[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/twitter/kshaughnessy2) "Swiss regulators are very worried about UBS. They can't afford another collapse like Credit Suisse "UBS Group Chair Colm Kelleher said Switzerlands financial regulator and central bank set out additional capital requirements that would lead to a XX% increase compared with current levels. Swiss authorities have been working over the past year to reform of the countrys too big to fail banking laws in the wake of Credit Suisses rescue takeover by UBS a move that is widely expected to result in higher capital demands for UBS."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1910383796291064061) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-04-10T17:26Z 26.6K followers, 27.7K engagements "ARE SWISS REGULATORS GOING TO WIN THE BATTLE WITH UBS OVER INCREASED CAPITAL RESERVES What was hidden away with Credit Suisse must be even worse than imagined. "UBS Group AG is heading for defeat in the first round of its effort to water down the Swiss governments law that could force it to maintain as much as $XX billion in extra capital. In the bill the government will propose to parliament an outline of which is set to be published on June X the Zurich-based bank would be required to increase its ability to cover losses at foreign subsidiaries to XXX% of the capital in those units" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1924759082201719084) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-05-20T09:28Z 26.5K followers, 22.9K engagements "Now what $UBS UBS Securities Attempt to Stop $PHUN's Market Manipulation Lawsuit is DENIED. This case is headed to discovery. A judge greenlights $PHUN market manipulation (spoofing) lawsuit against UBS. $NWBO $BINI Harrington" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1966616130568548783) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-12T21:33Z 26.5K followers, 12.4K engagements "Japan's XXX Year Plus Plan "Bank of Japan to Offload Stockholdings in Further Policy Normalization" ".Economists at Daiwa Securities noted the extremely gradual pace of sales: "If this scale continues it would take more than XXX years to fully sell off the portfolio. Economists remain divided on the outlook. Some expect the BOJ to hold off on rate increases until next year while others say it can make a move as soon as October if it becomes confident that prices and wages are on track to keep growing at a healthy pace."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1968957631386562567) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-19T08:37Z 26.5K followers, 5089 engagements "Big Banks Spending Big Bucks on Renovations Barclays is in former Lehman Brothers building "Barclays Plc is preparing to spend at least $X billion to renovate its skyscraper in New Yorks Times Square becoming the latest financial giant to invest in updating its office space in the city." - Bloomberg ____________ "Wall Street bank Citigroup's bill for refitting its tower in London has risen to $XXX billion (1.1 billion pounds) the company told Reuters highlighting the challenges of modernising workplaces to attract employees back to offices. - Economic Times" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1970223709521879219) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-22T20:28Z 26.5K followers, 2425 engagements "$MONI this is interesting "Moon Equity Holdings' Subsidiary IndeXr Launches 5X Energy-Efficient AI-as-a-Service Private Cloud" ".the new service combines rapid deployment with exceptional energy efficiency to help organizations run modern AI workloads while cutting power cooling and space requirements. IndeXr holds a Master Reseller partnership with SoftIron and can white-label the solution for enterprises government service providers and public-sector customers." @FlyEaglesFly529 @BAMinvestor" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1975940044394295354) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-08T15:03Z 26.5K followers, 1885 engagements "@rogerhamilton @CharlesSchwab @Fidelity @RobinhoodApp Great question that deserves an answer" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976120998278627639) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-09T03:02Z 26.5K followers, 1399 engagements "Could be rough waters ahead especially if you're loaded in big tech @BAMinvestor called the recent top in Bitcoin --- and here's what he said about the markets on Friday October 3rd. 👀👀 ".In general we would start to see the first leg down next week certainly by later in the week and then if that happens then the really most dangerous portion of October comes a little bit later. And again I'm not going to call out dates. Now if all of this works - if my stock index model tracks and the different individual models for some of these ticker symbols that I've named . if that works as well then" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977011257501786187) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-11T13:59Z 26.5K followers, 17.3K engagements "$FNGR $GBUX $DJT $AEON $AMC ( $QQQ Cr@sh)" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977014226335027683) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-11T14:11Z 26.5K followers, 1486 engagements "". wiping out year-to-date gains estimated at more than $XXX million." "A star trader is out at $XXXX billion LMR Partners after a mortgage-backed securities trade backfires" "Last year Andrew Berger was riding high. The mortgage-trading team he oversaw at $XXXX billion hedge fund LMR Partners gained nearly $XXX million in 2024 according to three people familiar with the matter. Now the star trader is out at LMR after sharp losses in September tied to a mortgage-backed securities bet those people said asking not to be identified because the information is private. That misstep contributed to" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977038802280435797) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-11T15:49Z 26.5K followers, 36.8K engagements "Sept 2024 (Jefferies CEO Texts) "Some never before seen texts between me and Lehman CEO Dick Fuld. Also some important lessons." _________ August 2024 "Lawyers for hedge fund founder George Weiss allege Jefferies Financial Group threatened to ruin his reputation in the investing industry if he and his namesake firm didnt agree to a deal that added protections to $XXX million in debt owed to Jefferies." __________ August 2024 "So XXX Capital the hedge fund of Jefferies Financial Group winds down trading amidst controversy surrounding a ponzi." ________ June 2024 Jefferies lost a lot of money" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977620954294460610) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T06:22Z 26.5K followers, 3793 engagements "$JEF The FED created new reporting rules this summer that make it easier for U.S. banks to hide troubled loans Convenient right Got to keep that sunlight out. _______________ June 2025 So The Bank Stress Tests Made Sure Not To Test Anything That Creates Stress And The Financial Media Doesn't Push Back And Demand to Know Why ____________ July 2025 No Wonder Banks Easily Passed The 2025 Stress Test. The Fed Allowed Banks To Hide A Lot Of Their Risk _______________" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978216653021192559) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-14T21:49Z 26.5K followers, 15.9K engagements "$JEF seems to have lots of explaining to do beyond its First Brands business dealings "I wonder if anyone ever looked closely at Jefferies balance sheet - it took me X minutes and no calculator to figure out that without Repo financing their cash position is negative" - @DarioCpx Isn't Jefferies also the prime broker for the notorious Lind Partners @Hamnakedshorts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978280369653706836) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T02:02Z 26.5K followers, 16.1K engagements "The ripple effect of Private Credit CRE First Brands and Tricolor @1CoastalJournal" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978847899703206064) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T15:37Z 26.5K followers, 20.2K engagements "Took way too long but CNBC now acknowledging the risk that is out there. Wait until the financial media starts questioning why trade settlement isn't enforced (we can dream anyway) "Shares of regional banks and investment bank Jefferies tumbled on Thursday as fears mounted around some bad loans lurking on Wall Street. Zions Bancorporation dropped more than XX% while Western Alliance Bancorp fell more than 10%. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) lost more than X% with all but one member of the popular fund ending Thursday's session in the red. Additionally because the private credit" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978930302568534252) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T21:05Z 26.5K followers, 12.8K engagements "$JEF Let's see how this ages" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979180577338122461) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T13:39Z 26.5K followers, 9048 engagements "After three months in prison disgraced Former Congressman George Santos' prison sentence is commuted. He was sentenced to seven years in April after pleading guilty to federal wire fraud charges and aggravated identity theft. He reported to prison in July. President Trump posted "George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and by all accounts has been horribly mistreated"" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979316061704237557) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T22:38Z 26.5K followers, 6774 engagements "$VIRT What is getting priced into the market with $VIRT Stock is down $XX since August CEO Doug Cifu Resigned This Summer - is there more to it ___________ December 2024 What percent of Virtu Financial's short book is in companies under 1B market cap and what percentage is in sub 500mil market caps _____________ March 2025 "Virtu seems to be one of the main market makers involved in the manipulating of $QNTM stock." ____________ June 2025 Months before he became SEC Chairman Paul Atkins was an expert witness for Virtu Financial in its court battle with the SEC And now as the SEC Chairman he" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979001168618754272) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T01:47Z 26.8K followers, 7416 engagements "An upgrade. for $JEF Wouldn't a "hold" have been less obvious @Hamnakedshorts Instead it's like "let's upgrade the company that claims it was defrauded"" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979268264430624773) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T19:28Z 26.8K followers, 6618 engagements "The Rise In Short-Term Interest Rates Indicates Market Stress and A Cash Crunch The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) which tracks the cost of borrowing cash overnight in the repo market rose to XXXX% Thursday and XXXX% Friday That is higher than the Federal Reserves upper target range of XXXX% ".Cash had already been leaving the market to pay corporate taxes and to pay for recently auctioned government bonds raising demand for new funding. The increased demand for cash when willingness to lend in money markets has appeared more scarce has pushed up the cost of borrowing cash overnight" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979522073757372678) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-18T12:16Z 26.8K followers, 10.3K engagements "What will the week of Oct 19th bring ".One big gainer: the Cboe Volatility Index or VIX. Known as Wall Streets fear gauge the VIX tracks expectations for stock swings over the next XX days based on what investors will pay for options tied to the S&P XXX index. When fear is rising traders are typically more likely to pay up for options to protect their portfolios meaning the VIX tends to spike when the market swoons. The laundry list of worries is actually increasing said Jordan Rizzuto chief investment officer of GammaRoad Capital Partners. This is the environment where we should expect" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979818213497270740) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-19T07:53Z 26.8K followers, 5092 engagements "$JEF $FNGR Follow the money . or lack of it ".These prompted me to look at the off-the-books exposure and from the latest $JEF 10-Q the bank does indeed have 17bn$ of commitments and derivative shortfalls to cover before year-end⚠" - Dario @Hamnakedshorts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979927120957882395) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-19T15:06Z 26.8K followers, 6799 engagements "$CVNA $JEF It's important to know where the passive investors in your portfolio are investing. especially companies in the headlines" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979955744989753837) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-19T17:00Z 26.8K followers, 50K engagements "$BYND Be careful of the media narratives "The reporters will say $BYND is a retail short squeeze What retail investor would BUY 100000000 shares of stock before 8am Only $100M dollars" @Hamnakedshorts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980242513454842303) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T11:59Z 26.8K followers, 72K engagements "$MMTLP Halt FINRA's Secret OffShore Account Blatant Market Manipulation and Lack of Trade Settlement Enforcement to name a few ".The Attorney General in consultation with the heads of all departments and agencies of the United States shall take appropriate action to review the activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority of the United States including but not limited to the Department of Justice the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission over the last X years and identify any instances where a departments or agencys" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1952340740324860383) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-08-04T12:07Z 26.7K followers, 38.1K engagements ""US financial enforcement falls XX% under Trump" "Regulatory enforcement against US financial services firms has sharply declined in the first half of 2025 according to new findings from Wolters Kluwers Regulatory Violations Intelligence Index. The report shows enforcement actions fell XX% compared to the second half of 2024 reflecting the Trump administrations accelerated deregulatory push. Monetary penalties also dropped significantly falling XX% across financial consumer-protection and competition-related violations the research revealed. The shift highlights the speed and scale of the" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1970929186148880859) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-24T19:11Z 26.7K followers, 13.5K engagements "Could it be Velocity @JohnnyTabacco" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1972784346621976647) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-29T22:03Z 26.7K followers, 13.6K engagements "Hmm. keep an eye on it. What's happening at $VIRT @FlyEaglesFly529 questions whether $VIRT was naked shorting and trying to bankrupt $WOLF" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1974658483783192626) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-05T02:10Z 26.7K followers, 9748 engagements "First Brands' Bankruptcy Puts BDOs Audit Under Fire While Its Apollo Debt Looms Large You wouldn't know that from Bloomberg's Headline Which Downplays The Serious Problems BDO is Facing as First Brands Auditor and From Its $XXX Billion Loan from Apollo Apollo Global which profited off First Brand's collapse put BDO in a precarious position both financially and professionally. Apollo lent BDO $XXX billion in 2023 with a floating interest rate to fund its employee stock ownership plan making BDO financially dependent on Apollo. At the same time Apollo held a credit default swap (CDS) bet" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977349950900998540) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-12T12:25Z 26.8K followers, 30.7K engagements "$JEF Every word in a corporate "letter" like Jefferies put out about its exposure in the First Brand's bankrupt is very deliberate. @allthingsf74065 reads between the lines" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977838937826799816) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T20:48Z 26.7K followers, 9841 engagements "Peeling back the curtain on banks' excellent earnings reports. Regulators at Wall Street's request changed the SLR requirement that was put in place after the great financial crisis. And banks saw an infusion of money" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978545874591486168) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T19:37Z 26.8K followers, 5039 engagements ""Billions of Dollars Vanished: Low-Profile Bankruptcy Rings Alarms on Wall Street" First Brands Fallout ". one hint in its bankruptcy filing is that the credit arms of Ford Motor and General Motors are among the companies it owes money. Dozens of private credit lenders and hedge funds say they are out money. Private funds run by UBS say they are owed more than $XXX million. BlackRock is also owed a sum that it hasnt yet specified. Other lesser-known investors in private credit such as CarVal and Ellington Management Group are also in the queue. Hardest hit for now is Jefferies. One of its" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978611142218953033) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T23:57Z 26.8K followers, 71.3K engagements "$JEF I'm sure It's just a coincidence" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978807577497481366) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T12:57Z 26.8K followers, 51.1K engagements "A stressful weekend for banks and private credit - let's see what Monday brings. "Chatter among analysts is gloomy. "Inside credit markets for more than a year there has been a grudging recognition that there was and is a series of credit problems that could be substantial and could be dangerous to the overall economy Andrew Milgram chief investment officer of Marblegate Asset Management told the Financial Times. Finally banks have unexpectedly borrowed money via the U.S. Federal Reserves repo facility for a second straight day. They normally only do that at the end of the month or the" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979264599569371411) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T19:13Z 26.8K followers, 31.5K engagements "$JEF & Its Top Institutional Holders" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979528085948281330) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-18T12:40Z 26.8K followers, 23K engagements "$CVNA "Is Carvana One of the Cockroaches Jamie Dimon Just Warned Us About" And if it is - how did Jefferies and JP Morgan miss the warning signs in Carvana like Jefferies did in First Brands' collapse and JPMorgan did in Tricolor's bankruptcy They both recently gave Carvana high marks "Analysts from JPMorgan and Jefferies have piled on with upgrades citing robust used-vehicle demand and digital efficiencies. Yet beneath the rally lies a balance sheet riddled with vulnerabilities that could unravel in a downturn." @247WallSt Dario issued these same warnings in 2024 and again earlier this month" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979880159990907089) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-19T11:59Z 26.8K followers, 14.7K engagements ""The chief executive officers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley are slotted to attend Hong Kongs annual summit for global finance leaders just as US-China tensions reignite and a slew of credit losses weigh on global banks. David Solomon and Ted Pick will come to the Asian financial hubs main annual event scheduled for Nov. X to X as well as Citadels Ken Griffin and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Vice Chairman Daniel Pinto among others according to people familiar with the matter and a document seen by Bloomberg News."