# ![@lizrhoffman Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::22311164.png) @lizrhoffman Liz Hoffman

Liz Hoffman posts on X about money, $tw, $wsh, wall street the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  29.52% [stocks](/list/stocks)  7.62% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  7.62% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  3.81% [countries](/list/countries)  3.81% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2.86% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.9% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.95% [us election](/list/us-election)  0.95%

**Social topic influence**
[money](/topic/money) 4.76%, [$tw](/topic/$tw) 4.76%, [$wsh](/topic/$wsh) 4.76%, [wall street](/topic/wall-street) 3.81%, [davos](/topic/davos) 3.81%, [ipo](/topic/ipo) 2.86%, [doj](/topic/doj) 1.9%, [maga](/topic/maga) 1.9%, [finance](/topic/finance) 1.9%, [white house](/topic/white-house) 1.9%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@semafor](/creator/undefined) [@rogoswami](/creator/undefined) [@semaforben](/creator/undefined) [@abudealasaad](/creator/undefined) [@getbasiccapital](/creator/undefined) [@vanyawright](/creator/undefined) [@wsj](/creator/undefined) [@matthewstoller](/creator/undefined) [@jbillinsons](/creator/undefined) [@davecbenoit](/creator/undefined) [@michaelstone](/creator/undefined) [@billackmans](/creator/undefined) [@danprimack](/creator/undefined) [@hiltonhotels](/creator/undefined) [@raydalio](/creator/undefined) [@economictimes](/creator/undefined) [@squawkcnbc](/creator/undefined) [@morningjoe](/creator/undefined) [@jfkamerica](/creator/undefined) [@maureenmfarrell](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Tradeweb Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock (TW)](/topic/$tw) [Hilton Hotels Corporation Common Stock (HLT)](/topic/hilton-hotels) [Tradetomato (TTM)](/topic/$ttm) [Goldman Sachs (GS)](/topic/goldman-sachs) [Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD)](/topic/crowdstrike) [Shopify Inc (SHOP)](/topic/$shop) [Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX)](/topic/$fcx) [Pfizer, Inc. (PFE)](/topic/$pfe)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The No. [--] at DOJ antitrust just quit. Lots of turnover as tensions simmer between line trustbusters and Trump brass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020985627081130442)  2026-02-09T22:18Z 21.4K followers, 66.4K engagements


"@jbillinsons finest work yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2022014465689157974)  2026-02-12T18:26Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements


"The clearest sign of tensions inside Trump administration's antitrust world: messy HR fights https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2026/doj-antitrust-chief-gail-slater-and-attorney-general-pam-bondi-clashed-over-firing-of-aide https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2026/doj-antitrust-chief-gail-slater-and-attorney-general-pam-bondi-clashed-over-firing-of-aide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2019930038947455470)  2026-02-07T00:23Z 21.3K followers, 16.6K engagements


"Were just never going to trust anything ever again huh A potential Super Bowl halftime show insider has been spotted. This wallet was created yesterday and is exclusivly trading Super Bowl halftime show markets. It currently has $47K deployed and is the largest holder in the Lady Gaga market with 22K shares. Across every position: https://t.co/muVR5OzaVs A potential Super Bowl halftime show insider has been spotted. This wallet was created yesterday and is exclusivly trading Super Bowl halftime show markets. It currently has $47K deployed and is the largest holder in the Lady Gaga market with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2020675021325103300)  2026-02-09T01:44Z 21.3K followers, 23.6K engagements


"@semaforben "Intelligence for the new world economy" was taken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2020933915536760933)  2026-02-09T18:52Z 21.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The No. [--] at DOJ antitrust just quit. Lots of turnover as tensions simmer between line trustbusters and Trump brass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2020974483226624443)  2026-02-09T21:33Z 21.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Wild that David Solomon stood by Ruemmler as long he did. Every time I called around I heard some version of she never did anything wrong. Maybe they still think that but what a weird hill to die on twice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2022165924237979775)  2026-02-13T04:28Z 21.4K followers, 12.5K engagements


"might as well be the admin on mergers and acquisitions go the moans in the MAGA populist group chats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2022810705016037517)  2026-02-14T23:10Z 21.4K followers, 10.9K engagements


