY PRINTING AND CRYPTO” we saw a great leap forward being taken toward the fungibility of the crypto and Fiat ecosystems. Was the SEC on board with it? Of course, it wasn’t, and not because…
HOW TO FABRICATE REVENUES FOR DUMMIES (A GUIDE)
Dear readers and followers, considering all the material and inspiration provided lately by great corporate barons and myopic regulators, for fairness, I decided to write a brief guide on how to fabricate revenues so everyone can benefit from it, and not only the big corporations that can afford to pay…