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980198214587584933) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T09:03Z 26.8K followers, 2440 engagements "And here's yet another subprime lender reported to be on the verge of bankruptcy "Creditors of PrimaLend which provides financing to auto dealerships that cater to subprime borrowers are weighing pushing the firm into bankruptcy after going unpaid for months."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980221500579070201) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T10:36Z 26.8K followers, 21.1K engagements "Auto loan defaults remain high ".Those figures show that the share of subprime auto loans that were XX days or more past due hit a high of almost XXX% in January and has remained close to that level. When Fitch first released those findings earlier this year the group noted that it was the highest since it began collecting that datain 1994. The NYT report adds thatrepossessionshave also swelled while drivers are increasingly trading in vehicles that are worth less than they owe and lenders likeAllyFinancialand CarMaxare cautioning investors aboutloan performance." @pymnts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980341603760750925) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T18:33Z 26.8K followers, 2808 engagements ""Wall Street Giants Sued Over Alleged Stock Manipulation" Why isn't the financial media all over this story It broke five days ago - and Bloomberg Law is the only report I can find on it.(and it's behind a paywall) "An investor in Israeli chipmaker Eltek Ltd. has sued Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Interactive Brokers Group Inc. alleging they had a role in a complex stock price manipulation scheme."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980427929793208783) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T00:16Z 26.8K followers, 27.9K engagements "@FlyEaglesFly529 @HesterPeirce She could keep it short and say the SEC prides itself on not enforcing stock settlement" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980429607527674039) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T00:23Z 26.8K followers, XXX engagements "Investors are finally hearing the warning signs. "Investors Pull Cash From CLO ETFs in Biggest Outflow Since April" ".ETFs of collateralized loan obligations experienced an outflow of about $XXX million last week marking the first investor exodus in about six months analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. led by Rishad Ahluwalia wrote in a Monday report. That compares to a weekly average of about $XXX million of inflows over the past year according to the analysts." CLOs are Collateralized Loan Obligations. They are a bunch of loans that are often below investment grade and higher risk bundled" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980434776285724965) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T00:43Z 26.8K followers, 134.4K engagements ""Antara Capital a $XXX billion hedge fund backed by Blackstone Inc. froze its hard-to-sell assets from redemptions after piling on losses. Money plowed into illiquid private investments has been withheld from redemptions and was placed in a so-called side pocket in February after the firm posted a second straight year of slumping returns." via @markets @HAMShortkiller @WilliamPFarran1" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1777487708941603127) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2024-04-09T00:04Z 26.6K followers, 14.4K engagements "$126 Million Loss From "Improper Naked Short Trade" Who is allowing this to happen to the U.S. equity markets And is it just Dubai Is This Considered Financial Terrorism "The liquidators of Dubai-based British Virgin Islands-domiciled All Blue Investments North Star X Ltd. and All Blue Investment Management Ltd. have filed for Chapter XX bankruptcy recognition in Miami amid an investigation into conduct that also involves two Cayman Islands affiliates and allegedly resulted in losses of $XXX million from improper naked short trades. @ham59591shorts @JohnnyTabacco @denniskneale" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1868680644059894145) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2024-12-16T15:32Z 26.6K followers, 47.3K engagements "Barclays and Citigroup fined after South Korea catches them naked short selling "South Korea has fined Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc. for naked short selling Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported as the nation ramps up its fight against such illegal trading practices. Barclays and Citi were fined XXXX billion won ($9.5 million) and XXX billion won respectively by the Securities and Futures Commission according to the report which didnt say where it obtained the information."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1869458851071733994) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2024-12-18T19:04Z 26.6K followers, 56.8K engagements ""Pension fund accuses Panthers owner Viola partner Cifu of stealing $XXX million owed to investors in Virtu Financial" ".The 84-page complaint filed Jan. 24th in Delawares Chancery Court where Virtu was incorporated in 2013 follows an earlier suit by the pension fund that asked a judge to force Virtu to turn over its books and records for it to investigate suspicions of apparent wrongdoing. The complaint contains much new information about how the company is run and how Viola and his cronies allegedly profited at the expense of those who bought Virtus publicly traded Class A shares."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1897846502682194248) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-03-07T03:07Z 26.6K followers, 72.8K engagements "$QNTM The Anson Fund Connection. Quantum BioPharma CEO @zsaeed says previous management accepted Toxic Funding from Anson Funds five years ago. Question: Did Anson Funds' Moez Kassam ever work with Virtu Financial and CIBC Has either name come up during Kassam's negotiations with the DOJ ______________________ February 2025 "Virtu seems to be one of the main market makers involved in the manipulating of $QNTM stock. There seems to be a very strong connection and correlation between Virtu and CIBC." - @zsaeed ____________________ March 282025 In the company I run $QNTM almost XX times shares" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1905950079921303912) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-03-29T11:48Z 26.6K followers, 19.2K engagements "Misreported up to XX Billion Short Sales "Misreported" is not the word I would use. Also - How many shares where in each of those trades Which stocks were impacted "Australia's corporate regulator sued top investment bank Macquarie Group alleging it misreported up to XXX billion short sales over a decade and a half misleading the market and violating rules in place since the financial crisis. .After the financial crisis Australia made it compulsory for fund managers to report short-selling trades - where an investor makes a profit when a stock price falls - to improve transparency and" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1922597747691057474) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-05-14T10:19Z 26.6K followers, 42.3K engagements "$VIRT Virtu Financial is moving its Class A Common Stock listing from the Nasdaq to NYSE starting June 17th ".The company's CEO Douglas A. Cifu expressed enthusiasm about the move highlighting Virtu Financial's dedication to transparency excellence and the creation of long-term shareholder value."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1928345807289471260) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-05-30T07:00Z 26.6K followers, 12.1K engagements "Months before he became SEC Chairman Paul Atkins was an expert witness for Virtu Financial in its court battle with the SEC And now as the SEC Chairman he polices Virtu @moonracker7447" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1929197343116530112) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-06-01T15:24Z 26.6K followers, 29.1K engagements "UBS Shareholder Sells All of Its UBS Stock for $XXX Million "An unidentified institutional UBS Group AG shareholder sold its entire stake in the Swiss lender worth around XXX million Swiss francs ($621 million) taking advantage of recent gains in the banks shares. The investor offered around XX million shares through an overnight placing which priced at XXXXX Swiss francs per share according to terms seen by Bloomberg. The price was a XXX% discount to the banks closing price of XXXXX Swiss francs on Monday."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1955488836424736871) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-08-13T04:37Z 26.6K followers, 94.8K engagements "And wait until investors hear what Bronte Capital Management Founder John Hempton has to say about $AMC. He says company should be bankrupt predicts more dilution and $XXXX price target" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1959254768330723700) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-08-23T14:01Z 26.6K followers, 35.2K engagements "Courtesy @jbrutvan "Entities or funds linked to Citadel Advisors own USD149.3 million worth of the senior secured notes Pacific Investment Management owns USD136.4 million worth Western Asset Management USD106.9 million AllianceBernstein USD97.3 million and Arena Capital Advisors USD95.6 million."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1961536358985650460) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-08-29T21:08Z 26.6K followers, 1104 engagements ""Swiss Upper House Votes Down Delay of $X Billion UBS Capital Hit" "Swiss lawmakers voted against a second attempt to delay stricter bank capital-quality rules changes set to lift UBS Group AGs capital requirements by some $X billion. .Switzerland is revamping financial regulation in the wake of the collapse of Credit Suisse in 2023 and its subsequent purchase by UBS. The firms enlarged size has prompted worries that Switzerland wont be able to bail it out in any future crisis."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1967881977865912405) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-16T09:23Z 26.6K followers, 42K engagements "Former Wall Street Trader Among XX People Detained In Alleged Market Manipulation Investigation in Turkey ".Prosecutors allege the suspects many of whom Anadolu Agency said were executives of listed Investco Holding sought to launder illicit gains through market activity. The inquiry began after regulators flagged artificial price increases that may have caused losses for retail investors Anadolu reported. .(Isik) Okte who started his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in the 1990s is a frequent contributor to popular YouTube channels about the Turkish markets where his commentary attracts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1967905361865629945) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-16T10:56Z 26.6K followers, 6612 engagements "How did JPMorgan Miss Tricolors Fraudulent Loans Is Tricolor's collapse exposing systemic risks in private credit Lenders face big losses after providing $X billion in financing without properly analyzing the collateral (the auto loans) backing their financing ".One investor who sold out of Tricolor debt last week said the collapse of the company and ensuing market turmoil was one of the worst things Ive ever seen in the asset-backed securities market."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1974399350114566584) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-04T09:01Z 26.6K followers, 173.4K engagements "More and more life insurance policies and annuities are being sent off shore - because there's less transparency. ".The Cayman Islands are home to palm-fringed beaches endangered iguanasand $XX billion owed to U.S. life insurance customers. The companies that manage the money are increasingly storing it offshore in jurisdictions like the Caymans that dont require them to hold as much extra capital in case their investments turn sour."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1975490305823559722) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-07T09:16Z 26.6K followers, 19.9K engagements "Big banks missed a lot of red flags before Tricolor's multi billion dollar bankruptcy. ".Rating firms had just graded Tricolors latest round of securities backed by its auto loans pushing the total volume of its rated bonds past $X billion. S&P Global Ratings gave the biggest slice of the security an AA rating its second-highest ranking. Previous baskets of Tricolor auto loans were bought by Wall Street giants JPMorgan Chase Pimco and AllianceBernstein. Among Tricolors backers was BlackRock the worlds largest asset manager which had cast the chains focus on the Hispanic community as" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1975625291566383297) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-07T18:12Z 26.6K followers, 11.7K engagements "The absurdly over leveraged "Blackbrook is not an exception at all. .Blackbrook had $144000. Citigroup did $XXX Million short against $144000. That's insane. .How does no one go to jail" - @allthingsf74065 Now ask yourself what the real exposure is in Tricolor and First Brands etc Because it certainly doesn't seem like banks learned from Blackbrook or Archegos" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1975667331662815655) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-07T20:59Z 26.6K followers, 15.2K engagements "Despite the many warnings in recent years about the hidden risks in the largely unregulated trillion dollar private credit market - the SEC Chairman isn't worried And now they have access to 401k's and pensions - what could possibly go wrong "The head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said he does not view private credit as a systemic risk the latest signal of the regulators openness to more activity in the fast-growing market. I view the private markets as very important SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said at a conference in New York hosted by the Managed Funds Association. The private" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1975857961583976533) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-08T09:37Z 26.6K followers, 36.3K engagements "More banks trying to become too big to fail "The U.S. banking system is increasingly characterized by having fewer and bigger lenders. In 2005 there were nearly 9000 banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Now there are fewer than 5000. And just three banks represented about XX% of all U.S. domestic deposits at midyear according to FDIC data: JPMorgan Chase Bank of America and Wells Fargo Yet a recent string of deals among regional and midsize banks reveal a drive not just for greater scale but also the ability to build strongholds in specific local markets. This will prove key" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976111728053076225) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-09T02:25Z 26.6K followers, 6079 engagements "Where are all the follow up articles to this demanding explanations from the banks who took such risks 👇 "The $XXX Billion Bond Blowup Wall Street Didn't See Coming" Citigroup MUFG Goldman Jefferies and Wells Fargo all took big hits in this recently revealed $X BILLION Bond Blowup ".Industry observers have compared Blackbrook's collapse to a dress rehearsal for the Archegos meltdown a year later another case where bank risk desks failed to keep pace with the leverage building behind the scenes. .As Angela Gallo of Bayes Business School noted the episode underscores how hedge-style" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976588533352550416) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-10T10:00Z 26.6K followers, 18.3K engagements "How Many Tricolors Are Out There We May Only Know After They Also Collapse ". its part of a wider industry that operates with little transparency and oversight a system that may have masked Tricolors troubles. And investors voracious demand for subprime auto loans has kept money flowing to buy here pay here dealers a group that includes Tricolor along with peers DriveTime Byrider and Americas Car-Mart Inc. according to ratings firms. When its all in-house theres a lot less folks looking over anyones shoulders to see how this is being done or with the incentive to really care said John Van" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976718843994423664) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-10T18:37Z 26.6K followers, 6962 engagements "Oh no Norinchukin- why is this news on the ailing Japanese bank's First Brand exposure being buried late on a Friday afternoon "$1.75 Billion Bombshell: Norinchukin Hit Again in First Brands Bankruptcy Fallout" This is on top of Norinchukin's $XXXX Billion write down last year of foreign bonds it owned. ".The Japanese lender already recovering from a $XX billion bond debacle holds indirect exposure through JA Mitsui Leasing Ltd. its joint venture with Mitsui & Co. The unit's subsidiary Katsumi Global provided the trade financing to First Brands before it filed for Chapter XX last month. For" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976905729769435231) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-11T07:00Z 26.6K followers, 50.6K engagements "Look who's back at it. new company name same game Keep an eye on the Livento Group $NUGN. They recently took financing from Curt Kramer's Vanquish Funding Group $GTII ".Kramer and his employees often used the bar at the St. Regis New York hotel in Midtown Manhattan to hold such meetings with senior executives of microcap companies." @Hamnakedshorts has long warned companies to beware of lenders who wine and dine CEO's in need of financing. @KMBEST77" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977043639151804714) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-11T16:08Z 26.6K followers, 9866 engagements "False script erased $XXX billion in days Gautam Adani blames Hindenburg for net worth crash" Adani on the damage short and distort reports can do - Hindenburg has shut down and is reportedly under investigation for its work with Anson Funds ".Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani shared how a false story once shook his empire erasing $XXX billion of market value within days. He said this showed how quickly false narratives can spread and influence public perception It was not just a report but a manipulated script designed to provoke doubt he said."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977252548386910594) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-12T05:58Z 26.6K followers, 15.4K engagements ""Behind the Collapse of an Auto-Parts Giant: a $X Billion Hole and a Mysterious CEO" ".He (Patrick James) built an auto-parts colossus with 26000 employees and billions in annual sales by scooping up smaller companies. His children went to elite U.S. colleges and the family relaxed at their $XX million Malibu Calif. mansion with sweeping views of the Pacific. A business scandal has shattered that dream. .The company funded its growth by borrowing heavily from Wall Street raising nearly $X billion of corporate loans. .A lawyer for one financer of receivables linked to First Brands recently" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977506367243014612) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-12T22:47Z 26.6K followers, 24.3K engagements "$JEF Executives Are In Full Damage Control Mode "The Financial Times notes that Rich and Brian think Jefferies has been unfairly treated by the market in the First Brands affair .The main fear is that the First Brands collapse might be far worse than it appears. An investigation is being conducted into whether the the invoices that were supposed to be the collateral for loans made to First Brands were actually used over and over again. As the Financial Times observes this would be akin to "taking out nine mortgages against your house with the lenders all blissfully unaware that eight other" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977669895455224257) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T09:37Z 26.6K followers, 16.9K engagements "$JEF Jefferies executives' letter allayed all concerns about the investment bank's First Brands' exposure" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977737291427701244) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T14:04Z 26.6K followers, 6880 engagements "JP Morgan's $XXX million in Tricolor debt that it doesn't expect to collect "Dimon Sees More Than One Cockroach Likely After Tricolor Bust" ".The dramatic collapse of subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings hit JPMorgan Chase & Co.s earnings in the third quarter contributing a $XXX million charge-off that led to the banks elevated credit-cost figure and sparking an ominous warning from Jamie Dimon. When you see one cockroach there are probably more the banks chief executive officer said on a conference call with analysts Tuesday. Everyone should be forewarned on this one. It is not our finest" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978144914107203765) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-14T17:04Z 26.6K followers, 12.2K engagements "$JEF Will Jefferies executives explain this on Thursday's investor call" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978651191702601920) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T02:36Z 26.6K followers, 5684 engagements ""Bank of America BNY Sued Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties" JPMorgan and Deutsche settled similar lawsuits in 2023. The WSJ says JP Morgan settled for $XXX Million and Deutsche Bank for $XX Million. New lawsuits allege that Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon did business with Epstein for years and only reported suspicious activities after he died in 2019. "The two class-action lawsuits were filed in federal court on Wednesday on behalf of a Jane Doe and other women who have accused Epstein of abuse. They allege that Epsteins trafficking operation wouldnt have existed without the banks that" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978716169415573771) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T06:54Z 26.6K followers, 5298 engagements "Private Credit Risks Highlighted In First Brands' Collapse and Tricolors Bankruptcy ".Lenders like Raistone say as much as $XXX billion may have gone unaccounted for prompting calls for an independent court review. Huge players including Jefferies Morgan Stanley UBS and joint ventures with major Japanese banks are now facing hefty exposures some as high as $XXXX billion. .a pile-up of unsecured claims and the use of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) reveal just how complicated and risky private lending can get."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978781632170807592) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T11:14Z 26.6K followers, 8908 engagements "An observation: The financial media loves the word "opaque" when describing something that Wall Street doesn't want anyone shining sunlight on. Example X ".The bankruptcies of two auto industry-related companies this year have raised concerns about loose lending practices especially in the opaque private credit market" CNBC EXAMPLE X "Jefferies is under intense scrutiny for its long-standing relationship with First Brands. It provided opaque invoice financing ." Financial Times Example X "Over the years First Brands increased its use of trade finance an opaque but relatively common type of" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978935913435545620) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T21:27Z 26.6K followers, 3139 engagements "Oh no $JEF - this too The timing of this SEC investigation into MassMutual's accounting is not helpful to Jefferies. Also. how does SMBC feel about all this SMBC recently invested another $XXX million in Jefferies increasing its stake to up to XX% and provided $XXX billion in credit facilities" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979103463289102382) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T08:33Z 26.6K followers, 17K engagements "$JEF "3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Avoid Today Jefferies Financial Group JEF Louisiana-Pacific LPX American Express AXP The most overvalued stock in Berkshire Hathaways portfolio is Jefferies Financial Group JEF. Berkshire owns less than X% of Jefferies stock and Jefferies is one of the smallest positions in Berkshires portfolio." @MorningstarInc This video was done BEFORE Jefferies' relationship and exposure in First Brand's collapse made headlines" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979146379550220429) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T11:24Z 26.6K followers, 4880 engagements "How can anyone trust our financial markets" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979175125158133769) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T13:18Z 26.6K followers, 29.8K engagements "Long before Tricolor and First Brands There Were So Many Warning Signs "Repossessions especially in the sub-prime auto market are on the rise according to Badeen who is also president of the Allied Finance Adjusters trade body. "Weve seen some sub-primes making changes which probably indicates theyre having issues he said. Theyre not financing cars like they were. Two years ago they were financing anybody.."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979524842895667206) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-18T12:27Z 26.6K followers, 10.9K engagements "Just Bloomberg pretending that big banks' main risks are not of their own doing. ."People are just a little bit spooked and kind of selling first and asking questions later said Zachary Hill head of portfolio management at Horizon Investments. In many ways the finance world is being divided in two. Big banks and Wall Street giants are racing ahead with strong trading and investment banking operations and their size insulates them from a few bad loans. Smaller firms however dont have that cushion so the risks are more acute. The risk of course is that problems at a few regional lenders can" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979674486657241263) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-18T22:22Z 26.6K followers, 9014 engagements "It's been more than a month and not one reporter or politician has publicly demanded to know why FINRA a U.S. regulator is funneling money to a hedge fund in the Cayman Islands How did High Vista a hedge fund in Boston get involved in this @f1finra @Caveatlector12 @Stef_carpedm @XsyLocke @FlyEaglesFly529" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1948134697743052913) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-07-23T21:34Z 26.7K followers, 20.5K engagements "Did predatory short selling by Apollo Global Management take down an auto parts supply company called First Brands Apollo owns Tenneco Inc. which was a competitor of First Brand's. Apollo took Tenneco private in 2022. Questions: 1) Was First Brands using complex financing and blacklists to try to protect itself from short sellers 2)What bank (third party counterparty) did Apollo work with to get around that blacklist and short First Brands debt without directly owning the loans 3)How much money did Apollo make off that bet . First Brands' impending bankruptcy could disrupt auto parts supply" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1972262528911540388) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-28T11:30Z 26.7K followers, 53.5K engagements ""Switzerlands Most Shorted Stock Plans Billion-Dollar Comeback" ".From its discreet headquarters in Zurich Barry Callebaut AG has grown into the worlds largest bulk chocolate maker processing at least XX% of global cocoa. Multinationals and boutique dessert makers alike rely on its cocoa butter powders and ganache. The Swiss company is the industrys quiet power: one of Europes most dependable consumer suppliers and an indispensable middleman shaping what ends up on grocery store shelves from Pennsylvania to Paris. Today Barry Callebaut is Switzerlands most heavily shorted stock with about a" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1974172839826673677) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-03T18:00Z 26.7K followers, 5902 engagements "UBS's attempt to settle a market manipulation lawsuit is rejected. $PHUN is refusing to discuss any settlement in its spoofing lawsuit against UBS Securities LLC until it gets its hands on UBS's trading records. Wonder what $UBS doesn't want the courts to see 👀👀 ."Without access to all of UBSs trading and order flow in Phunware Plaintiff is unable to assess and/or calculate the complete damages suffered by Phunware as a result of UBSs manipulative spoofing of its stock. ➡UBS on the other hand made it clear they dont want to give up this information: however Plaintiff proposed to UBS that if" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976324556869529683) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-09T16:31Z 26.7K followers, 19.9K engagements "1.1 Billion Options Errors on One Day - October 1st 2025 To those who are surprised by what's happening in our financial markets right now - you haven't been paying attention. Some of you even mocked those of us who have been paying very close attention" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979027929964192135) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T03:33Z 26.8K followers, 68.3K engagements "Keep an eye on insurance sector stocks as more people find out about the SECs investigation into MassMutuals accounting ( mutual funds retirement plans and ETF's that are invested could be impacted too) ".The Securities and Exchange Commission has been gathering information including through subpoenas it issued about MassMutuals bookkeeping around income on billions of dollars of loans it holds in its general investment account the people said."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979061115511341392) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T05:45Z 26.8K followers, 143.5K engagements "$CVNA - a warning made a year ago gaining steam "Carvana under fire: Is it the 'Cockroach' Jamie Dimon just warned investors about" "So is there any more cockroach Online used car dealer 'Carvana' share price has gone up XX per cent in 2025 and 1780 per cent in past three years. The total assets of Carvana are worth $XXX billion liabilities amount to $XXX billion. Total debt rose to $XXX billion along with debt-to-equity ratio XXX per cent Yahoo Finance reported quoting 247wallst. However Carvana is listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) but it too relies on high-risk loans like 'Tricolor'" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979825499754123331) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-19T08:22Z 26.7K followers, 84.3K engagements "Black Monday 1987 ".I was only a clerk but watching people puking over losses on #JPMorgan trading floor made me start to pay attention."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980204827482505438) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T09:29Z 26.8K followers, 6647 engagements "$CVNA Is Bridgecrest a private company which handles customer financing for Carvanaclose to collapse ".Bridgecrest 2025-1 and 2025-2 looked structurally fine until they werent. One trust masked credit decay through aggressive modifications. The other ignored it entirely then posted $7.75M in charge-offs and thousands of 90+ day delinquents in a single month." @UnicusResearch Auto loan defaults hit XXX% in Q3 and Bridgecrest's subprime borrowers with lower credit scores could be vulnerable with their higher risk loans" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980219927446610339) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T10:29Z 26.8K followers, 25.3K engagements "$JEF Are counterfeit shares another huge problem for Jefferies Is Jefferies the prime broker for Lind Partners Has Lind Partners sold millions of counterfeit shares in $FNGR Has Jefferies looked the other way while it makes money lending shares @Hamnakedshorts has put this truck in front of the SEC more than 20x Isn't it curious that with all that attention $JEF or SEC regulators have not demanded trade settlement Especially if there is nothing to hide" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980244672405705037) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T12:08Z 26.8K followers, 12.2K engagements "Private Credit has so much exposure that could go bad. Or already has. And because it's largely unregulated it's hard to know exactly how massive the risk is From commercial real estate to sub prime auto loans - they kicked the can using pretend and extend/pray and delay tactics or questionable accounting methods. These problems are not new. But many have only gotten bigger. _________________ November 2024 "Trouble IsComing forPrivate Credits $1.7Trillion Industry" ______________ November 2025 "Regulators have escalated warnings about private credit valuations in recent months amid fears that" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980424563625271751) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T00:03Z 26.8K followers, 9595 engagements "The Credit Crisis U.S. Banks' Face Rising Risks as Non-Bank Lending Surges to $XXX Trillion Say that again - $XXX TRILLION "U.S. bank lending to NBFIs expanded sharply over the last five years per bank regulatory data. Loans to NBFIs reached about $XXX trillion at June XX 2025 nearly XX% of total loans up from roughly X% a decade ago. Growth averaged about XX% annually on a CAGR basis for the entire industry; however banks with assets between $XX billion and $XXX billion in assets grew the fastest at roughly XX% during this period."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980461129244832190) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T02:28Z 26.8K followers, 14.4K engagements "A profile of another major player in the financial industry. Thomas Peterffy Chairman and Founder of Interactive Brokers despite $IBKR allowing millions of bad trades over seven years "Thomas Peterffy founder and chairman of Interactive Broker Group created the first fully automated algorithmic trading system in 1987. It was a computer plugged into a Nasdaq terminal that could place orders faster than any human. ---------------- There's also this: October 232024 Why was Interactive Brokers only fined $475000 after getting caught misappropriating shares in its stock lending program in 800" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1974083274264785233) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-03T12:05Z 26.7K followers, 10.9K engagements "Just like you expected @arcabulls" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977414649210679701) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-12T16:42Z 26.7K followers, 8269 engagements ""Carvana - A Ticking Time Bomb" "The moment the demand for these super risky loans saturates Carvana revenues will evaporate in the blink of an eye. .lets model a severe downturn for Carvana where non-prime delinquencies surge to 10-15% mirroring industry highs seen in subprime cohorts. This could arise from a recession persistent inflation or undetected underwriting flaws echoing the opacity that doomed its peers. In this scenario the total exposure jumps to $5-7 billion potentially wiping out annual profits and necessitating equity raises or asset divestitures. Market cap could halve or" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977746649137950889) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T14:42Z 26.7K followers, 71.4K engagements "What is missing from this article reveals so much about the financial media. 1) It blames retail investors and shady public companies for short sellers rough year. Let's be clear. Institutional investors move stocks - not retail. The media knows this but consistently blames retail. 2)This article doesn't haven't one word about the counterfeit shares flooding our financial markets or trade settlement not being enforced. 3)This article never mentions the CAT - the Consolidated Audit Trail- that has picked up billions of trading errors in a single day. It doesn't question why Wall Street" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978020258741952924) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-14T08:49Z 26.8K followers, 56K engagements "$JEF More Investors Demanding Redemptions "Singapores sovereign wealth fund asked to pull some cash from a Jefferies Financial Group with large exposure to bankrupt First Brands Group according to people familiar with the matter. .Other Point Bonita investors seeking redemptions include BlackRock Inc. Morgan Stanleys asset-management arm and Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. Bloomberg previously reported."