"Your annual reminder that the best time to buy a mattress isnt Presidents Day its when private equity forgets that mattresses are the third rail of profitable commerce and grabs hold of it and inevitably goes bankrupt. Just sit tight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2023420761508319732)  2026-02-16T15:34Z 21.4K followers, 19.9K engagements


"This seems right to me but well find out how many software companies are just slick UI and annoying lock-in effects on top of pretty basic code on the software is dead narrative: my intuition is that ai makes strong software companies stronger and weak software companies weaker. this is because the moat of strong software companies was never software but rather distribution proprietary data workflow integration on the software is dead narrative: my intuition is that ai makes strong software companies stronger and weak software companies weaker. this is because the moat of strong software"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2019134114251858065)  2026-02-04T19:41Z 21.3K followers, [----] engagements


"This specific bet outperformed Treausrys last year. Just another market getting sadly arbitraged away BREAKING: The odds of Jesus Christ returning this year have doubled overnight. 4% chance. https://t.co/fPOVV8aFSA BREAKING: The odds of Jesus Christ returning this year have doubled overnight. 4% chance. https://t.co/fPOVV8aFSA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2019137759055860065)  2026-02-04T19:55Z 21.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@DaveCBenoit @MichaelStone Gotta be Sprint/SB/Clearwire. Sprint held together simultaneous buy- and sell-side deals in face of [--] challengers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/412633760811593728)  2013-12-16T17:22Z 21.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Its true Cant wait https://www.axios.com/2022/06/09/semafor-hires-liz-hoffman-editor https://www.axios.com/2022/06/09/semafor-hires-liz-hoffman-editor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1534924917657022464)  2022-06-09T15:46Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Its been an incredible [--] years at WSJ where I got the journalism education of a lifetime. Will miss it but excited to try something new"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1534925645293277185)  2022-06-09T15:49Z 20.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Finally robot finance approaches gender parity. Dave Marcus Finn Mr Cooper Erica Bridget https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-24/a-chatbot-that-gives-stock-buy-sell-advice-cleared-by-israel https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-24/a-chatbot-that-gives-stock-buy-sell-advice-cleared-by-israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1838666316648939974)  2024-09-24T19:46Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Federal prosecutors just charged [---] Partners founder Josh Wander with stealing $500 million from investors and lenders. this is the bananas insurance-sports-investments story we've been covering since [----] https://www.semafor.com/article/11/15/2023/mystery-investor-777-partners-bought-european-sports-teams-with-insurance-customers-cash https://www.semafor.com/article/11/15/2023/mystery-investor-777-partners-bought-european-sports-teams-with-insurance-customers-cash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1978885465030721911)  2025-10-16T18:07Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"SDNY US Attorney Jay Clayton: [---] founder Josh Wander "cheated private lenders and investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars by pledgingassetsthat his firm did not own & falsifying bank statements." Alleging a $500M fraud"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1978886499773853828)  2025-10-16T18:11Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Murdochs paper has been going after Trumps economic policies for a while. The White House is hitting back Its called The Wall Street Journal and not The Main Street Journal for a reason: the @WSJ Editorial Board has a built-in bias towards big banks. That bias was on full display this month in an editorial that shrugged off the damage Dodd-Frank has inflicted on small and Its called The Wall Street Journal and not The Main Street Journal for a reason: the @WSJ Editorial Board has a built-in bias towards big banks. That bias was on full display this month in an editorial that shrugged off the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1984260158646866225)  2025-10-31T14:04Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"You can be the first to bet on how many words will be in @BillAckman's first tweet after the NYC mayoral election. His record is [----]. https://polymarket.com/event/longest-bill-ackman-tweet-of-all-time-by-wednesday https://polymarket.com/event/longest-bill-ackman-tweet-of-all-time-by-wednesday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1985790820998402114)  2025-11-04T19:26Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@danprimack No just that they thought $7.3b was a fair price for an asset that ultimately cleared the market with the exact same bidders at $10b. Called that putt a little early"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1987948659619647971)  2025-11-10T18:21Z 20.9K followers, [---] engagements


