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"The two best value high quality companies in my portfolio just keep going down. Maybe I am wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1971304660024864861) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-09-25T20:03Z 88.3K followers, 90K engagements


"@daytrader190 @rocketastronaut @CEOAdam Ah $AMC has a staggered board. This makes getting rid of @CEOAdam almost impossible. Congratulations. You are stuck with him. As a short seller I approve"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1976172562901237831) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-09T06:27Z 88.3K followers, 1532 engagements


"I am always interested in understanding why people are short stocks that I think look like longs. Can anyone who is short Barry Callebut please explain why There is a fairly big short interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979326294891597951) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-17T23:18Z 88.3K followers, 17.8K engagements


"@TheRickWilson In some sense I hope so. Because that would be too much for most MAGA. it would break the spell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980055056650318327) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-19T23:34Z 88.3K followers, 8975 engagements


"$ARKG is a fund aggressively overweight crappy biotechs. It is up X% today. Amazing for a diversified pool of crap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980348458935677414) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-20T19:00Z 88.3K followers, 8547 engagements


"Someone fill me in. Why has Fiserv stock been so darn weak Wasn't it a compounder bro fave $FI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1968407230681592270) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-09-17T20:10Z 88.3K followers, 9516 engagements


"@michaelfrazis funny I always thought it would run out of money and then Regeneron would buy them out because the JV is potentially very (very) valuable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1976247630218002448) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-09T11:25Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"the problem is the credibility loss. Credit Suisse lost 5b in client money in Greensill. They nearly simultaneously lost their own money in Archegos. They later had a mild run on the bank and tried to assure clients that they had low risk. Clients (in this case including lots of Middle East UHNW) looked at this and said this is what you said about Greensill. Slow run turned into a torrent and Credit Suisse failed. Hypothesis: Greensill and losing client money was the most important death blow for Credit Suisse. This could be VERY bad for Jeffries. I have no position but do not pretend these"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1977131683460903018) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-11T21:58Z 88.3K followers, 14K engagements


"@shimonii10 @Pokemongo46424 @NapingSac @Beefly0123 @Anthony12170726 @SemiCynic @CEOAdam There are the public disclosures - see link below. But I have also disclosed Brambles in Australia Xero Spirax Engineering Amrize and a few others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1977149428571242753) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-11T23:08Z 88.3K followers, XX engagements


"Anyone got some good non-meme shorts DMs open"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1978332491485188340) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-15T05:29Z 88.3K followers, 10.2K engagements


"@MisbehavingE Yep. That is by far the big one. And the trade treaties are the same treaties now as the IP treaties. That is how the US negotiated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1978637222321836334) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-16T01:40Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@SpaceWalk0 As a monarchist I do not get it. I am proud of King Charles III King of Australia. And I am of the view that the American revolution was a mistake and you would be better off accepting King Charles as King of America too. #YesKings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979177670685659292) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-17T13:28Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@HSeemanNC Fair -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979327488745705755) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-17T23:23Z 88.3K followers, 1066 engagements


"Yes but Barry is the most shorted stock in Switzerland. The number of shorts stands out. I really would like to understand the short logic. So far I want to be on the other side of that logic (and I am). But I promise I get converted sometimes by people smarter and/or better informed than me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979393309413117959) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-18T03:45Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@GregLBean It is pretty hard to argue that spying for China - the allegation - was not a crime in Australia at the time. But if it is not a crime in Australia at the time the extradition treaty will protect him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980100803198374158) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-20T02:36Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Dear Apes Can you please bid $AMC up a bit today. I would like to short a little bit more. Thanks for your consideration. John"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979148967574221131) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-17T11:34Z 88.3K followers, 5147 engagements


"@CoyoteKn0wsBest @snowmanllc @AlderLaneEggs It makes me happy he lost serious coin on $AMC. All $AMC baggies make me happy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980456946487685632) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T02:11Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@0xMerridew They can individually sell - but they cannot collectively sell. There are bags. Someone will hold them. If you knew when to sell memes you could get very rich indeed. The memest of them all is crypto - And this is the last five days of $IONQ. So do yu sell now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980503665913000325) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T05:17Z 88.3K followers, 1131 engagements


"@JustinWolfers Justin if you were in Sydney and I did not buy you a meal I have failed in life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980504941304389699) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T05:22Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@HowidyHamza Hamas are not exactly disarming though - and you can reasonably expect Israel to go back and disarm them if Hamas does not keep its deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980561791823618192) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T09:08Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Thoughts on how China might fight a trade war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1978632717706113224) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-16T01:22Z 88.3K followers, 19.8K engagements