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978294432483954866) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T02:58Z 26.8K followers, 20.5K engagements "$800 Million Loan Default Expected NYC's Commercial Real Estate Crisis ".A 27-story tower just steps from Central Park is headed to special servicing after losing hundreds of millions of dollars in value in a recent appraisal. Vornado Realty Trust andOxford Properties the real estate arm ofthe Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System own the 595K SF office and retail building at XXX Madison Ave. The joint venture requested thatthe $800MCMBSloan tied to the building be transferred to a special servicer citing imminent monetary default as the cause according to a Morningstar Credit alert."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978642071406751872) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T02:00Z 26.8K followers, 26.4K engagements "$GNPX traded its float 22X Float is XXXX Million Traded XXXXX Shares Wednesday Oct 152025 It's a .66 stock. Thanks @Benthom41722354 @FlyEaglesFly529 @Hamnakedshorts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978723306246193537) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T07:22Z 26.7K followers, 2597 engagements ""Fraud Charges Jolt Confidence In Regional Banks" "Zions Bancorporations $XX million loan fraud sparks fresh doubts about credit risks and oversight at US regional lenders. Zions announced it lost $XX million on two fraudulent commercial loans putting the spotlight on credit oversight among regional lenders. The bank is now suing in California to recover its losses but the write-off will show up in its third-quarter results. Thats worrying analysts especially since Zions mostly works with smaller businesses where risk can sneak by more easily." Thanks for the heads up @1CoastalJournal" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978852284449583112) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T15:55Z 26.8K followers, 19.3K engagements "Running Out of Gold "Japans largest gold retailer suspended sales of small bullion bars for at least a month unable to meet frenzied buying interest spurred by the metals surge to record highs. Tanaka Precious Metal Group Co. said Thursday it has paused sales of 5- to 50-gram gold bars and platinum bars of X to XX grams as demand outstrips capacity. It aims to resume in late November and will continue in the meantime to offer gold and platinum bars weighing over XXX grams."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978857313139040321) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T16:15Z 26.8K followers, 80.9K engagements "It's moving quickly . "US Seeks Independent Bankruptcy Probe of First Brands Crash" "The federal watchdog for corporate bankruptcies joined a creditors demand for an independent investigation of the troubled auto-parts supplier First Brands Group which has admitted it cant find $XXX billion related to off-balance sheet financing deals. The US Trustee argued in court filings that serious allegations of fraud dishonesty incompetence misconduct or mismanagement justifies a quicker-than-normal process to appoint a bankruptcy examiner in First Brands insolvency case. Lawyers for the US Trustee" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978870052301738438) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-16T17:06Z 26.8K followers, 56.5K engagements "$CVNA $JEF $JPM Did Jefferies and JP Morgan miss warning signs in Carvana like Jefferies did in First Brands' collapse and JPMorgan did in Tricolor's bankruptcy" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980205425170780639) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T09:32Z 26.8K followers, 5449 engagements "For the first time ever India's largest precious metals refinery ran out of silver ".Traders described the market as all but broken with major banks refusing to quote prices as they handled repeated client calls." "Raina head of trading at MMTC-Pamp India Pvt had anticipated a surge in silver purchases expecting Indian customers to stock up on the metal to honour the Hindu goddess of wealth. But the scale of the demand exceeded all his expectations. His company Indias largest precious metals refinery ran out of silver stock for the first time in its history. .I have been here in this company" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980335102035939724) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T18:07Z 26.8K followers, 5416 engagements "A look under the hood of risky loans . "- A little-known California real estate investor behind bad loans disclosed by Zions Bancorp and Western Alliance also faces lawsuits by Banc of California and two other lenders with his involvement in troubled debt totaling around $XXX million court filings show. In separate actions between April and August Banc of California Enterprise Bank & Trust and Nano Banc sued the investor Andrew Stupin seeking to collect on loans worth a combined $XXX million."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980454274380509582) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T02:01Z 26.8K followers, 6635 engagements "The concern about the $X Trillion largely unregulated private credit market is not new- despite the media's attempt to make it seem that way. (I've been posting about it for years) "But it has also started popping up in the world of finance at least when it comes to the private credit market which has become a nearly $X trillion industry over just five years." @BusinessInsider __________ November 2024 "Trouble IsComing forPrivate Credits $1.7Trillion Industry" Kicking the can down the road only works for so long Systemic risk is something we think about ____________ March 2025 What could" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980588979918381491) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T10:56Z 26.8K followers, 7139 engagements "@Troy_Lake A big one" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980590062212636896) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T11:00Z 26.8K followers, XXX engagements "More slaps on the wrist for $VIRT FINRA says Virtu Financial overstated "its advertised trade volume on two subscription-based providers of market data in approximately 110500 instances by approximately XXXX billion shares. (May 2027/ February 2022) ______________ August 2024 ( In this case Virtu is accused of giving its traders full access to their institutional clients' confidential trading data) Inside the NYC courtroom where the judge DENIED Virtu Financial's motion to dismiss the SEC's case against it. The judge was asked to consider a partial dismissal "Judge: Why should I consider a" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1893692741952938397) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-02-23T16:01Z 26.6K followers, 30.5K engagements "Because kicking the can only makes things worse "Imworried about a handfulof themSheila Bair who headed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the financial crisis of 2008 said in an interview with CNBC Tuesday (April 16). I think some of them are still overly reliant on industry deposits have a lot of concentrated commercial real estate exposure and then I think the larger picture really is the potential instability of their uninsured deposits even for the healthy ones if we have another bank failure. These mid-sized banks will begin reporting their earnings this week and Bair says she" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1918051953872900224) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-05-01T21:16Z 26.7K followers, 5551 engagements "For XX years the @SECGov Never Double Checked The Credentials of This "Attorney" (Questions below) ".the SEC attorney falsely certified active membership in good standing with a state bar at the time they were hired in 2008. Additionally on at least XX separate occasions between 2015 and 2024 the SEC attorney provided false certifications of an active state bar license in good standing." So taxpayers paid the salary of a SEC attorney for years even though that "attorney" didn't have a law license These attorneys decide the outcome of cases. They have a lot of power. And the commissioner signs" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1946502279831474486) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-07-19T09:28Z 26.7K followers, 54.1K engagements "It wasn't just Evergrande. Another big developer Country Garden is overloaded with debt "Country Garden Holdings Co. said its first-half loss could reach as high as $X billion with the Chinas prolonged property crisis continuing to weigh on the the embattled developer. .Once Chinas largest developer by contracted sales Country Garden has been in talks with creditors to restructure $XXXX billion of offshore debt since it defaulted in 2023. The pressure to reach a deal has been mounting as the liquidation proceedings progress and the countrys years-long property crisis drags on ."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1959962783803379824) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-08-25T12:55Z 26.7K followers, 19.1K engagements "China's Commercial Real Estate Crisis Worsens Developer Country Garden Reports a $XXX Billion Loss for first half of the year ".The Foshan-based developer reported a loss of XXXXX billion yuan ($2.7 billion) for the six months ended June XX according to an exchange filing on Friday. While the loss is within the range it flagged last week its XX% more than a year earlier. .With a housing slump deepening in July Chinas more-than four-year-old property crisis has hit debt-laden builders like Country Garden particularly hard. The dismal financial results also come as the defaulter is seeking to" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1961569849395781696) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-08-29T23:21Z 26.7K followers, 8702 engagements "It looks like Virtu Financial and the SEC have reached a settlement. Waiting for approval Courtesy: @BobbyCat42 ___________ June 2025 Months before he became SEC Chairman Paul Atkins was an expert witness for Virtu Financial in its court battle with the SEC And now as the SEC Chairman he polices Virtu __________ Sept 2024 VIRTU answers SEC Complaint - see @TeuHunden post below Background: ".In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan the SEC said Virtu repeatedly and falsely told customers that it used "information barriers" and "systemic separation between business groups" to protect" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1962914238034247764) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-02T16:23Z 26.7K followers, 19.4K engagements ""Goldman to Buy $X Billion of T. Rowe Stock as Firms Team Up" An "unusual arrangement" "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) will invest as much as $X billion in T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) and team up with the asset manager to sell private-market products to retail investors. The unusual arrangement means Goldman will use its balance sheet to hold equity in T. Rowe whose stock has tumbled more than XX% from its 2021 peak. ."The companies will collaborate on a range of investments for retirement savers and wealthy investors they said in an emailed statement."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1963567929363923381) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-04T11:40Z 26.7K followers, 5990 engagements "More on those reported big losses for JP Morgan and Third Fifth. Subprime lender Tricolor files for bankruptcy. "Tricolor didnt give a reason for its bankruptcy filing. The companys focus on loans to undocumented immigrants drew scrutiny this year with some investors concerned the business model came with heightened risk."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1965951446295384490) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-11T01:32Z 26.7K followers, 110.3K engagements "Tricolor's bankruptcy suggests "pervasive fraud of extraordinary proportion" ".Roughly XX% out of some 70000 active Tricolor loans which were used as collateral for bank warehouse lines and asset-backed securitizations contained attributes identical to those of at least one other loan including vehicle identification numbers according to people involved in the probe. .The downfall of Tricolor which focused on lending to individuals with little to no credit history including undocumented workers has ensnared some of Wall Streets biggest players and bondholders along with a number of regional" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1974447642093514999) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-04T12:12Z 26.7K followers, 58.6K engagements "The homes you can buy when you rarely lose investing. Funny how that works when there is no trade settlement "London US tycoons with a combined net worth of more than $US130 billion ($197 billion) have bought apartments at the Peninsula in London an exclusive residential development situated inside a luxury hotel. Blackstone boss Stephen Schwarzman Citadel hedge fund founder Ken Griffin and WhatsApp founder Jan Koum have all bought homes at the Belgravia site according to Land Registry records and people familiar with the matter."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1976996757037842456) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-11T13:02Z 26.6K followers, 4063 engagements "$CRWV Magnetar Unloads A Lot of CoreWeave Stock ".It was insiders first chance to cash out since CoreWeaves March initial public offering minted four new billionaires. Some of New Jersey-based CoreWeaves investors followed suit with its biggest institutional owner Magnetar Financial LLC selling nearly $XXX billion worth of shares over the same time period." _____________ June 2024 .In this article there is no mention of #Nvidia's relationship with CoreWeave or the billions CoreWeave got from Magnetar Capital but it does talk about concerns over whether Nvidia's impressive stock run will prove" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977173753114071258) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-12T00:45Z 26.7K followers, 32.4K engagements "Monday October XX ".financial institutions wont be able to wire funds between each other ⚠ - Not ideal if stocks tank and margin calls fly." Especially after the crypto wipeout" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977409782094123244) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-12T16:23Z 26.7K followers, 56.7K engagements "$JEF Any analyst downgrades Any sell recommendations There is concern about just how big the First Brands collapse is. The CEO just resigned. And Bloomberg reported that one of First Brand's "creditors has alleged that as much as $XXX billion has simply vanished.." But this is the piece @Investingcom put out this morning - hours after Jefferies executives tried to reassure investors. "Jefferies stock rises after CEO addresses First Brands bankruptcy impact" @Hamnakedshorts" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977723329881493976) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T13:09Z 26.7K followers, 8508 engagements "Julius Baer Group Takes Another Big Financial Hit "Julius Baer Group Ltd. was a key lender to German real estate group Degag Kapital GmbH which collapsed last year owing almost XX million ($58 million) to the Swiss firm Handelsblatt reported. .The amount exceeds the record profit Julius Baer attained from its German business in 2023 Handelsblatt said. .The collapse of Rene Benkos Signa Holding GmbH in late 2023 forced Julius Baer to write off $XXX million in loans the following year."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1977751904923824416) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-13T15:02Z 26.7K followers, 4836 engagements "Buried deep in this article about how risky leveraged ETF's played a role in Friday's market selloff is a recent example of a fund that was shut down. Reuters reports that on the 6th a $X million ETF betting against $AMD stock lost nearly all its value after AMD surged XX% in one day" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978030730585227757) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-14T09:30Z 26.7K followers, 6954 engagements "$JEF "How Jefferies Found Itself at the Center of First Brands Collapse" "Jefferies has worked for First Brands and a predecessor since 2014." There are now lots of questions about Jefferies' business judgement "First Brands acknowledged that more than $X billion of investors money is unaccounted for its intensely private Chief Executive Patrick James resigned and the Justice Department is conducting a probe. Jefferies initially told prospective lenders that First Brands had roughly $XXX billion of debt according to materials viewed by The Wall Street Journal. First Brands bankruptcy advisers" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978583438790717576) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T22:07Z 26.7K followers, 12.4K engagements "$NWBO ".This (October 16th) article speaks to the fact that DCVax could potentially be tumor / tissue agnostic & may treat all or most malignant solid tumor cancers" A number of big market makers allegedly tried to destroy this company which has a promising treatment/cure for glioblastoma and more. The market makers have been forced into discovery after being sued for alleged market manipulation. Small innovative public companies deserve to be protected in our financial markets. @ATLnsider @joeretired41" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979086769812320613) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T07:27Z 26.7K followers, 8116 engagements "@FlyEaglesFly529 @TintedVeil @HesterPeirce Did they just think no one would notice or did they know it would be allowed without question" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979182385020149942) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T13:47Z 26.7K followers, 1737 engagements "November 2024 @DarioCpx" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979889139110859139) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-19T12:35Z 26.7K followers, 2708 engagements ""The parent of Saks Fifth Avenue is in talks to sell XX% of Bergdorf Goodman the ultraluxury department store for about $X billion according to people familiar with the situation. .Saks Global which acquired the department store when it bought rival Neiman Marcus for $XXX billion last year is also in the process of selling $XXX million of real estate. It currently owns properties valued at roughly $X billion one of the people said. .A buyer would receive a stake in the operating companynot its valuable real estate which is owned by the founding Goodman family."