"S&P [---] futures are down 1% JUST IN: Stock market is now in "extreme fear" JUST IN: Stock market is now in "extreme fear""  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1989323418110488586)  2025-11-14T13:23Z 21.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Among the CEOs joining the Trump-MBS summit Wednesday I'm told: Salesforce's Marc Benioff Pfizer's Albert Bourla a16z's Ben Horowitz Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman Chevron's Mike Wirth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1990575463157350811)  2025-11-18T00:19Z 21.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Larry Summers in the classroom today at Harvard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1991119166615830731)  2025-11-19T12:19Z 21.1K followers, 42.4K engagements


"Were thinking about him for the Fed Trump says of Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent. But he wants no part of it so well cross his name off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1991193404802277523)  2025-11-19T17:14Z 21.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Your reminder that Hilton hotels are not actually owned by Hilton. Theyre owned by midsized mostly family-run hotel portfolios in industry dominated for its own quirky reasons by Indian immigrants. NO ROOM AT THE INN @HiltonHotels has launched a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to REFUSE service to DHS law enforcement. When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations. This is https://t.co/qKMKypGtzi NO ROOM AT THE INN @HiltonHotels has launched a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to REFUSE service to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2008244984680677775)  2026-01-05T18:31Z 21.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Stocks are now up for the day and Treasurys have barely sneezed. Market is either reading the Fed attack as a nonevent/theater or were all in bigger trouble and everything is broken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2010755717620228481)  2026-01-12T16:48Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Private capital has an olive-branch moment with Trump's home-buying ban https://www.semafor.com/article/01/12/2026/trumps-wall-street-home-buying-ban-wont-fix-housing-shortage-exec-says https://www.semafor.com/article/01/12/2026/trumps-wall-street-home-buying-ban-wont-fix-housing-shortage-exec-says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2011075628745851385)  2026-01-13T13:59Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I guarantee every banker in America is calling every other company in this industry saying hey I did a sum-of-the-parts this morning and have an idea L3Harris CEO fresh off Pentagon-backed spinoff tells me https://www.semafor.com/article/01/13/2026/pentagons-1b-stake-to-shake-up-defense-industry-ceo-say https://www.semafor.com/article/01/13/2026/pentagons-1b-stake-to-shake-up-defense-industry-ceo-say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2011140258877022531)  2026-01-13T18:16Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Hmm a lot of my job involves calling people on the phone this is not ideal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2011496125832847726)  2026-01-14T17:50Z 21.2K followers, 22.2K engagements


"Real estate comes out of 401ks (down payment for homes). Real estate comes into 401ks (Blackstone funds) Fun Kevin Hassett tells Fox Business: Were going to allow people to take money out of their 401(k)s and use that for a down payment The president will put the final plan out in Davos next week. Kevin Hassett tells Fox Business: Were going to allow people to take money out of their 401(k)s and use that for a down payment The president will put the final plan out in Davos next week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2012278984021787127)  2026-01-16T21:41Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"More backdoor stimulus The federal government will suspend tax refund seizures and wage garnishments for people in default on their student loans the Education Department said. The suspensions take effect immediately with no defined end date. https://t.co/oocuVcV5cl The federal government will suspend tax refund seizures and wage garnishments for people in default on their student loans the Education Department said. The suspensions take effect immediately with no defined end date. https://t.co/oocuVcV5cl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2012390916200251853)  2026-01-17T05:05Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Davos going to be lit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2012586783230284051)  2026-01-17T18:04Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Trump summoning CEOs to a reception at [--] pm Wednesday in Davos scrambling schedules Trump summoning CEOs to a reception at [--] pm Wednesday in Davos scrambling schedules"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2013340004882211032)  2026-01-19T19:57Z 21.2K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Ray Dalio serving up some political messaging for California billionaires on wealth tax debate: dont do it itll tank the entire economy. What pricks the bubble is the need for converting some of the wealth into money. Wealth and money are two very different things. You cant spend wealth. @RayDalio tells @lizrhoffman at @semafor Haus in #Davos https://t.co/hHRkQeEtr9 What pricks the bubble is the need for converting some of the wealth into money. Wealth and money are two very different things. You cant spend wealth. @RayDalio tells @lizrhoffman at @semafor Haus in #Davos https://t.co/hHRkQeEtr9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/2013608680994795791)  2026-01-20T13:44Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements


"TataMotors gives activist soft nod on new US listing. "The board will discuss that" via @EconomicTimes Backstory http://t.co/1z9E3Ljs9j $TTM http://on.wsj.com/1mkAwcS http://on.wsj.com/1mkAwcS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/495212663275028480)  2014-08-01T14:21Z 21.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Aron declined to comment this week but just posted this Throughout my long career I have successfully led many prominent companies and am proud of my impeccable reputation. In recent years AMC's millions of retail shareholders have played a central role in my life. Your passion for our company is one of my key motivators in doing Throughout my long career I have successfully led many prominent companies and am proud of my impeccable reputation. In recent years AMC's millions of retail shareholders have played a central role in my life. Your passion for our company is one of my key motivators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1712417908238766542)  2023-10-12T10:40Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements


"A pretty good explanation of what I meant when I said on @SquawkCNBC that in a normal company a CEO-sexting-blackmail-catfish situation would be bad but at AMC i genuinely dont know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1712436700406772195)  2023-10-12T11:54Z 18.3K followers, 21.6K engagements


"I cant promise CEO-sexting-catfish scandals every time but do sign up And if you missed this mornings story:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1712441944658321452)  2023-10-12T12:15Z 18.3K followers, 22.5K engagements


"KKR owes perhaps not in a legal sense but in an inevitable business sense $2.5bn to Goldman Sachs' richest clients and has basically never said so. That price tag is only growing. Latest scoop on @semafor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1714336231046119770)  2023-10-17T17:43Z 18.3K followers, [----] engagements


"And it's Ted Pick"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1717295107311902802)  2023-10-25T21:40Z 18.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Ted Pick will be the rare Wall St CEO whos actually a Wall Streeter and an archetypal one competitive profane (but working on it he tells me: there are so many other wonderful words to choose from.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1717677070996668610)  2023-10-26T22:58Z 18.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Terms of Morgan Stanley's block-trading settlement are coming into focus ending a scandal that's captivated Wall Street for [--] years. Big fine likely no criminal conviction: Scoop on @semafor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1719386570380263709)  2023-10-31T16:11Z 18.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Hopping on @Morning_Joe to talk [----] Wall Street donor malaise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1720399880160465371)  2023-11-03T11:17Z 18.3K followers, 14.9K engagements


"@JFK_America @semaforben Not mistaken Though that deal had a lot of tongues wagging too. And if you squint its not totally dissimilar to parts of Apollos business. But track record and asset allocation matters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1724895319178314005)  2023-11-15T21:01Z 18.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Aryeh Bourkoff raised money to invest in hot startups. Most of it came from an Emirati prince. Some of it went into the IPO of Abu Dhabis national gas company. His other investors were not thrilled. Scoop @semafor on the weirdness of the Gulf gold rush"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1727019716915745168)  2023-11-21T17:42Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Its hard to capture just what a disaster Bayers $63B takeover of Monsanto has been but @maureenmfarrell does a good job. Reminder: most M&A deals destroy value and the bigger they are the worse the track record"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1732408662948278582)  2023-12-06T14:36Z 18.6K followers, [---] engagements


"I'm somehow more confused now. Who is guaranteeing that $44m turns into $68m. rate swap reverse annuity what is this thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1734719190785720522)  2023-12-12T23:37Z 18.6K followers, 25.3K engagements


"Pershing is mostly Ackmans (and employees) own money and the Netherlands fund is permanent capital. He couldnt do what hes doing if he had a ton of institutional money. LPs are an imperfect but real check on behavior and Ackman doesnt have them. Bill Ackman a serious steward of $18bn of institutional capital asks are we living in the matrix Bill Ackman a serious steward of $18bn of institutional capital asks are we living in the matrix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1750620945859907597)  2024-01-25T20:45Z [--] followers, 10K engagements


"John Ray SBF's clean-up crew chief would really really like you to know that he did not screw up the most high-profile bankruptcy in history. Today's @semafor read https://www.semafor.com/article/03/28/2024/as-sbf-awaits-sentencing-his-successor-defends-aftermath https://www.semafor.com/article/03/28/2024/as-sbf-awaits-sentencing-his-successor-defends-aftermath"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1773359335210426506)  2024-03-28T14:39Z 19.2K followers, 20.4K engagements


