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R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 11, 20225 min read
Elon Musk, China & Twitter (TWTR)
Why did Elon Musk ever pretend that he was able to acquire TWTR, a transaction the US government would never allow.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 6, 20226 min read
Memo to Gary Gensler: Beware the “Non-Controlling Interest”
As a result of the adoption of "artificial intelligence," the 21st Century investor is mostly a victim in waiting.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 2, 20227 min read
Update: Upstart Holdings & Cross River Bank
If investors and partner banks don’t want to buy UPST loans at current market rates, then the game is over in an originate to sell model
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R. Christopher Whalen
May 18, 20226 min read
Update: Crypto Frauds and Fintech Dreams
Q: What do Elon Musk and Masayoshi Son have in common? Gigantic margin loans...
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R. Christopher Whalen
May 11, 20228 min read
Does ICE + Black Knight = Shareholder Value?
ICE buying the revenue streams represented by BKI is a big bet on yesterday, not a bold initiative to change the mortgage industry
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R. Christopher Whalen
May 2, 20225 min read
Where is Value in Fintech?
Take the financials and add some unicorn dust in terms of innovation to the mix and perhaps a double-digit PE ratio for PYPL makes sense.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 4, 20222 min read
The Residential Mortgage Finance Top Twenty Seven
Who is going to acquire and restructure Blend Labs (BLND) before this newbie-fintech-something runs out of cash?
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 25, 20227 min read
Update: HMPT, RKT, NRZ & UPST
UPST has seen its valuation cut by 60% since March of last year, when its common equity traded at a mere 31x book value.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 16, 20226 min read
Profile: Silvergate Capital Corp (SI)
SI’s management team is taking advantage of the narrative in Washington, which is that stable coins will be a bank only product
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 14, 20226 min read
The Curse of Humphrey Hawkins
If you consider QE “stimulus” inflationary, then Fed policy actually accelerated inflation in the November-January period.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 19, 20226 min read
Profile: Cross River Bank
Bottom line, when a bank seems to be doing much better than other banks, there is usually a reason and that reason is almost always bad
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R. Christopher Whalen
Sep 9, 20216 min read
The IRA Top Ten Financials
Which US financial will best weather the coming equity market correction?
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 15, 20215 min read
Profile: Wise Ltd (LSE:WISE)
WISE is a play on the relentless advance of technology that lowers costs and eventually forces change in the legacy world of banking and pay
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 30, 20217 min read
Profile: Blend Labs, Inc ("BLND")
Is BLND worth more than RKT, or entrenched data monopolies and solution providers such as BKI or even CLGX?
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