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1970129545727467599) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-09-22T14:14Z 26.7K followers, 4079 engagements "Can Jefferies Reassure Clients It Isn't Exposed To Other Overly Leveraged Firms ".the trouble with these types of situations can be the potential for lawsuits and fines and sometimes a banks own efforts to protect its standing among clients known as step-in risk where firms end up covering some or all of their customers losses. Taking on such shortfalls isnt necessarily done for legal reasons but because of the fear of losing the rest of a clients business. This happened with Credit Suisse and the funds it ran that loaned billions to the supply-chain finance firm Greensill for example." [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978151485641723969) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-14T17:30Z 26.8K followers, 40.5K engagements "If Silver Shorts Don't Deliver ".The day a short cannot deliver is the day that silver breaks free. No delivery. No trust. That's when silver goes vertical. The whole system is based on promises to deliver extraordinary. the whole system which is systemically connected the contagion that would come out of that would be extraordinary" _____________________ Thanks @stephmase22 @MilesFranklinCo @MilesFranklin_O @MilesFranklin_C" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978440873189781879) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T12:40Z 26.8K followers, 127.5K engagements "$JEF How Is Jefferies Explaining Away The Red Flags "if we consider this direct exposure to losses and the hidden losses on equity short positions (without considering anything else not to make things look even worse) Jefferies does stand a high risk of quickly becoming INSOLVENT. It should not come as a surprise that Jefferies executives have already started to control the damage stating the bank is solid. Kind of reminds me of Credit Suisse a few years ago." Will Wells Fargo Be To Jefferies What UBS Was To Credit Suisse" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1978512602259984686) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-15T17:25Z 26.7K followers, 12.2K engagements ""Fifth Third could face $200M in Tricolor losses" "Tricolor Holdings chaotic collapse and potential double-pledging of autos to creditors sent Fifth Third Bancorp executives on a house-to-house search through its loan collateral for other discrepancies. They did find more two to be exact out of 120000 vehicles. Were tracking those two exceptions down Greg Schroeck the banks chief credit officer." @AutoFinanceNews" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1979263433024340402) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-17T19:09Z 26.8K followers, 24.8K engagements "And there it is - the financial media is so predictable and disingenuous "Beyond Meat Becomes the Latest Battleground in the Meme Stock Wars: Retail Investors Eye a Short Squeeze" Institutional investors move stocks. Not retail. And the media knows that so why is this the lead "In a dramatic resurgence of the "meme stock" phenomenon retail investors are once again attempting to ignite a short squeeze this time setting their sights on plant-based food pioneer Beyond Meat." @FinContent So here's the question: ".What retail investor would BUY 100000000 shares of stock before 8am Only $100M" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980345471303331847) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-20T18:48Z 26.8K followers, 21.9K engagements ""Bank of AmericaWarns of Forced Stocks Selling If Credit Problems Persist" "Strategists at Bank of America Corp warn that further signs of strain in the credit market may provoke another broad equities rout as long-only investors are compelled to sell. A downturn would push funds that track indexes to sell equities according to Savita Subramanian as passive investment "dominates the S&P 500". .She noted that six out of XX bear market warning signs that the bank watches have been triggered. Typically an average of XX% of those signs are set off before the market hits a peak and begins an" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980455867783733248) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T02:07Z 26.8K followers, 132.6K engagements "Maybe he should start by turning off the BOJ's own $JPY printer And note the timing with Sanae Takaichi becoming Japan's first female PM today and the concerns about her support for fiscal stimulus and looser monetary policy ".Global regulators must adapt to new realities in the financial system such as an increasing ratio of assets held by non-bank financial institutions and the emergence of stablecoins Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Tuesday."" [X Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1980600359170068894) [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/x/kshaughnessy2) 2025-10-21T11:41Z 26.8K followers, 2087 engagements
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"Swiss regulators are very worried about UBS. They can't afford another collapse like Credit Suisse "UBS Group Chair Colm Kelleher said Switzerlands financial regulator and central bank set out additional capital requirements that would lead to a XX% increase compared with current levels. Swiss authorities have been working over the past year to reform of the countrys too big to fail banking laws in the wake of Credit Suisses rescue takeover by UBS a move that is widely expected to result in higher capital demands for UBS.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-04-10T17:26Z 26.6K followers, 27.7K engagements
"ARE SWISS REGULATORS GOING TO WIN THE BATTLE WITH UBS OVER INCREASED CAPITAL RESERVES What was hidden away with Credit Suisse must be even worse than imagined. "UBS Group AG is heading for defeat in the first round of its effort to water down the Swiss governments law that could force it to maintain as much as $XX billion in extra capital. In the bill the government will propose to parliament an outline of which is set to be published on June X the Zurich-based bank would be required to increase its ability to cover losses at foreign subsidiaries to XXX% of the capital in those units"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-05-20T09:28Z 26.5K followers, 22.9K engagements
"Now what $UBS UBS Securities Attempt to Stop $PHUN's Market Manipulation Lawsuit is DENIED. This case is headed to discovery. A judge greenlights $PHUN market manipulation (spoofing) lawsuit against UBS. $NWBO $BINI Harrington"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-12T21:33Z 26.5K followers, 12.4K engagements
"Japan's XXX Year Plus Plan "Bank of Japan to Offload Stockholdings in Further Policy Normalization" ".Economists at Daiwa Securities noted the extremely gradual pace of sales: "If this scale continues it would take more than XXX years to fully sell off the portfolio. Economists remain divided on the outlook. Some expect the BOJ to hold off on rate increases until next year while others say it can make a move as soon as October if it becomes confident that prices and wages are on track to keep growing at a healthy pace.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-19T08:37Z 26.5K followers, 5089 engagements
"Big Banks Spending Big Bucks on Renovations Barclays is in former Lehman Brothers building "Barclays Plc is preparing to spend at least $X billion to renovate its skyscraper in New Yorks Times Square becoming the latest financial giant to invest in updating its office space in the city." - Bloomberg ____________ "Wall Street bank Citigroup's bill for refitting its tower in London has risen to $XXX billion (1.1 billion pounds) the company told Reuters highlighting the challenges of modernising workplaces to attract employees back to offices. - Economic Times"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-22T20:28Z 26.5K followers, 2425 engagements
"$MONI this is interesting "Moon Equity Holdings' Subsidiary IndeXr Launches 5X Energy-Efficient AI-as-a-Service Private Cloud" ".the new service combines rapid deployment with exceptional energy efficiency to help organizations run modern AI workloads while cutting power cooling and space requirements. IndeXr holds a Master Reseller partnership with SoftIron and can white-label the solution for enterprises government service providers and public-sector customers." @FlyEaglesFly529 @BAMinvestor"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-08T15:03Z 26.5K followers, 1885 engagements
"@rogerhamilton @CharlesSchwab @Fidelity @RobinhoodApp Great question that deserves an answer"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-09T03:02Z 26.5K followers, 1399 engagements
"Could be rough waters ahead especially if you're loaded in big tech @BAMinvestor called the recent top in Bitcoin --- and here's what he said about the markets on Friday October 3rd. 👀👀 ".In general we would start to see the first leg down next week certainly by later in the week and then if that happens then the really most dangerous portion of October comes a little bit later. And again I'm not going to call out dates. Now if all of this works - if my stock index model tracks and the different individual models for some of these ticker symbols that I've named . if that works as well then"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-11T13:59Z 26.5K followers, 17.3K engagements
"$FNGR $GBUX $DJT $AEON $AMC ( $QQQ Cr@sh)"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-11T14:11Z 26.5K followers, 1486 engagements
"". wiping out year-to-date gains estimated at more than $XXX million." "A star trader is out at $XXXX billion LMR Partners after a mortgage-backed securities trade backfires" "Last year Andrew Berger was riding high. The mortgage-trading team he oversaw at $XXXX billion hedge fund LMR Partners gained nearly $XXX million in 2024 according to three people familiar with the matter. Now the star trader is out at LMR after sharp losses in September tied to a mortgage-backed securities bet those people said asking not to be identified because the information is private. That misstep contributed to"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-11T15:49Z 26.5K followers, 36.8K engagements
"Sept 2024 (Jefferies CEO Texts) "Some never before seen texts between me and Lehman CEO Dick Fuld. Also some important lessons." _________ August 2024 "Lawyers for hedge fund founder George Weiss allege Jefferies Financial Group threatened to ruin his reputation in the investing industry if he and his namesake firm didnt agree to a deal that added protections to $XXX million in debt owed to Jefferies." __________ August 2024 "So XXX Capital the hedge fund of Jefferies Financial Group winds down trading amidst controversy surrounding a ponzi." ________ June 2024 Jefferies lost a lot of money"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T06:22Z 26.5K followers, 3793 engagements
"$JEF The FED created new reporting rules this summer that make it easier for U.S. banks to hide troubled loans Convenient right Got to keep that sunlight out. _______________ June 2025 So The Bank Stress Tests Made Sure Not To Test Anything That Creates Stress And The Financial Media Doesn't Push Back And Demand to Know Why ____________ July 2025 No Wonder Banks Easily Passed The 2025 Stress Test. The Fed Allowed Banks To Hide A Lot Of Their Risk _______________"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-14T21:49Z 26.5K followers, 15.9K engagements
"$JEF seems to have lots of explaining to do beyond its First Brands business dealings "I wonder if anyone ever looked closely at Jefferies balance sheet - it took me X minutes and no calculator to figure out that without Repo financing their cash position is negative" - @DarioCpx Isn't Jefferies also the prime broker for the notorious Lind Partners @Hamnakedshorts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T02:02Z 26.5K followers, 16.1K engagements
"The ripple effect of Private Credit CRE First Brands and Tricolor @1CoastalJournal"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T15:37Z 26.5K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Took way too long but CNBC now acknowledging the risk that is out there. Wait until the financial media starts questioning why trade settlement isn't enforced (we can dream anyway) "Shares of regional banks and investment bank Jefferies tumbled on Thursday as fears mounted around some bad loans lurking on Wall Street. Zions Bancorporation dropped more than XX% while Western Alliance Bancorp fell more than 10%. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) lost more than X% with all but one member of the popular fund ending Thursday's session in the red. Additionally because the private credit"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T21:05Z 26.5K followers, 12.8K engagements
"$JEF Let's see how this ages"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T13:39Z 26.5K followers, 9048 engagements
"After three months in prison disgraced Former Congressman George Santos' prison sentence is commuted. He was sentenced to seven years in April after pleading guilty to federal wire fraud charges and aggravated identity theft. He reported to prison in July. President Trump posted "George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and by all accounts has been horribly mistreated""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T22:38Z 26.5K followers, 6774 engagements
"$VIRT What is getting priced into the market with $VIRT Stock is down $XX since August CEO Doug Cifu Resigned This Summer - is there more to it ___________ December 2024 What percent of Virtu Financial's short book is in companies under 1B market cap and what percentage is in sub 500mil market caps _____________ March 2025 "Virtu seems to be one of the main market makers involved in the manipulating of $QNTM stock." ____________ June 2025 Months before he became SEC Chairman Paul Atkins was an expert witness for Virtu Financial in its court battle with the SEC And now as the SEC Chairman he"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T01:47Z 26.8K followers, 7416 engagements
"An upgrade. for $JEF Wouldn't a "hold" have been less obvious @Hamnakedshorts Instead it's like "let's upgrade the company that claims it was defrauded""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T19:28Z 26.8K followers, 6618 engagements
"The Rise In Short-Term Interest Rates Indicates Market Stress and A Cash Crunch The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) which tracks the cost of borrowing cash overnight in the repo market rose to XXXX% Thursday and XXXX% Friday That is higher than the Federal Reserves upper target range of XXXX% ".Cash had already been leaving the market to pay corporate taxes and to pay for recently auctioned government bonds raising demand for new funding. The increased demand for cash when willingness to lend in money markets has appeared more scarce has pushed up the cost of borrowing cash overnight"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-18T12:16Z 26.8K followers, 10.3K engagements
"What will the week of Oct 19th bring ".One big gainer: the Cboe Volatility Index or VIX. Known as Wall Streets fear gauge the VIX tracks expectations for stock swings over the next XX days based on what investors will pay for options tied to the S&P XXX index. When fear is rising traders are typically more likely to pay up for options to protect their portfolios meaning the VIX tends to spike when the market swoons. The laundry list of worries is actually increasing said Jordan Rizzuto chief investment officer of GammaRoad Capital Partners. This is the environment where we should expect"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-19T07:53Z 26.8K followers, 5092 engagements
"$JEF $FNGR Follow the money . or lack of it ".These prompted me to look at the off-the-books exposure and from the latest $JEF 10-Q the bank does indeed have 17bn$ of commitments and derivative shortfalls to cover before year-end⚠" - Dario @Hamnakedshorts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-19T15:06Z 26.8K followers, 6799 engagements
"$CVNA $JEF It's important to know where the passive investors in your portfolio are investing. especially companies in the headlines"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-19T17:00Z 26.8K followers, 50K engagements
"$BYND Be careful of the media narratives "The reporters will say $BYND is a retail short squeeze What retail investor would BUY 100000000 shares of stock before 8am Only $100M dollars" @Hamnakedshorts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T11:59Z 26.8K followers, 72K engagements
"$MMTLP Halt FINRA's Secret OffShore Account Blatant Market Manipulation and Lack of Trade Settlement Enforcement to name a few ".The Attorney General in consultation with the heads of all departments and agencies of the United States shall take appropriate action to review the activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority of the United States including but not limited to the Department of Justice the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission over the last X years and identify any instances where a departments or agencys"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-08-04T12:07Z 26.7K followers, 38.1K engagements
""US financial enforcement falls XX% under Trump" "Regulatory enforcement against US financial services firms has sharply declined in the first half of 2025 according to new findings from Wolters Kluwers Regulatory Violations Intelligence Index. The report shows enforcement actions fell XX% compared to the second half of 2024 reflecting the Trump administrations accelerated deregulatory push. Monetary penalties also dropped significantly falling XX% across financial consumer-protection and competition-related violations the research revealed. The shift highlights the speed and scale of the"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-24T19:11Z 26.7K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Could it be Velocity @JohnnyTabacco"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-29T22:03Z 26.7K followers, 13.6K engagements
"Hmm. keep an eye on it. What's happening at $VIRT @FlyEaglesFly529 questions whether $VIRT was naked shorting and trying to bankrupt $WOLF"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-05T02:10Z 26.7K followers, 9748 engagements
"First Brands' Bankruptcy Puts BDOs Audit Under Fire While Its Apollo Debt Looms Large You wouldn't know that from Bloomberg's Headline Which Downplays The Serious Problems BDO is Facing as First Brands Auditor and From Its $XXX Billion Loan from Apollo Apollo Global which profited off First Brand's collapse put BDO in a precarious position both financially and professionally. Apollo lent BDO $XXX billion in 2023 with a floating interest rate to fund its employee stock ownership plan making BDO financially dependent on Apollo. At the same time Apollo held a credit default swap (CDS) bet"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-12T12:25Z 26.8K followers, 30.7K engagements
"$JEF Every word in a corporate "letter" like Jefferies put out about its exposure in the First Brand's bankrupt is very deliberate. @allthingsf74065 reads between the lines"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T20:48Z 26.7K followers, 9841 engagements