"@HSeemanNC Hey @Grok Looking at the information that was available in 2019 why do you think shortsellers (including me) were short Wirecard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979333209780555921) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-17T23:46Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@snowmanllc @AlderLaneEggs is upset with anyone who makes money running a hedge fund. Sore loser"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980426091346133476) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T00:09Z 88.3K followers, 1015 engagements


"@MrRandyWatson5 @dieworkwear My only Hermes tie was bought by my wife. @dieworkwear is correct again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980453904849813726) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T01:59Z 88.3K followers, XX engagements


"You do have to make a reasonable effort to believe it. But if you make a reasonable effort (whatever that is) and it is completely stupid and wrong you are protected. It is going to be hard to argue that Cathy - who employs multiple analysts does not believe her own bullshit - and that she did not make a reasonable effort. You can't just make it up. But you are allowed to be wrong and you are allowed to be an idiot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980458677590270230) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T02:18Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@BATMongoose We were down 15bps - and it also made us wonder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980502786501747189) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T05:13Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"It is time once again to publish the immortal Thomson Reuters Venn diagram"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1978916133177524659) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-16T20:09Z 88.3K followers, 8614 engagements


"History does not repeat but it sure rhymes. A discussion of Friday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1977488311968260334) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-12T21:35Z 88.3K followers, 58.3K engagements


"Please note that a. Hamas really is as nasty as advertised b. They really do use hospitals as military bases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1979108323807969596) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-17T08:52Z 88.3K followers, 37.2K engagements


"@nxt888 I can name a Chinese war. The war on the Chinese people run by Mao. Was it 15m dead or 55m"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980342694120681867) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-20T18:37Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@bramk Your braincells have a limited supply. But that does not mean they are worth anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980388228676079771) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-20T21:38Z 88.3K followers, 2830 engagements


"It is also possible that both are true. The dot-com bubble really changed the world. Lots of infrastructure was built. Lots of real businesses worth a lot of money were made - and if you held the right stocks you did well. And an astonishing amount of money was pissed up against the wall on the most amazing schlock. And the fraudsters made out like bandits. The nature of bubbles is that there is often something very real at the base of it. Take the most extreme of Australian-centric bubbles - the late 1960s nickel boom (also known as the Poseidon Boom). The truth at the beginning was the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980513851163775211) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T05:57Z 88.3K followers, 26.4K engagements


"@0xMerridew I think it is time to admit the American revolution was a mistake and admit back the King. King Charles III is King of Australia. If you play your cards right he can be King of America too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980730204449653052) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-21T20:17Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements


"If I could have $X for every business coach that wants to talk to me on LinkedIn my performance would be better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/John_Hempton/status/1980867676416405616) [@John_Hempton](/creator/x/John_Hempton) 2025-10-22T05:23Z 88.3K followers, 2108 engagements

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@John_Hempton "The two best value high quality companies in my portfolio just keep going down. Maybe I am wrong"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-09-25T20:03Z 88.3K followers, 90K engagements

"@daytrader190 @rocketastronaut @CEOAdam Ah $AMC has a staggered board. This makes getting rid of @CEOAdam almost impossible. Congratulations. You are stuck with him. As a short seller I approve"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-09T06:27Z 88.3K followers, 1532 engagements

"I am always interested in understanding why people are short stocks that I think look like longs. Can anyone who is short Barry Callebut please explain why There is a fairly big short interest"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-17T23:18Z 88.3K followers, 17.8K engagements

"@TheRickWilson In some sense I hope so. Because that would be too much for most MAGA. it would break the spell"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-19T23:34Z 88.3K followers, 8975 engagements

"$ARKG is a fund aggressively overweight crappy biotechs. It is up X% today. Amazing for a diversified pool of crap"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-20T19:00Z 88.3K followers, 8547 engagements

"Someone fill me in. Why has Fiserv stock been so darn weak Wasn't it a compounder bro fave $FI"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-09-17T20:10Z 88.3K followers, 9516 engagements

"@michaelfrazis funny I always thought it would run out of money and then Regeneron would buy them out because the JV is potentially very (very) valuable"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-09T11:25Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"the problem is the credibility loss. Credit Suisse lost 5b in client money in Greensill. They nearly simultaneously lost their own money in Archegos. They later had a mild run on the bank and tried to assure clients that they had low risk. Clients (in this case including lots of Middle East UHNW) looked at this and said this is what you said about Greensill. Slow run turned into a torrent and Credit Suisse failed. Hypothesis: Greensill and losing client money was the most important death blow for Credit Suisse. This could be VERY bad for Jeffries. I have no position but do not pretend these"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-11T21:58Z 88.3K followers, 14K engagements

"@shimonii10 @Pokemongo46424 @NapingSac @Beefly0123 @Anthony12170726 @SemiCynic @CEOAdam There are the public disclosures - see link below. But I have also disclosed Brambles in Australia Xero Spirax Engineering Amrize and a few others"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-11T23:08Z 88.3K followers, XX engagements

