HSBC Q1-25 financial earnings have just been released and despite a 25% earnings drop compared to the previous year, the market couldn’t resist rewarding the bank, sending its shares higher (~2% at the moment) for announcing its first interim dividend of 2025 and, most importantly, for increasing its share buyback…
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WHAT HSBC ISN’T TELLING US: UNCOVERING THE RED FLAGS AND HIDDEN RISKS IN THEIR Q3 REPORT
Dear reader, please accept my apologies, but today’s article is going to be quite short. Why? Because in its latest quarterly release HSBC disclosed pretty much nothing relevant to truly assess its balance sheet’s strength in the 71 pages made available to the public. However, even if you can clearly…
WILL BANKS MANAGE TO HIDE THEIR MOUNTAIN OF LOSSES FOR ONE MORE QUARTER?
The previous quarter, banks truly stretched any possible accounting and regulatory standard to the limit to kick the can down the road, hoping a #FED rate cut could give them some relief. Unfortunately for them, not only did this not happen, but today our dear Jerome Burns reminded everyone that…
IS HSBC CEO “UNEXPECTEDLY” LEAVING BECAUSE THE BANK WON’T BE ABLE TO HIDE ITS PROBLEMS FOR MUCH LONGER?
Did anyone expect HSBC CEO Noel Quinn to step down yesterday? Clearly not: However, a 3 billion$ buyback plus a 21c special dividend announcement sweetened the bitter pill of the CEO’s resignation so much that the investors’ sugar-high reaction was quite remarkable, with the stock closing up 4% and now…
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES HSBC IS INSOLVENT AND FIGHTING A LIQUIDITY CRISIS? – EPISODE 2
In the first episode, we dived into $HSBC’s liquidity issues. Now, it’s time to peek into its lending books to close the circle on this (beyond messy) bank. 🚩 As hinted in my previous post, despite a market increase in total loan exposure (that, for the record, $HSBC mostly blames…
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES $HSBC IS INSOLVENT AND FIGHTING A LIQUIDITY CRISIS?
Apologies for the delay, but it took a while to go through the 450 pages of the $HSBC annual report. 🙏🏻 However, what I am about to show you is worth a huge bucket of 🍿 let’s go. 🚩 #1 – REPO HALLUCINATIONS According to its report, $HSBC should be…
$HSBC – A TURNAROUND STORY, A SECRET TAKEOVER OR A PUMP & DUMP?”
On October 30 2023, after the latest $HSBC financial report release, I took a deep dive into their numbers, highlighting how the bank was still “walking on waters” (Post below). Prior to that, I highlighted many things within their balance sheet that simply didn’t add up (TwitterX). Nevertheless, the stock…