"Peeling back the curtain on banks' excellent earnings reports. Regulators at Wall Street's request changed the SLR requirement that was put in place after the great financial crisis. And banks saw an infusion of money"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T19:37Z 26.8K followers, 5039 engagements
""Billions of Dollars Vanished: Low-Profile Bankruptcy Rings Alarms on Wall Street" First Brands Fallout ". one hint in its bankruptcy filing is that the credit arms of Ford Motor and General Motors are among the companies it owes money. Dozens of private credit lenders and hedge funds say they are out money. Private funds run by UBS say they are owed more than $XXX million. BlackRock is also owed a sum that it hasnt yet specified. Other lesser-known investors in private credit such as CarVal and Ellington Management Group are also in the queue. Hardest hit for now is Jefferies. One of its"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T23:57Z 26.8K followers, 71.3K engagements
"$JEF I'm sure It's just a coincidence"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T12:57Z 26.8K followers, 51.1K engagements
"A stressful weekend for banks and private credit - let's see what Monday brings. "Chatter among analysts is gloomy. "Inside credit markets for more than a year there has been a grudging recognition that there was and is a series of credit problems that could be substantial and could be dangerous to the overall economy Andrew Milgram chief investment officer of Marblegate Asset Management told the Financial Times. Finally banks have unexpectedly borrowed money via the U.S. Federal Reserves repo facility for a second straight day. They normally only do that at the end of the month or the"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T19:13Z 26.8K followers, 31.5K engagements
"$JEF & Its Top Institutional Holders"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-18T12:40Z 26.8K followers, 23K engagements
"$CVNA "Is Carvana One of the Cockroaches Jamie Dimon Just Warned Us About" And if it is - how did Jefferies and JP Morgan miss the warning signs in Carvana like Jefferies did in First Brands' collapse and JPMorgan did in Tricolor's bankruptcy They both recently gave Carvana high marks "Analysts from JPMorgan and Jefferies have piled on with upgrades citing robust used-vehicle demand and digital efficiencies. Yet beneath the rally lies a balance sheet riddled with vulnerabilities that could unravel in a downturn." @247WallSt Dario issued these same warnings in 2024 and again earlier this month"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-19T11:59Z 26.8K followers, 14.7K engagements
""The chief executive officers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley are slotted to attend Hong Kongs annual summit for global finance leaders just as US-China tensions reignite and a slew of credit losses weigh on global banks. David Solomon and Ted Pick will come to the Asian financial hubs main annual event scheduled for Nov. X to X as well as Citadels Ken Griffin and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Vice Chairman Daniel Pinto among others according to people familiar with the matter and a document seen by Bloomberg News.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T09:03Z 26.8K followers, 2440 engagements
"And here's yet another subprime lender reported to be on the verge of bankruptcy "Creditors of PrimaLend which provides financing to auto dealerships that cater to subprime borrowers are weighing pushing the firm into bankruptcy after going unpaid for months.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T10:36Z 26.8K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Auto loan defaults remain high ".Those figures show that the share of subprime auto loans that were XX days or more past due hit a high of almost XXX% in January and has remained close to that level. When Fitch first released those findings earlier this year the group noted that it was the highest since it began collecting that datain 1994. The NYT report adds thatrepossessionshave also swelled while drivers are increasingly trading in vehicles that are worth less than they owe and lenders likeAllyFinancialand CarMaxare cautioning investors aboutloan performance." @pymnts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T18:33Z 26.8K followers, 2808 engagements
""Wall Street Giants Sued Over Alleged Stock Manipulation" Why isn't the financial media all over this story It broke five days ago - and Bloomberg Law is the only report I can find on it.(and it's behind a paywall) "An investor in Israeli chipmaker Eltek Ltd. has sued Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Interactive Brokers Group Inc. alleging they had a role in a complex stock price manipulation scheme.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T00:16Z 26.8K followers, 27.9K engagements
"@FlyEaglesFly529 @HesterPeirce She could keep it short and say the SEC prides itself on not enforcing stock settlement"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T00:23Z 26.8K followers, XXX engagements
"Investors are finally hearing the warning signs. "Investors Pull Cash From CLO ETFs in Biggest Outflow Since April" ".ETFs of collateralized loan obligations experienced an outflow of about $XXX million last week marking the first investor exodus in about six months analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. led by Rishad Ahluwalia wrote in a Monday report. That compares to a weekly average of about $XXX million of inflows over the past year according to the analysts." CLOs are Collateralized Loan Obligations. They are a bunch of loans that are often below investment grade and higher risk bundled"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T00:43Z 26.8K followers, 134.4K engagements
""Antara Capital a $XXX billion hedge fund backed by Blackstone Inc. froze its hard-to-sell assets from redemptions after piling on losses. Money plowed into illiquid private investments has been withheld from redemptions and was placed in a so-called side pocket in February after the firm posted a second straight year of slumping returns." via @markets @HAMShortkiller @WilliamPFarran1"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2024-04-09T00:04Z 26.6K followers, 14.4K engagements
"$126 Million Loss From "Improper Naked Short Trade" Who is allowing this to happen to the U.S. equity markets And is it just Dubai Is This Considered Financial Terrorism "The liquidators of Dubai-based British Virgin Islands-domiciled All Blue Investments North Star X Ltd. and All Blue Investment Management Ltd. have filed for Chapter XX bankruptcy recognition in Miami amid an investigation into conduct that also involves two Cayman Islands affiliates and allegedly resulted in losses of $XXX million from improper naked short trades. @ham59591shorts @JohnnyTabacco @denniskneale"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2024-12-16T15:32Z 26.6K followers, 47.3K engagements
"Barclays and Citigroup fined after South Korea catches them naked short selling "South Korea has fined Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc. for naked short selling Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported as the nation ramps up its fight against such illegal trading practices. Barclays and Citi were fined XXXX billion won ($9.5 million) and XXX billion won respectively by the Securities and Futures Commission according to the report which didnt say where it obtained the information.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2024-12-18T19:04Z 26.6K followers, 56.8K engagements
""Pension fund accuses Panthers owner Viola partner Cifu of stealing $XXX million owed to investors in Virtu Financial" ".The 84-page complaint filed Jan. 24th in Delawares Chancery Court where Virtu was incorporated in 2013 follows an earlier suit by the pension fund that asked a judge to force Virtu to turn over its books and records for it to investigate suspicions of apparent wrongdoing. The complaint contains much new information about how the company is run and how Viola and his cronies allegedly profited at the expense of those who bought Virtus publicly traded Class A shares.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-03-07T03:07Z 26.6K followers, 72.8K engagements
"$QNTM The Anson Fund Connection. Quantum BioPharma CEO @zsaeed says previous management accepted Toxic Funding from Anson Funds five years ago. Question: Did Anson Funds' Moez Kassam ever work with Virtu Financial and CIBC Has either name come up during Kassam's negotiations with the DOJ ______________________ February 2025 "Virtu seems to be one of the main market makers involved in the manipulating of $QNTM stock. There seems to be a very strong connection and correlation between Virtu and CIBC." - @zsaeed ____________________ March 282025 In the company I run $QNTM almost XX times shares"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-03-29T11:48Z 26.6K followers, 19.2K engagements
"Misreported up to XX Billion Short Sales "Misreported" is not the word I would use. Also - How many shares where in each of those trades Which stocks were impacted "Australia's corporate regulator sued top investment bank Macquarie Group alleging it misreported up to XXX billion short sales over a decade and a half misleading the market and violating rules in place since the financial crisis. .After the financial crisis Australia made it compulsory for fund managers to report short-selling trades - where an investor makes a profit when a stock price falls - to improve transparency and"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-05-14T10:19Z 26.6K followers, 42.3K engagements
"$VIRT Virtu Financial is moving its Class A Common Stock listing from the Nasdaq to NYSE starting June 17th ".The company's CEO Douglas A. Cifu expressed enthusiasm about the move highlighting Virtu Financial's dedication to transparency excellence and the creation of long-term shareholder value.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-05-30T07:00Z 26.6K followers, 12.1K engagements
"Months before he became SEC Chairman Paul Atkins was an expert witness for Virtu Financial in its court battle with the SEC And now as the SEC Chairman he polices Virtu @moonracker7447"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-06-01T15:24Z 26.6K followers, 29.1K engagements
"UBS Shareholder Sells All of Its UBS Stock for $XXX Million "An unidentified institutional UBS Group AG shareholder sold its entire stake in the Swiss lender worth around XXX million Swiss francs ($621 million) taking advantage of recent gains in the banks shares. The investor offered around XX million shares through an overnight placing which priced at XXXXX Swiss francs per share according to terms seen by Bloomberg. The price was a XXX% discount to the banks closing price of XXXXX Swiss francs on Monday.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-08-13T04:37Z 26.6K followers, 94.8K engagements
"And wait until investors hear what Bronte Capital Management Founder John Hempton has to say about $AMC. He says company should be bankrupt predicts more dilution and $XXXX price target"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-08-23T14:01Z 26.6K followers, 35.2K engagements
"Courtesy @jbrutvan "Entities or funds linked to Citadel Advisors own USD149.3 million worth of the senior secured notes Pacific Investment Management owns USD136.4 million worth Western Asset Management USD106.9 million AllianceBernstein USD97.3 million and Arena Capital Advisors USD95.6 million.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-08-29T21:08Z 26.6K followers, 1104 engagements
""Swiss Upper House Votes Down Delay of $X Billion UBS Capital Hit" "Swiss lawmakers voted against a second attempt to delay stricter bank capital-quality rules changes set to lift UBS Group AGs capital requirements by some $X billion. .Switzerland is revamping financial regulation in the wake of the collapse of Credit Suisse in 2023 and its subsequent purchase by UBS. The firms enlarged size has prompted worries that Switzerland wont be able to bail it out in any future crisis.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-16T09:23Z 26.6K followers, 42K engagements
"Former Wall Street Trader Among XX People Detained In Alleged Market Manipulation Investigation in Turkey ".Prosecutors allege the suspects many of whom Anadolu Agency said were executives of listed Investco Holding sought to launder illicit gains through market activity. The inquiry began after regulators flagged artificial price increases that may have caused losses for retail investors Anadolu reported. .(Isik) Okte who started his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in the 1990s is a frequent contributor to popular YouTube channels about the Turkish markets where his commentary attracts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-16T10:56Z 26.6K followers, 6612 engagements
"How did JPMorgan Miss Tricolors Fraudulent Loans Is Tricolor's collapse exposing systemic risks in private credit Lenders face big losses after providing $X billion in financing without properly analyzing the collateral (the auto loans) backing their financing ".One investor who sold out of Tricolor debt last week said the collapse of the company and ensuing market turmoil was one of the worst things Ive ever seen in the asset-backed securities market.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-04T09:01Z 26.6K followers, 173.4K engagements
"More and more life insurance policies and annuities are being sent off shore - because there's less transparency. ".The Cayman Islands are home to palm-fringed beaches endangered iguanasand $XX billion owed to U.S. life insurance customers. The companies that manage the money are increasingly storing it offshore in jurisdictions like the Caymans that dont require them to hold as much extra capital in case their investments turn sour.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-07T09:16Z 26.6K followers, 19.9K engagements
"Big banks missed a lot of red flags before Tricolor's multi billion dollar bankruptcy. ".Rating firms had just graded Tricolors latest round of securities backed by its auto loans pushing the total volume of its rated bonds past $X billion. S&P Global Ratings gave the biggest slice of the security an AA rating its second-highest ranking. Previous baskets of Tricolor auto loans were bought by Wall Street giants JPMorgan Chase Pimco and AllianceBernstein. Among Tricolors backers was BlackRock the worlds largest asset manager which had cast the chains focus on the Hispanic community as"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-07T18:12Z 26.6K followers, 11.7K engagements
"The absurdly over leveraged "Blackbrook is not an exception at all. .Blackbrook had $144000. Citigroup did $XXX Million short against $144000. That's insane. .How does no one go to jail" - @allthingsf74065 Now ask yourself what the real exposure is in Tricolor and First Brands etc Because it certainly doesn't seem like banks learned from Blackbrook or Archegos"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-07T20:59Z 26.6K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Despite the many warnings in recent years about the hidden risks in the largely unregulated trillion dollar private credit market - the SEC Chairman isn't worried And now they have access to 401k's and pensions - what could possibly go wrong "The head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said he does not view private credit as a systemic risk the latest signal of the regulators openness to more activity in the fast-growing market. I view the private markets as very important SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said at a conference in New York hosted by the Managed Funds Association. The private"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-08T09:37Z 26.6K followers, 36.3K engagements
"More banks trying to become too big to fail "The U.S. banking system is increasingly characterized by having fewer and bigger lenders. In 2005 there were nearly 9000 banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Now there are fewer than 5000. And just three banks represented about XX% of all U.S. domestic deposits at midyear according to FDIC data: JPMorgan Chase Bank of America and Wells Fargo Yet a recent string of deals among regional and midsize banks reveal a drive not just for greater scale but also the ability to build strongholds in specific local markets. This will prove key"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-09T02:25Z 26.6K followers, 6079 engagements
"Where are all the follow up articles to this demanding explanations from the banks who took such risks 👇 "The $XXX Billion Bond Blowup Wall Street Didn't See Coming" Citigroup MUFG Goldman Jefferies and Wells Fargo all took big hits in this recently revealed $X BILLION Bond Blowup ".Industry observers have compared Blackbrook's collapse to a dress rehearsal for the Archegos meltdown a year later another case where bank risk desks failed to keep pace with the leverage building behind the scenes. .As Angela Gallo of Bayes Business School noted the episode underscores how hedge-style"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-10T10:00Z 26.6K followers, 18.3K engagements
"How Many Tricolors Are Out There We May Only Know After They Also Collapse ". its part of a wider industry that operates with little transparency and oversight a system that may have masked Tricolors troubles. And investors voracious demand for subprime auto loans has kept money flowing to buy here pay here dealers a group that includes Tricolor along with peers DriveTime Byrider and Americas Car-Mart Inc. according to ratings firms. When its all in-house theres a lot less folks looking over anyones shoulders to see how this is being done or with the incentive to really care said John Van"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-10T18:37Z 26.6K followers, 6962 engagements
"Oh no Norinchukin- why is this news on the ailing Japanese bank's First Brand exposure being buried late on a Friday afternoon "$1.75 Billion Bombshell: Norinchukin Hit Again in First Brands Bankruptcy Fallout" This is on top of Norinchukin's $XXXX Billion write down last year of foreign bonds it owned. ".The Japanese lender already recovering from a $XX billion bond debacle holds indirect exposure through JA Mitsui Leasing Ltd. its joint venture with Mitsui & Co. The unit's subsidiary Katsumi Global provided the trade financing to First Brands before it filed for Chapter XX last month. For"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-11T07:00Z 26.6K followers, 50.6K engagements
"Look who's back at it. new company name same game Keep an eye on the Livento Group $NUGN. They recently took financing from Curt Kramer's Vanquish Funding Group $GTII ".Kramer and his employees often used the bar at the St. Regis New York hotel in Midtown Manhattan to hold such meetings with senior executives of microcap companies." @Hamnakedshorts has long warned companies to beware of lenders who wine and dine CEO's in need of financing. @KMBEST77"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-11T16:08Z 26.6K followers, 9866 engagements