"Anyone got some good non-meme shorts DMs open"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-15T05:29Z 88.3K followers, 10.2K engagements

"@MisbehavingE Yep. That is by far the big one. And the trade treaties are the same treaties now as the IP treaties. That is how the US negotiated"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-16T01:40Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@SpaceWalk0 As a monarchist I do not get it. I am proud of King Charles III King of Australia. And I am of the view that the American revolution was a mistake and you would be better off accepting King Charles as King of America too. #YesKings"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-17T13:28Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@HSeemanNC Fair -"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-17T23:23Z 88.3K followers, 1066 engagements

"Yes but Barry is the most shorted stock in Switzerland. The number of shorts stands out. I really would like to understand the short logic. So far I want to be on the other side of that logic (and I am). But I promise I get converted sometimes by people smarter and/or better informed than me"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-18T03:45Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@GregLBean It is pretty hard to argue that spying for China - the allegation - was not a crime in Australia at the time. But if it is not a crime in Australia at the time the extradition treaty will protect him"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-20T02:36Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Dear Apes Can you please bid $AMC up a bit today. I would like to short a little bit more. Thanks for your consideration. John"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-17T11:34Z 88.3K followers, 5147 engagements

"@CoyoteKn0wsBest @snowmanllc @AlderLaneEggs It makes me happy he lost serious coin on $AMC. All $AMC baggies make me happy"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T02:11Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@0xMerridew They can individually sell - but they cannot collectively sell. There are bags. Someone will hold them. If you knew when to sell memes you could get very rich indeed. The memest of them all is crypto - And this is the last five days of $IONQ. So do yu sell now"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T05:17Z 88.3K followers, 1131 engagements

"@JustinWolfers Justin if you were in Sydney and I did not buy you a meal I have failed in life"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T05:22Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@HowidyHamza Hamas are not exactly disarming though - and you can reasonably expect Israel to go back and disarm them if Hamas does not keep its deal"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T09:08Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Thoughts on how China might fight a trade war"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-16T01:22Z 88.3K followers, 19.8K engagements

"@HSeemanNC Hey @Grok Looking at the information that was available in 2019 why do you think shortsellers (including me) were short Wirecard"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-17T23:46Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@snowmanllc @AlderLaneEggs is upset with anyone who makes money running a hedge fund. Sore loser"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T00:09Z 88.3K followers, 1015 engagements

"@MrRandyWatson5 @dieworkwear My only Hermes tie was bought by my wife. @dieworkwear is correct again"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T01:59Z 88.3K followers, XX engagements

"You do have to make a reasonable effort to believe it. But if you make a reasonable effort (whatever that is) and it is completely stupid and wrong you are protected. It is going to be hard to argue that Cathy - who employs multiple analysts does not believe her own bullshit - and that she did not make a reasonable effort. You can't just make it up. But you are allowed to be wrong and you are allowed to be an idiot"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T02:18Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@BATMongoose We were down 15bps - and it also made us wonder"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T05:13Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"It is time once again to publish the immortal Thomson Reuters Venn diagram"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-16T20:09Z 88.3K followers, 8614 engagements

"History does not repeat but it sure rhymes. A discussion of Friday"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-12T21:35Z 88.3K followers, 58.3K engagements

"Please note that a. Hamas really is as nasty as advertised b. They really do use hospitals as military bases"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-17T08:52Z 88.3K followers, 37.2K engagements

"@nxt888 I can name a Chinese war. The war on the Chinese people run by Mao. Was it 15m dead or 55m"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-20T18:37Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@bramk Your braincells have a limited supply. But that does not mean they are worth anything"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-20T21:38Z 88.3K followers, 2830 engagements

"It is also possible that both are true. The dot-com bubble really changed the world. Lots of infrastructure was built. Lots of real businesses worth a lot of money were made - and if you held the right stocks you did well. And an astonishing amount of money was pissed up against the wall on the most amazing schlock. And the fraudsters made out like bandits. The nature of bubbles is that there is often something very real at the base of it. Take the most extreme of Australian-centric bubbles - the late 1960s nickel boom (also known as the Poseidon Boom). The truth at the beginning was the"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T05:57Z 88.3K followers, 26.4K engagements

"@0xMerridew I think it is time to admit the American revolution was a mistake and admit back the King. King Charles III is King of Australia. If you play your cards right he can be King of America too"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-21T20:17Z 88.3K followers, XXX engagements

"If I could have $X for every business coach that wants to talk to me on LinkedIn my performance would be better"
X Link @John_Hempton 2025-10-22T05:23Z 88.3K followers, 2108 engagements

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