“Many observers maintained that the AMR and UAL option activity leading up to September 11 constitutes strong evidence that there had been trading on advance knowledge of the attacks” In “Unusual Option Market Activity and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001” published in 2006, the author provided a very…
Category:Financial Analysis
IS SOFTBANK TRYING TO SQUEEZE ARM INTO MAJOR INDEXES TO FORCE PASSIVE INVESTING BIDS AND LIQUIDATE THE STOCK WITHOUT CRASHING IT?
ARM is both a joy and a problem for Softbank, why? On one side, the stock is Masa Son’s current jewel of the crown, but on the other, #Softbank owns 90% of it, precluding them from liquidating the investment and gathering badly needed cash to repay its mounting debt. I…
WHICH BANKS ARE AT RISK OF GOING BUST IN A LIQUIDITY CRISIS? – EPISODE 2
In September 2023, I addressed for the first time the (nasty) topic of #banks’ balance sheet health in the “This time is not different” post on X. After that, I expanded the analysis to large US and European banks in “WHICH BANKS ARE AT RISK OF GOING BUST IN A…
THE STORY OF CREDIT SUISSE, ARCHEGOS, AND A SWAP THAT “SCREAMS” GME
If you are a Prime Broker dealing with a US client involved in “questionable” trading activities in the US, how are you going to deal with that to keep doing business while staying at a safe distance from the US watchdog? Easy, you carry on the business from a different…
WHY WE ARE BUILDING SYNNAX, AND WHY CREDIT INTELLIGENCE IS THE FUTURE
As many of you know, I am quite fond of digging deep into corporate financials. However, there is a physical limit to how much a person can cover. Furthermore, it requires a long time and experience to not miss the nuances of increasingly complex financial reporting documents. Add to this…
THE SILENT “BUY NOW PAY LATER” CANCER SPREADING IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Since my first article on the topic several days ago (WHO ARE TODAY’S “NINJA” SUBPRIME LENDERS? SHOCKINGLY… PENSION FUNDS), where I focused on the fact that pension funds are shockingly the predominant buyers of “Buy Now Pay Later” CLOs, I have continued my investigation into this incredibly obscure part of…
APPLE CREDIT CARD – THE (RADIOACTIVE) WORM INSIDE THE APPLE?
“Apple Card” was officially launched on the 20th of August 2019 with great fanfare, as usual (announcement). Who was #Apple’s partner? The one and only Goldman Sachs. With such a match made in heaven, what could go wrong? Apparently, a lot, considering Apple completely removed any mention of Credit Cards…
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…
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…