Bets That the Stock Market is in for a Rough Ride are Rising
Bets against the stock market are on the rise again.
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What Dip? Andreessen Horowitz Raises $4.5 Billion for Crypto’s “Golden Era”
Recent headlines haven’t exactly been kind to the crypto sector. Collapsed stablecoins TerraUSD and Luna turned out to be stable in name only. Bitcoin is down 37% for the year. Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger delighted in taking…
Shoppable-Video Startup Lands Funding Round Led by Softbank
Names have meaning. Parents who give their son the name Alexander surely want him to be great; the hope for a girl named Helen is that she will be beautiful. It’s the same idea with startups, and it’s a real…
With a Ground-Level View of Earnings, Insiders Seen Buying Discounted Stock
The S&P 500 has fallen nearly 19% this year, and even briefly took a stroll through bear market territory on Friday. Current forecasts ranging from “tough months ahead” to “tougher months ahead” present a fair encapsulation of the widespread macroeconomic…
Untethered SPACs are Rushing to Merge Before Their Founders Lose Money
Do deadlines stress you out? Trigger warning: don’t read the following story. Just about 300 SPACs have to find a company to merge with in the next three quarters or their investors risk losing money they put in, according to…
Employees Share in KKR’s $3 Billion Sale of CHI Overhead Doors
There is no shortage of political campaign ads demonizing private equity firms for snapping up companies, laying off workers, selling them piece by piece, and keeping the profits for themselves. It’s practically a cliché at this point, and a reliable…
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Cathie Wood is Sticking With Innovation and Inflows Keep Coming
Last week was one of the most dramatic for markets in recent history. Turmoil across stocks and crypto dealt more of a wallop to most traders’ minds than a half marathon would’ve done to their desk-wedded lungs. One big Wall…
SoftBank’s Vision Fund Has Lost a Whopping $27 Billion
SoftBank CEO and founder Masayoshi Son has used his gift of gab to become one of the most charismatic celebrity investors around. On Thursday, the numbers did the talking for him, as Son was busy eating a fresh slice of…
Blackstone and KKR Discuss Joint Bid for Toshiba
With Covid restrictions lifting, it seems everyone is finally going on that long-delayed trip abroad. Private equity firms are no exception, and perhaps no foreign destination has drawn more interest from the industry of late than Japan. Blackstone joined the…
I Bonds are Set to Pay 9.6% In Annual Interest Through October
Have $10,000 or less that’s sitting there and depreciating in value as inflation makes literally everything but a free walk in the park more expensive? The US Treasury Department may have just the tonic to make things feel a little…
Berkshire Poured $51 Billion Into Stocks in the First Three Months of 2022
Warren Buffett is back at the stock market buffet. Dairy Queen, after all, only offers so much sustenance. After complaining for years that the stock market offered few high-returning assets in a sea of overvaluation, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO used…