"Lots more good stuff in today's newsletter: *Larry Fink's plan to conquer fix global retirement *Alibaba's year of treading water *$DJT's meme potential Sign up here https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/03/28/2024/sbfs-successor-defends-cleanup-of-messy-aftermath https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/03/28/2024/sbfs-successor-defends-cleanup-of-messy-aftermath"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1773361592760959035)  2024-03-28T14:48Z 19.8K followers, [---] engagements


"I asked Chancellor of the Exchequer @jeremy_hunt whether its true per Liz Truss new memoir that Downing St is infested by fleas. He says he changed the carpets at my own vast expense. @semafor World Economy Summit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1780708902960836636)  2024-04-17T21:24Z 19.3K followers, 31.4K engagements


"Jim Esposito ex-Goldman trading chief is going to Citadel Securities in Miami"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1796228861941915902)  2024-05-30T17:15Z 19.4K followers, 10.4K engagements


"Inside Bill Ackmans last-minute IPO push: A downsized goal a big ask a little leg and some typos https://www.semafor.com/article/07/25/2024/bill-ackman-slashes-pershing-square-us-target-from-25-billion-to-10-billion https://www.semafor.com/article/07/25/2024/bill-ackman-slashes-pershing-square-us-target-from-25-billion-to-10-billion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1816538158319960254)  2024-07-25T18:17Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"And now withdrawn. While we have received enormous investor interest in PSUS one principal question has remained: Would investors be better served waiting to invest in the aftermarket than in the IPO This question has inspired us to reevaluate. We will report back Bill Ackman's fund IPO went from a $10B whisper number to a $25B whisper number to a $2B actual number https://t.co/9rvwEUaXas Bill Ackman's fund IPO went from a $10B whisper number to a $25B whisper number to a $2B actual number https://t.co/9rvwEUaXas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1818728121924792589)  2024-07-31T19:19Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"One reason investors reacted so strongly to the July jobs numbers is that the jobs numbers have been way off lately consistently too rosy and getting revised down later. Nugget from todays @semafor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1820869162828189887)  2024-08-06T17:06Z 19.6K followers, 21.9K engagements


"Lots more good stuff on the markets here. * what Goldman Sachs traders were telling their clients yesterday * why Googles antitrust L might not change much * VP stakes: Silicon Valley vs Rust Belt Sign up here: https://www.semafor.com/newsletters https://www.semafor.com/newsletters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1820869839860146651)  2024-08-06T17:09Z 19.6K followers, [---] engagements


"When the head of Americas equity capital markets becomes the global head of equity capital markets POLITICO writes about this guy taking over Hamas like he got a promotion in the lobby shop at Covington. https://t.co/8uTvzFe6TX POLITICO writes about this guy taking over Hamas like he got a promotion in the lobby shop at Covington. https://t.co/8uTvzFe6TX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1821205941422841956)  2024-08-07T15:25Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@anton I read finance twitter so you dont have to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1828494726237962538)  2024-08-27T18:08Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"incredible managing up in Disney's CEO succession race here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1829172878803382779)  2024-08-29T15:02Z 19.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Congrats to both Goldman Sachs and Wharton for getting name-checked [--] minutes into this debate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1833674996494782545)  2024-09-11T01:12Z 19.8K followers, 28.2K engagements


""Quality control was not part of our process." Lots of warnings signs preceded giant Crowdstrike outage https://www.semafor.com/article/09/12/2024/ex-crowdstrike-employees-detail-rising-technical-errors-before-july-outage https://www.semafor.com/article/09/12/2024/ex-crowdstrike-employees-detail-rising-technical-errors-before-july-outage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1834251079871033366)  2024-09-12T15:21Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore tells Semafor on the Fed's rate cut: "Why couldnt this wait until the day after the election. Days before the election screams of interference." Says 50bp cut "excessive" with inflation above target"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1836507785380663530)  2024-09-18T20:49Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A look at Trumps Wall Street kitchen cabinet / maybe actual Cabinet in todays @semafor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1854599993749074174)  2024-11-07T19:01Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Here's one you don't see every day https://www.semafor.com/article/12/13/2024/board-nominee-in-air-products-activist-fight-was-accused-of-tipping-off-friend-to-merger-a-decade-ago https://www.semafor.com/article/12/13/2024/board-nominee-in-air-products-activist-fight-was-accused-of-tipping-off-friend-to-merger-a-decade-ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1867676013209026724)  2024-12-13T21:00Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Late-breaking scoop from @oliverdarcy Big stuff is happening at Semafor and cant wait for @rogoswami to get going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1869227402905412007)  2024-12-18T03:45Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Add it to the list: Satya Nadella dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago today https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2025/trump-musk-dined-with-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-at-mar-a-lago https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2025/trump-musk-dined-with-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-at-mar-a-lago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1879705533260984566)  2025-01-16T01:41Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements


