Will BRICS Topple the Dollar?
Whenever you hear the magic words "blockchain" and "digital tokens," it's a good guess that whatever follows is nonsense.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 217 min read
New & Old Names in Nonbank Finance
In dollar terms, the moves in 2023 were tiny vs the post March rally in 2020.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 214 min read
Does CapitalOne + Discover Financial = Shareholder Value?
Elizabeth Warren and progressives in Congress should support COF's purchase of Discover as a way to compete with monopoly JPMorgan
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 21, 20237 min read
Update: Citigroup Fights for Credibility
Citigroup picked up almost 10 points of book value since the end of Q3 2023.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 6, 20234 min read
ACH: The Bank Deposit Ain't in the Mail
Was the breakdown of the normally stable and, indeed, routine workings of the Clearinghouse the result of bad actors?
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 21, 20236 min read
Is Stripe Worth $55 Billion? Really?
CEO Patrick Collison is guiding investors and the media to a $200 million profit in 2023. Selective disclosure??
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 7, 20225 min read
Top Five US Banks by Market Performance
In times of market volatility and suddenly ended delusions of easy money, the prudent path is to fly to quality.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 22, 20219 min read
Update: Block Inc. & Upstart Holdings
Is SQ really, REALLY worth 25x book value? Our respectful answer to that question is no.
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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
Aug 27, 20219 min read
Profile: PNC v U.S. Bancorp v Truist Financial
U.S. Bancorp, PNC and Truist Financial hold great value creation potential. But which is likely to realize this potential?
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 27, 20216 min read
Anti-Money Laundering, Know Your Customer and the End of Offshore Crypto
Could the tether market and a small, little-known private bank in the Bahamas be the precursor of the next systemic market event in the US?
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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 17, 20219 min read
Upstart Holdings: Victory for AI? Or Not...
While the progress in machine learning is impressive, horsepower in terms of computational capacity does not translate into intelligence.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 14, 20215 min read
BIS Says "No Thanks" to Bitcoin for Payments
The BIS is essentially saying to the banking industry that bitcoin is not a permitted asset for depositories. Adios bitcoin!
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R. Christopher Whalen
May 21, 20215 min read
Fed Prepares to Go Direct with Liquidity
Why did the Fed feel the need to absorb $351 billion in cash yesterday via reverse repurchase (RRP) transactions?
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R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 22, 20216 min read
Citigroup: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Citi has drifted through years of government ownership and weak leadership by the board of directors
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 19, 20216 min read
A Tale of Two Frauds: Bitcoin & GSE Shares
Bitcoin and Tether are technologically enabled forms of financial fraud
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 10, 20218 min read
Update: Square as a Bank
The evolution of fintech companies into regulated banks has implications for public market valuations...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 7, 20215 min read
Don't Assume Dollar Market Stability
The assumption of a stable financial and economic transition in the US during 2021 is perhaps the greatest risk facing the global markets.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 3, 20204 min read
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Blinks on LIBOR
LIBOR is a price. SOFR is an economists’ wet dream one that lacks actual utility and substance...
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