"False script erased $XXX billion in days Gautam Adani blames Hindenburg for net worth crash" Adani on the damage short and distort reports can do - Hindenburg has shut down and is reportedly under investigation for its work with Anson Funds ".Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani shared how a false story once shook his empire erasing $XXX billion of market value within days. He said this showed how quickly false narratives can spread and influence public perception It was not just a report but a manipulated script designed to provoke doubt he said.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-12T05:58Z 26.6K followers, 15.4K engagements
""Behind the Collapse of an Auto-Parts Giant: a $X Billion Hole and a Mysterious CEO" ".He (Patrick James) built an auto-parts colossus with 26000 employees and billions in annual sales by scooping up smaller companies. His children went to elite U.S. colleges and the family relaxed at their $XX million Malibu Calif. mansion with sweeping views of the Pacific. A business scandal has shattered that dream. .The company funded its growth by borrowing heavily from Wall Street raising nearly $X billion of corporate loans. .A lawyer for one financer of receivables linked to First Brands recently"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-12T22:47Z 26.6K followers, 24.3K engagements
"$JEF Executives Are In Full Damage Control Mode "The Financial Times notes that Rich and Brian think Jefferies has been unfairly treated by the market in the First Brands affair .The main fear is that the First Brands collapse might be far worse than it appears. An investigation is being conducted into whether the the invoices that were supposed to be the collateral for loans made to First Brands were actually used over and over again. As the Financial Times observes this would be akin to "taking out nine mortgages against your house with the lenders all blissfully unaware that eight other"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T09:37Z 26.6K followers, 16.9K engagements
"$JEF Jefferies executives' letter allayed all concerns about the investment bank's First Brands' exposure"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T14:04Z 26.6K followers, 6880 engagements
"JP Morgan's $XXX million in Tricolor debt that it doesn't expect to collect "Dimon Sees More Than One Cockroach Likely After Tricolor Bust" ".The dramatic collapse of subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings hit JPMorgan Chase & Co.s earnings in the third quarter contributing a $XXX million charge-off that led to the banks elevated credit-cost figure and sparking an ominous warning from Jamie Dimon. When you see one cockroach there are probably more the banks chief executive officer said on a conference call with analysts Tuesday. Everyone should be forewarned on this one. It is not our finest"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-14T17:04Z 26.6K followers, 12.2K engagements
"$JEF Will Jefferies executives explain this on Thursday's investor call"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T02:36Z 26.6K followers, 5684 engagements
""Bank of America BNY Sued Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties" JPMorgan and Deutsche settled similar lawsuits in 2023. The WSJ says JP Morgan settled for $XXX Million and Deutsche Bank for $XX Million. New lawsuits allege that Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon did business with Epstein for years and only reported suspicious activities after he died in 2019. "The two class-action lawsuits were filed in federal court on Wednesday on behalf of a Jane Doe and other women who have accused Epstein of abuse. They allege that Epsteins trafficking operation wouldnt have existed without the banks that"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T06:54Z 26.6K followers, 5298 engagements
"Private Credit Risks Highlighted In First Brands' Collapse and Tricolors Bankruptcy ".Lenders like Raistone say as much as $XXX billion may have gone unaccounted for prompting calls for an independent court review. Huge players including Jefferies Morgan Stanley UBS and joint ventures with major Japanese banks are now facing hefty exposures some as high as $XXXX billion. .a pile-up of unsecured claims and the use of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) reveal just how complicated and risky private lending can get.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T11:14Z 26.6K followers, 8908 engagements
"An observation: The financial media loves the word "opaque" when describing something that Wall Street doesn't want anyone shining sunlight on. Example X ".The bankruptcies of two auto industry-related companies this year have raised concerns about loose lending practices especially in the opaque private credit market" CNBC EXAMPLE X "Jefferies is under intense scrutiny for its long-standing relationship with First Brands. It provided opaque invoice financing ." Financial Times Example X "Over the years First Brands increased its use of trade finance an opaque but relatively common type of"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T21:27Z 26.6K followers, 3139 engagements
"Oh no $JEF - this too The timing of this SEC investigation into MassMutual's accounting is not helpful to Jefferies. Also. how does SMBC feel about all this SMBC recently invested another $XXX million in Jefferies increasing its stake to up to XX% and provided $XXX billion in credit facilities"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T08:33Z 26.6K followers, 17K engagements
"$JEF "3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Avoid Today Jefferies Financial Group JEF Louisiana-Pacific LPX American Express AXP The most overvalued stock in Berkshire Hathaways portfolio is Jefferies Financial Group JEF. Berkshire owns less than X% of Jefferies stock and Jefferies is one of the smallest positions in Berkshires portfolio." @MorningstarInc This video was done BEFORE Jefferies' relationship and exposure in First Brand's collapse made headlines"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T11:24Z 26.6K followers, 4880 engagements
"How can anyone trust our financial markets"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T13:18Z 26.6K followers, 29.8K engagements
"Long before Tricolor and First Brands There Were So Many Warning Signs "Repossessions especially in the sub-prime auto market are on the rise according to Badeen who is also president of the Allied Finance Adjusters trade body. "Weve seen some sub-primes making changes which probably indicates theyre having issues he said. Theyre not financing cars like they were. Two years ago they were financing anybody..""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-18T12:27Z 26.6K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Just Bloomberg pretending that big banks' main risks are not of their own doing. ."People are just a little bit spooked and kind of selling first and asking questions later said Zachary Hill head of portfolio management at Horizon Investments. In many ways the finance world is being divided in two. Big banks and Wall Street giants are racing ahead with strong trading and investment banking operations and their size insulates them from a few bad loans. Smaller firms however dont have that cushion so the risks are more acute. The risk of course is that problems at a few regional lenders can"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-18T22:22Z 26.6K followers, 9014 engagements
"It's been more than a month and not one reporter or politician has publicly demanded to know why FINRA a U.S. regulator is funneling money to a hedge fund in the Cayman Islands How did High Vista a hedge fund in Boston get involved in this @f1finra @Caveatlector12 @Stef_carpedm @XsyLocke @FlyEaglesFly529"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-07-23T21:34Z 26.7K followers, 20.5K engagements
"Did predatory short selling by Apollo Global Management take down an auto parts supply company called First Brands Apollo owns Tenneco Inc. which was a competitor of First Brand's. Apollo took Tenneco private in 2022. Questions: 1) Was First Brands using complex financing and blacklists to try to protect itself from short sellers 2)What bank (third party counterparty) did Apollo work with to get around that blacklist and short First Brands debt without directly owning the loans 3)How much money did Apollo make off that bet . First Brands' impending bankruptcy could disrupt auto parts supply"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-28T11:30Z 26.7K followers, 53.5K engagements
""Switzerlands Most Shorted Stock Plans Billion-Dollar Comeback" ".From its discreet headquarters in Zurich Barry Callebaut AG has grown into the worlds largest bulk chocolate maker processing at least XX% of global cocoa. Multinationals and boutique dessert makers alike rely on its cocoa butter powders and ganache. The Swiss company is the industrys quiet power: one of Europes most dependable consumer suppliers and an indispensable middleman shaping what ends up on grocery store shelves from Pennsylvania to Paris. Today Barry Callebaut is Switzerlands most heavily shorted stock with about a"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-03T18:00Z 26.7K followers, 5902 engagements
"UBS's attempt to settle a market manipulation lawsuit is rejected. $PHUN is refusing to discuss any settlement in its spoofing lawsuit against UBS Securities LLC until it gets its hands on UBS's trading records. Wonder what $UBS doesn't want the courts to see 👀👀 ."Without access to all of UBSs trading and order flow in Phunware Plaintiff is unable to assess and/or calculate the complete damages suffered by Phunware as a result of UBSs manipulative spoofing of its stock. ➡UBS on the other hand made it clear they dont want to give up this information: however Plaintiff proposed to UBS that if"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-09T16:31Z 26.7K followers, 19.9K engagements
"1.1 Billion Options Errors on One Day - October 1st 2025 To those who are surprised by what's happening in our financial markets right now - you haven't been paying attention. Some of you even mocked those of us who have been paying very close attention"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T03:33Z 26.8K followers, 68.3K engagements
"Keep an eye on insurance sector stocks as more people find out about the SECs investigation into MassMutuals accounting ( mutual funds retirement plans and ETF's that are invested could be impacted too) ".The Securities and Exchange Commission has been gathering information including through subpoenas it issued about MassMutuals bookkeeping around income on billions of dollars of loans it holds in its general investment account the people said.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T05:45Z 26.8K followers, 143.5K engagements
"$CVNA - a warning made a year ago gaining steam "Carvana under fire: Is it the 'Cockroach' Jamie Dimon just warned investors about" "So is there any more cockroach Online used car dealer 'Carvana' share price has gone up XX per cent in 2025 and 1780 per cent in past three years. The total assets of Carvana are worth $XXX billion liabilities amount to $XXX billion. Total debt rose to $XXX billion along with debt-to-equity ratio XXX per cent Yahoo Finance reported quoting 247wallst. However Carvana is listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) but it too relies on high-risk loans like 'Tricolor'"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-19T08:22Z 26.7K followers, 84.3K engagements
"Black Monday 1987 ".I was only a clerk but watching people puking over losses on #JPMorgan trading floor made me start to pay attention.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T09:29Z 26.8K followers, 6647 engagements
"$CVNA Is Bridgecrest a private company which handles customer financing for Carvanaclose to collapse ".Bridgecrest 2025-1 and 2025-2 looked structurally fine until they werent. One trust masked credit decay through aggressive modifications. The other ignored it entirely then posted $7.75M in charge-offs and thousands of 90+ day delinquents in a single month." @UnicusResearch Auto loan defaults hit XXX% in Q3 and Bridgecrest's subprime borrowers with lower credit scores could be vulnerable with their higher risk loans"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T10:29Z 26.8K followers, 25.3K engagements
"$JEF Are counterfeit shares another huge problem for Jefferies Is Jefferies the prime broker for Lind Partners Has Lind Partners sold millions of counterfeit shares in $FNGR Has Jefferies looked the other way while it makes money lending shares @Hamnakedshorts has put this truck in front of the SEC more than 20x Isn't it curious that with all that attention $JEF or SEC regulators have not demanded trade settlement Especially if there is nothing to hide"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T12:08Z 26.8K followers, 12.2K engagements
"Private Credit has so much exposure that could go bad. Or already has. And because it's largely unregulated it's hard to know exactly how massive the risk is From commercial real estate to sub prime auto loans - they kicked the can using pretend and extend/pray and delay tactics or questionable accounting methods. These problems are not new. But many have only gotten bigger. _________________ November 2024 "Trouble IsComing forPrivate Credits $1.7Trillion Industry" ______________ November 2025 "Regulators have escalated warnings about private credit valuations in recent months amid fears that"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T00:03Z 26.8K followers, 9595 engagements
"The Credit Crisis U.S. Banks' Face Rising Risks as Non-Bank Lending Surges to $XXX Trillion Say that again - $XXX TRILLION "U.S. bank lending to NBFIs expanded sharply over the last five years per bank regulatory data. Loans to NBFIs reached about $XXX trillion at June XX 2025 nearly XX% of total loans up from roughly X% a decade ago. Growth averaged about XX% annually on a CAGR basis for the entire industry; however banks with assets between $XX billion and $XXX billion in assets grew the fastest at roughly XX% during this period.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T02:28Z 26.8K followers, 14.4K engagements
"A profile of another major player in the financial industry. Thomas Peterffy Chairman and Founder of Interactive Brokers despite $IBKR allowing millions of bad trades over seven years "Thomas Peterffy founder and chairman of Interactive Broker Group created the first fully automated algorithmic trading system in 1987. It was a computer plugged into a Nasdaq terminal that could place orders faster than any human. ---------------- There's also this: October 232024 Why was Interactive Brokers only fined $475000 after getting caught misappropriating shares in its stock lending program in 800"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-03T12:05Z 26.7K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Just like you expected @arcabulls"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-12T16:42Z 26.7K followers, 8269 engagements
""Carvana - A Ticking Time Bomb" "The moment the demand for these super risky loans saturates Carvana revenues will evaporate in the blink of an eye. .lets model a severe downturn for Carvana where non-prime delinquencies surge to 10-15% mirroring industry highs seen in subprime cohorts. This could arise from a recession persistent inflation or undetected underwriting flaws echoing the opacity that doomed its peers. In this scenario the total exposure jumps to $5-7 billion potentially wiping out annual profits and necessitating equity raises or asset divestitures. Market cap could halve or"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T14:42Z 26.7K followers, 71.4K engagements
"What is missing from this article reveals so much about the financial media. 1) It blames retail investors and shady public companies for short sellers rough year. Let's be clear. Institutional investors move stocks - not retail. The media knows this but consistently blames retail. 2)This article doesn't haven't one word about the counterfeit shares flooding our financial markets or trade settlement not being enforced. 3)This article never mentions the CAT - the Consolidated Audit Trail- that has picked up billions of trading errors in a single day. It doesn't question why Wall Street"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-14T08:49Z 26.8K followers, 56K engagements
"$JEF More Investors Demanding Redemptions "Singapores sovereign wealth fund asked to pull some cash from a Jefferies Financial Group with large exposure to bankrupt First Brands Group according to people familiar with the matter. .Other Point Bonita investors seeking redemptions include BlackRock Inc. Morgan Stanleys asset-management arm and Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. Bloomberg previously reported.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T02:58Z 26.8K followers, 20.5K engagements
"$800 Million Loan Default Expected NYC's Commercial Real Estate Crisis ".A 27-story tower just steps from Central Park is headed to special servicing after losing hundreds of millions of dollars in value in a recent appraisal. Vornado Realty Trust andOxford Properties the real estate arm ofthe Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System own the 595K SF office and retail building at XXX Madison Ave. The joint venture requested thatthe $800MCMBSloan tied to the building be transferred to a special servicer citing imminent monetary default as the cause according to a Morningstar Credit alert.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T02:00Z 26.8K followers, 26.4K engagements
"$GNPX traded its float 22X Float is XXXX Million Traded XXXXX Shares Wednesday Oct 152025 It's a .66 stock. Thanks @Benthom41722354 @FlyEaglesFly529 @Hamnakedshorts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T07:22Z 26.7K followers, 2597 engagements
""Fraud Charges Jolt Confidence In Regional Banks" "Zions Bancorporations $XX million loan fraud sparks fresh doubts about credit risks and oversight at US regional lenders. Zions announced it lost $XX million on two fraudulent commercial loans putting the spotlight on credit oversight among regional lenders. The bank is now suing in California to recover its losses but the write-off will show up in its third-quarter results. Thats worrying analysts especially since Zions mostly works with smaller businesses where risk can sneak by more easily." Thanks for the heads up @1CoastalJournal"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T15:55Z 26.8K followers, 19.3K engagements