"JAB finally has its insurance deal spending more than $3B to pivot a century-old European family fortune. Scoop -- https://www.semafor.com/article/02/05/2025/jab-will-buy-prosperity-life-insurance-from-elliott-management https://www.semafor.com/article/02/05/2025/jab-will-buy-prosperity-life-insurance-from-elliott-management"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1887169349506539830)  2025-02-05T16:00Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Another cryptic management shakeup at Blue Owl. #2 in the PE stakes business is unceremoniously out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1894880244185678205)  2025-02-26T22:40Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Barnburner @Semafor interview with Jamie Dimon. Highlights soon "I'm not in favor of wasting shareholder money virtual-signaling" and "FDIC should be run by the banks; it's our money" among them. Says to laughs he'll retire 1yr after Larry Fink who preceded him onstage in DC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1899903828557750649)  2025-03-12T19:22Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Big scoop from @rogoswami on the M&A deal that's become a litmus test for MAGA. https://www.semafor.com/article/03/27/2025/us-steel-and-nippon-are-in-talks-to-revive-merger-that-trump-had-threaten-to-block https://www.semafor.com/article/03/27/2025/us-steel-and-nippon-are-in-talks-to-revive-merger-that-trump-had-threaten-to-block"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1905403445433037176)  2025-03-27T23:35Z 20K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Lots of good stuff in today's @semafor including: Rahm Emanuel is heading back to Wall Street while he ponders [----] https://www.semafor.com/article/04/01/2025/former-chicago-mayor-and-democratic-leader-will-rejoin-centerview-partners-to-advise-on-corporate-deals https://www.semafor.com/article/04/01/2025/former-chicago-mayor-and-democratic-leader-will-rejoin-centerview-partners-to-advise-on-corporate-deals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1907113144389951607)  2025-04-01T16:49Z 20K followers, 13.8K engagements


"plus Beijing's please-don't-call-it-a-bailout Larry Fink coming for Wall Street's last big fee pot and @rogoswami with the latest on US Steel https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/04/01/2025/companies-reluctant-to-give-into-maga-ahead-of-trump-tariffs https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/04/01/2025/companies-reluctant-to-give-into-maga-ahead-of-trump-tariffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1907113395230261275)  2025-04-01T16:50Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Said holding a to-go coffee. US imports 99% of its coffee beans and the majority of that value chain is captured by US Starbucks (etc) stores their US workers their US landlords the US farmers whose milk goes in it and the US treasury that taxes it On the Hill just now I asked BESSENT whether the tariffs going into effect tomorrow are set in stone or a negotiating tactic: They are negotiable but not a negotiating tactic On the Hill just now I asked BESSENT whether the tariffs going into effect tomorrow are set in stone or a negotiating tactic: They are negotiable but not a negotiating tactic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1909698381955350565)  2025-04-08T20:02Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The corporate exodus from Delaware continues. Will be interesting to see how Shopify which owns 18% of Affirm votes on this. If no big black eye for Levchin. If yes why isnt Shopify leaving too 🟡 SCOOP: Affirm plans to move its legal home out of Delaware joining in the Elon Musk-inspired protest movement against Americas longtime corporate home @rogoswami reports. https://t.co/Q9Uc5Luc58 🟡 SCOOP: Affirm plans to move its legal home out of Delaware joining in the Elon Musk-inspired protest movement against Americas longtime corporate home @rogoswami reports. https://t.co/Q9Uc5Luc58"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1914739270981497102)  2025-04-22T17:53Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements


"As @rogoswami whos been all over this deal since long before we hired him pointed out in todays Semafor newsletter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1927462512900874286)  2025-05-27T20:30Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@Abude_al_asaad @getbasiccapital The govt guarantees mortgages bc it was important for Americans to be invested in America (and to keep us from becoming communists). It brought down the cost of home ownership and built wealth. Is it crazier to guarantee loans to bring down the cost of retirement I'm not sure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1927468682214556003)  2025-05-27T20:55Z 20.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@Abude_al_asaad @getbasiccapital We decided that homes were the right asset to lever up but they're a) more illiquid than a portfolio of securities and b) tied to weird demographic winds. But the 30yr govt-guaranteed mortgage is now widely accepted (and the most consumer-friendly financial product on earth)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1927469079872389599)  2025-05-27T20:56Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@Abude_al_asaad @getbasiccapital "Lever up an illiquid asset for which there are a fixed number of buyers and whose value can be tanked by a factory closure or change to zoning rules" doesn't feel innately safer to me than "lever up the S&P 500" but lots of room to quibble with both https://www.semafor.com/article/05/27/2025/this-startup-is-offering-mortgages-for-401ks https://www.semafor.com/article/05/27/2025/this-startup-is-offering-mortgages-for-401ks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1927469818485096791)  2025-05-27T20:59Z 20.4K followers, [---] engagements


"A real bingo card deal scoop from @rogoswami Apollo a tiny fund run by a member of the Qatari royal family who goes by Moe and Papa Johns. https://www.semafor.com/article/06/11/2025/papa-johns-pzza-apollo-take-private https://www.semafor.com/article/06/11/2025/papa-johns-pzza-apollo-take-private"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1932913990662852999)  2025-06-11T21:33Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Railroad M&A smoke signals from @rogoswami on the Surface Transportation Board beat https://www.semafor.com/article/06/19/2025/train-mergers-transcontinental-stb-union-pacific https://www.semafor.com/article/06/19/2025/train-mergers-transcontinental-stb-union-pacific"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1935757360695316952)  2025-06-19T17:51Z 20.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@mattyglesias For sure - especially on the IRS which the White House has oddly not really deployed in enforcement - but you end up with regulatory tails wagging dogs and its a huge point of leverage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1940461263995523477)  2025-07-02T17:23Z 20.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Consumer economies are the envy of the worlds they said This girl is $400K in credit card debt but refuses to stop traveling in the name of seeing the world Social media has totally cooked our minds https://t.co/jQ0T5tYJmV This girl is $400K in credit card debt but refuses to stop traveling in the name of seeing the world Social media has totally cooked our minds https://t.co/jQ0T5tYJmV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1945190708760989773)  2025-07-15T18:36Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@pete_forester @RobNTucker Many people say this must be true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1945306484935471497)  2025-07-16T02:16Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@rogoswami with some more railroad scoopage https://www.semafor.com/article/07/17/2025/union-pacific-norfolk-southern-discuss-merger https://www.semafor.com/article/07/17/2025/union-pacific-norfolk-southern-discuss-merger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1945953922377474442)  2025-07-17T21:09Z 20.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Layoffs and restructuring at Saudi Arabias futuristic desert megalopolis https://www.semafor.com/article/07/18/2025/saudi-considers-neom-job-cuts-relocations-amid-cost-pressures https://www.semafor.com/article/07/18/2025/saudi-considers-neom-job-cuts-relocations-amid-cost-pressures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1946267471243055405)  2025-07-18T17:54Z 20.7K followers, [---] engagements


