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…
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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…
GME EPISODE 6: THE RETURN OF THE JEDI
What’s going to happen now to #GME? A straight answer to this question is going to be quite technical and boring, which is why I decided to borrow a bit from George Lucas’s Star Wars saga today to have some fun with it. Episode 1: “The Phantom Menace” If you…
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…
WHY GME IS NOT A “DAVID VS GOLIATH’ STORY, BUT A “GODZILLA VS KONG” ONE
Do you remember the scene from “The Big Short” movie when Charlie and Jamie, the dynamic duo of the “bedroom hedge fund” Brownfield, stumble across Jared Vennet’s pitch in the JP Morgan lobby? If you don’t, here is the link for a quick refresher. Keith Gill, also known as @TheRoaringKitty,…
MEANWHILE STOCKS ENJOY THE HEAVENS, BANKS ARE GOING THROUGH HELL
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…
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….
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…
NO, NVIDIA IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF A BIGGER (FRAUDULENT) PUZZLE
Yesterday, I posed this question: “WHAT IF NVIDIA SIMPLY TAGGED ALONG WITH A MICROSOFT AZURE SCAM PLAYBOOK?”. Twenty-four hours later, the company themselves replied to the question (I believe involuntarily), and the answer was “YES”. Please take a look at the part I highlighted from the #NVIDIA CFO commentary related…