"Running Out of Gold "Japans largest gold retailer suspended sales of small bullion bars for at least a month unable to meet frenzied buying interest spurred by the metals surge to record highs. Tanaka Precious Metal Group Co. said Thursday it has paused sales of 5- to 50-gram gold bars and platinum bars of X to XX grams as demand outstrips capacity. It aims to resume in late November and will continue in the meantime to offer gold and platinum bars weighing over XXX grams.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T16:15Z 26.8K followers, 80.9K engagements
"It's moving quickly . "US Seeks Independent Bankruptcy Probe of First Brands Crash" "The federal watchdog for corporate bankruptcies joined a creditors demand for an independent investigation of the troubled auto-parts supplier First Brands Group which has admitted it cant find $XXX billion related to off-balance sheet financing deals. The US Trustee argued in court filings that serious allegations of fraud dishonesty incompetence misconduct or mismanagement justifies a quicker-than-normal process to appoint a bankruptcy examiner in First Brands insolvency case. Lawyers for the US Trustee"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-16T17:06Z 26.8K followers, 56.5K engagements
"$CVNA $JEF $JPM Did Jefferies and JP Morgan miss warning signs in Carvana like Jefferies did in First Brands' collapse and JPMorgan did in Tricolor's bankruptcy"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T09:32Z 26.8K followers, 5449 engagements
"For the first time ever India's largest precious metals refinery ran out of silver ".Traders described the market as all but broken with major banks refusing to quote prices as they handled repeated client calls." "Raina head of trading at MMTC-Pamp India Pvt had anticipated a surge in silver purchases expecting Indian customers to stock up on the metal to honour the Hindu goddess of wealth. But the scale of the demand exceeded all his expectations. His company Indias largest precious metals refinery ran out of silver stock for the first time in its history. .I have been here in this company"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T18:07Z 26.8K followers, 5416 engagements
"A look under the hood of risky loans . "- A little-known California real estate investor behind bad loans disclosed by Zions Bancorp and Western Alliance also faces lawsuits by Banc of California and two other lenders with his involvement in troubled debt totaling around $XXX million court filings show. In separate actions between April and August Banc of California Enterprise Bank & Trust and Nano Banc sued the investor Andrew Stupin seeking to collect on loans worth a combined $XXX million.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T02:01Z 26.8K followers, 6635 engagements
"The concern about the $X Trillion largely unregulated private credit market is not new- despite the media's attempt to make it seem that way. (I've been posting about it for years) "But it has also started popping up in the world of finance at least when it comes to the private credit market which has become a nearly $X trillion industry over just five years." @BusinessInsider __________ November 2024 "Trouble IsComing forPrivate Credits $1.7Trillion Industry" Kicking the can down the road only works for so long Systemic risk is something we think about ____________ March 2025 What could"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T10:56Z 26.8K followers, 7139 engagements
"@Troy_Lake A big one"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-21T11:00Z 26.8K followers, XXX engagements
"More slaps on the wrist for $VIRT FINRA says Virtu Financial overstated "its advertised trade volume on two subscription-based providers of market data in approximately 110500 instances by approximately XXXX billion shares. (May 2027/ February 2022) ______________ August 2024 ( In this case Virtu is accused of giving its traders full access to their institutional clients' confidential trading data) Inside the NYC courtroom where the judge DENIED Virtu Financial's motion to dismiss the SEC's case against it. The judge was asked to consider a partial dismissal "Judge: Why should I consider a"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-02-23T16:01Z 26.6K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Because kicking the can only makes things worse "Imworried about a handfulof themSheila Bair who headed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the financial crisis of 2008 said in an interview with CNBC Tuesday (April 16). I think some of them are still overly reliant on industry deposits have a lot of concentrated commercial real estate exposure and then I think the larger picture really is the potential instability of their uninsured deposits even for the healthy ones if we have another bank failure. These mid-sized banks will begin reporting their earnings this week and Bair says she"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-05-01T21:16Z 26.7K followers, 5551 engagements
"For XX years the @SECGov Never Double Checked The Credentials of This "Attorney" (Questions below) ".the SEC attorney falsely certified active membership in good standing with a state bar at the time they were hired in 2008. Additionally on at least XX separate occasions between 2015 and 2024 the SEC attorney provided false certifications of an active state bar license in good standing." So taxpayers paid the salary of a SEC attorney for years even though that "attorney" didn't have a law license These attorneys decide the outcome of cases. They have a lot of power. And the commissioner signs"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-07-19T09:28Z 26.7K followers, 54.1K engagements
"It wasn't just Evergrande. Another big developer Country Garden is overloaded with debt "Country Garden Holdings Co. said its first-half loss could reach as high as $X billion with the Chinas prolonged property crisis continuing to weigh on the the embattled developer. .Once Chinas largest developer by contracted sales Country Garden has been in talks with creditors to restructure $XXXX billion of offshore debt since it defaulted in 2023. The pressure to reach a deal has been mounting as the liquidation proceedings progress and the countrys years-long property crisis drags on .""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-08-25T12:55Z 26.7K followers, 19.1K engagements
"China's Commercial Real Estate Crisis Worsens Developer Country Garden Reports a $XXX Billion Loss for first half of the year ".The Foshan-based developer reported a loss of XXXXX billion yuan ($2.7 billion) for the six months ended June XX according to an exchange filing on Friday. While the loss is within the range it flagged last week its XX% more than a year earlier. .With a housing slump deepening in July Chinas more-than four-year-old property crisis has hit debt-laden builders like Country Garden particularly hard. The dismal financial results also come as the defaulter is seeking to"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-08-29T23:21Z 26.7K followers, 8702 engagements
"It looks like Virtu Financial and the SEC have reached a settlement. Waiting for approval Courtesy: @BobbyCat42 ___________ June 2025 Months before he became SEC Chairman Paul Atkins was an expert witness for Virtu Financial in its court battle with the SEC And now as the SEC Chairman he polices Virtu __________ Sept 2024 VIRTU answers SEC Complaint - see @TeuHunden post below Background: ".In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan the SEC said Virtu repeatedly and falsely told customers that it used "information barriers" and "systemic separation between business groups" to protect"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-02T16:23Z 26.7K followers, 19.4K engagements
""Goldman to Buy $X Billion of T. Rowe Stock as Firms Team Up" An "unusual arrangement" "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) will invest as much as $X billion in T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) and team up with the asset manager to sell private-market products to retail investors. The unusual arrangement means Goldman will use its balance sheet to hold equity in T. Rowe whose stock has tumbled more than XX% from its 2021 peak. ."The companies will collaborate on a range of investments for retirement savers and wealthy investors they said in an emailed statement.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-04T11:40Z 26.7K followers, 5990 engagements
"More on those reported big losses for JP Morgan and Third Fifth. Subprime lender Tricolor files for bankruptcy. "Tricolor didnt give a reason for its bankruptcy filing. The companys focus on loans to undocumented immigrants drew scrutiny this year with some investors concerned the business model came with heightened risk.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-11T01:32Z 26.7K followers, 110.3K engagements
"Tricolor's bankruptcy suggests "pervasive fraud of extraordinary proportion" ".Roughly XX% out of some 70000 active Tricolor loans which were used as collateral for bank warehouse lines and asset-backed securitizations contained attributes identical to those of at least one other loan including vehicle identification numbers according to people involved in the probe. .The downfall of Tricolor which focused on lending to individuals with little to no credit history including undocumented workers has ensnared some of Wall Streets biggest players and bondholders along with a number of regional"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-04T12:12Z 26.7K followers, 58.6K engagements
"The homes you can buy when you rarely lose investing. Funny how that works when there is no trade settlement "London US tycoons with a combined net worth of more than $US130 billion ($197 billion) have bought apartments at the Peninsula in London an exclusive residential development situated inside a luxury hotel. Blackstone boss Stephen Schwarzman Citadel hedge fund founder Ken Griffin and WhatsApp founder Jan Koum have all bought homes at the Belgravia site according to Land Registry records and people familiar with the matter.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-11T13:02Z 26.6K followers, 4063 engagements
"$CRWV Magnetar Unloads A Lot of CoreWeave Stock ".It was insiders first chance to cash out since CoreWeaves March initial public offering minted four new billionaires. Some of New Jersey-based CoreWeaves investors followed suit with its biggest institutional owner Magnetar Financial LLC selling nearly $XXX billion worth of shares over the same time period." _____________ June 2024 .In this article there is no mention of #Nvidia's relationship with CoreWeave or the billions CoreWeave got from Magnetar Capital but it does talk about concerns over whether Nvidia's impressive stock run will prove"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-12T00:45Z 26.7K followers, 32.4K engagements
"Monday October XX ".financial institutions wont be able to wire funds between each other ⚠ - Not ideal if stocks tank and margin calls fly." Especially after the crypto wipeout"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-12T16:23Z 26.7K followers, 56.7K engagements
"$JEF Any analyst downgrades Any sell recommendations There is concern about just how big the First Brands collapse is. The CEO just resigned. And Bloomberg reported that one of First Brand's "creditors has alleged that as much as $XXX billion has simply vanished.." But this is the piece @Investingcom put out this morning - hours after Jefferies executives tried to reassure investors. "Jefferies stock rises after CEO addresses First Brands bankruptcy impact" @Hamnakedshorts"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T13:09Z 26.7K followers, 8508 engagements
"Julius Baer Group Takes Another Big Financial Hit "Julius Baer Group Ltd. was a key lender to German real estate group Degag Kapital GmbH which collapsed last year owing almost XX million ($58 million) to the Swiss firm Handelsblatt reported. .The amount exceeds the record profit Julius Baer attained from its German business in 2023 Handelsblatt said. .The collapse of Rene Benkos Signa Holding GmbH in late 2023 forced Julius Baer to write off $XXX million in loans the following year.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-13T15:02Z 26.7K followers, 4836 engagements
"Buried deep in this article about how risky leveraged ETF's played a role in Friday's market selloff is a recent example of a fund that was shut down. Reuters reports that on the 6th a $X million ETF betting against $AMD stock lost nearly all its value after AMD surged XX% in one day"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-14T09:30Z 26.7K followers, 6954 engagements
"$JEF "How Jefferies Found Itself at the Center of First Brands Collapse" "Jefferies has worked for First Brands and a predecessor since 2014." There are now lots of questions about Jefferies' business judgement "First Brands acknowledged that more than $X billion of investors money is unaccounted for its intensely private Chief Executive Patrick James resigned and the Justice Department is conducting a probe. Jefferies initially told prospective lenders that First Brands had roughly $XXX billion of debt according to materials viewed by The Wall Street Journal. First Brands bankruptcy advisers"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T22:07Z 26.7K followers, 12.4K engagements
"$NWBO ".This (October 16th) article speaks to the fact that DCVax could potentially be tumor / tissue agnostic & may treat all or most malignant solid tumor cancers" A number of big market makers allegedly tried to destroy this company which has a promising treatment/cure for glioblastoma and more. The market makers have been forced into discovery after being sued for alleged market manipulation. Small innovative public companies deserve to be protected in our financial markets. @ATLnsider @joeretired41"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T07:27Z 26.7K followers, 8116 engagements
"@FlyEaglesFly529 @TintedVeil @HesterPeirce Did they just think no one would notice or did they know it would be allowed without question"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T13:47Z 26.7K followers, 1737 engagements
"November 2024 @DarioCpx"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-19T12:35Z 26.7K followers, 2708 engagements
""The parent of Saks Fifth Avenue is in talks to sell XX% of Bergdorf Goodman the ultraluxury department store for about $X billion according to people familiar with the situation. .Saks Global which acquired the department store when it bought rival Neiman Marcus for $XXX billion last year is also in the process of selling $XXX million of real estate. It currently owns properties valued at roughly $X billion one of the people said. .A buyer would receive a stake in the operating companynot its valuable real estate which is owned by the founding Goodman family.""
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-09-22T14:14Z 26.7K followers, 4079 engagements
"Can Jefferies Reassure Clients It Isn't Exposed To Other Overly Leveraged Firms ".the trouble with these types of situations can be the potential for lawsuits and fines and sometimes a banks own efforts to protect its standing among clients known as step-in risk where firms end up covering some or all of their customers losses. Taking on such shortfalls isnt necessarily done for legal reasons but because of the fear of losing the rest of a clients business. This happened with Credit Suisse and the funds it ran that loaned billions to the supply-chain finance firm Greensill for example."
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-14T17:30Z 26.8K followers, 40.5K engagements
"If Silver Shorts Don't Deliver ".The day a short cannot deliver is the day that silver breaks free. No delivery. No trust. That's when silver goes vertical. The whole system is based on promises to deliver extraordinary. the whole system which is systemically connected the contagion that would come out of that would be extraordinary" _____________________ Thanks @stephmase22 @MilesFranklinCo @MilesFranklin_O @MilesFranklin_C"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T12:40Z 26.8K followers, 127.5K engagements
"$JEF How Is Jefferies Explaining Away The Red Flags "if we consider this direct exposure to losses and the hidden losses on equity short positions (without considering anything else not to make things look even worse) Jefferies does stand a high risk of quickly becoming INSOLVENT. It should not come as a surprise that Jefferies executives have already started to control the damage stating the bank is solid. Kind of reminds me of Credit Suisse a few years ago." Will Wells Fargo Be To Jefferies What UBS Was To Credit Suisse"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-15T17:25Z 26.7K followers, 12.2K engagements
""Fifth Third could face $200M in Tricolor losses" "Tricolor Holdings chaotic collapse and potential double-pledging of autos to creditors sent Fifth Third Bancorp executives on a house-to-house search through its loan collateral for other discrepancies. They did find more two to be exact out of 120000 vehicles. Were tracking those two exceptions down Greg Schroeck the banks chief credit officer." @AutoFinanceNews"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-17T19:09Z 26.8K followers, 24.8K engagements
"And there it is - the financial media is so predictable and disingenuous "Beyond Meat Becomes the Latest Battleground in the Meme Stock Wars: Retail Investors Eye a Short Squeeze" Institutional investors move stocks. Not retail. And the media knows that so why is this the lead "In a dramatic resurgence of the "meme stock" phenomenon retail investors are once again attempting to ignite a short squeeze this time setting their sights on plant-based food pioneer Beyond Meat." @FinContent So here's the question: ".What retail investor would BUY 100000000 shares of stock before 8am Only $100M"
X Link @kshaughnessy2 2025-10-20T18:48Z 26.8K followers, 21.9K engagements
""Bank of AmericaWarns of Forced Stocks Selling If Credit Problems Persist" "Strategists at Bank of America Corp warn that further signs of strain in the credit market may provoke another broad equities rout as long-only investors are compelled to sell. A downturn would push funds that track indexes to sell equities according to Savita Subramanian as passive investment "dominates the S&P 500". .She noted that six out of XX bear market warning signs that the bank watches have been triggered. Typically an average of XX% of those signs are set off before the market hits a peak and begins an"
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"Maybe he should start by turning off the BOJ's own $JPY printer And note the timing with Sanae Takaichi becoming Japan's first female PM today and the concerns about her support for fiscal stimulus and looser monetary policy ".Global regulators must adapt to new realities in the financial system such as an increasing ratio of assets held by non-bank financial institutions and the emergence of stablecoins Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Tuesday.""
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