"this story is nuts and when what remains of the bottom drops out of uninsurable housing markets we'll get a round of 2008-style "where were the credit ratings agencies" and the answer will just be "fees" https://www.wsj.com/finance/small-insurance-company-hurricanes-a41766d9mod=hp_lead_pos4 https://www.wsj.com/finance/small-insurance-company-hurricanes-a41766d9mod=hp_lead_pos4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1949892881096806755)  2025-07-28T18:01Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The irony is that the bad jobs numbers that Trump is now mad about and trying to undermine mean the Fed will probably have to cut rates in September. Trump says he's firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics pointing to today's downward revisions https://t.co/v4yq3AgJCb Trump says he's firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics pointing to today's downward revisions https://t.co/v4yq3AgJCb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1951361053524369683)  2025-08-01T19:15Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Trump tells CNBC JPMorgan fired him as a client despite having "hundreds of millions of dollars" in his accounts. Says BofA's Brian Moynihan turned him down personally after he left office"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1952708584678056207)  2025-08-05T12:29Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Debanking more like debabka-ing amirite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1953529586827874637)  2025-08-07T18:52Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@PlaybhaiKhardi Anyone watching todays politics has to realize CEOs are followers - and fairly befuddled ones - not leaders. They cant even get a mayor elected in their own backyard anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1958924573254070591)  2025-08-22T16:09Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"@WWallyw272049 Read my colleague @ReedAlbergotti for all application-layer discourse https://www.semafor.com/vertical/tech https://www.semafor.com/vertical/tech"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1959008481127608430)  2025-08-22T21:43Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Ok hear me out. Keep the new logo - its fine - and bring back the actual cracker barrel. Just a bin of hardtack right next to the hostess stand. Coming in hot on Cracker Barrel live at 9:40am ET on @YahooFinance https://t.co/imTjOVk9AW https://t.co/3lStOlHaxA Coming in hot on Cracker Barrel live at 9:40am ET on @YahooFinance https://t.co/imTjOVk9AW https://t.co/3lStOlHaxA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1960694147964133584)  2025-08-27T13:21Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Lotta "Iger really should've taken Byron Allen's $10B for ABC" going around. But spinning off pesky media assets (a la WBD/CNN Comcast/MSNBC) don't solve problems so much as magnify them somewhere else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/1971236594222063829)  2025-09-25T15:33Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Waiting for Joe Biden's aviators to get their own Twitter account http://t.co/ECdrwPqMZw http://i.instagram.com/p/m264zNlwTT/ http://i.instagram.com/p/m264zNlwTT/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/456505845128241153)  2014-04-16T18:54Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Another deal-jumper lands its prey: Endo to buy Auxilium. @DanaMattioli's story on the trend http://t.co/EFVdYF8E7o http://t.co/IR9tZnP4Ns http://on.wsj.com/1s8wW9I http://on.wsj.com/1s8wW9I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/520214622977421312)  2014-10-09T14:10Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Pershing Square's William Doyle under questioning from Allergan's lawyers over hostile bid. #lookingood $AGN $VRX http://t.co/TLvFyB8qjE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/525339268412350464)  2014-10-23T17:33Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Ties that bind: The alleged conflicts of interest behind Freeport-McMoRan's $100m+ settlement over M&A deals $FCX http://t.co/6i1padTBaM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/539446393229021187)  2014-12-01T15:50Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"*Towers Watson Willis adjourning shareholder meetings on $18B merger after failing to get enough $TW votes -- source $WSH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/666969139949514756)  2015-11-18T13:20Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements


"*Towers Watson Willis Will Reconvene Friday Meeting on $18B Merger -- Source $TW $WSH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/666969332862337029)  2015-11-18T13:20Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements


"WSJ scoop: Towers Watson Willis to adjourn meetings on $18 billion merger after shareholders rebel $TW $WSH http://on.wsj.com/1HYfN65 http://on.wsj.com/1HYfN65"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/666974754163843074)  2015-11-18T13:42Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements


"*Towers Watson to roughly double cash dividend in $18B Willis deal after failing to get enough shareholder support -- sources $TW $WSH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/667335106214785024)  2015-11-19T13:34Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Willis Towers Watson finally get enough investor votes for merger after bumping price -- Scoop on @wsj wire. Meeting is tomorrow $TW $WSH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/675143888269680640)  2015-12-11T02:43Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Junk-debt market stages a comeback but can it http://www.wsj.com/articles/junk-bond-rebound-signals-easing-fear-1457395260 http://www.wsj.com/articles/junk-bond-rebound-signals-easing-fear-1457395260"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/707260345350549504)  2016-03-08T17:43Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Pfizer's M&A interest in Medivation Ardea & others at heart of new insider-trading case $PFE $MDVN http://on.wsj.com/1t6U8rO http://on.wsj.com/1t6U8rO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/lizrhoffman/status/738811209990975488)  2016-06-03T19:14Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements

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