Update: Block Inc, Nu Holdings & Guild Holdings
Notice that SQ co-founder Jack Dorsey styles himself as "block head" in the corp roster, a silly affectation that does not help the stock
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 28 min read
Stocks Swoon, Retail Credit Rises: PYPL, SQ & ARES
The rotation away from institutional investors to retail funding source for the $1.7 trillion direct lending market is an ominous sign
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 31, 20237 min read
End of Fintech? Biden GSE Release?
Is AFRM maturing from a hot new fintech entrant to a familiar face headed for a bank license?? Yikes.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 29, 20236 min read
Update: Flying Fintechs & Zombie Banks
COIN has been helped by a groundswell of positive comment about crypto in 2023...
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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
Nov 25, 20229 min read
Crypto Crash Signal End of Fintech?
Despite all the hyperbole, the great crypto fraud was a small game, like the party poker that many crypto enthusiasts share in common
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R. Christopher Whalen
Sep 29, 20224 min read
Update: Switch Inc.
SWCH is performing above the rate of total returns for the data center REITs, according to Nareit
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 10, 20225 min read
The FOMC Embraces Debt Deflation
The deflation of 2023 is about marking down all types of real assets to the price level that equates with a non-QE world.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 7, 20227 min read
Update: Guild Mortgage & Block Inc.
Since Block has not yet changed its ticker symbol, perhaps Mr. Dorsey will eventually change the company's name back to Square...
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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
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
Sep 7, 20215 min read
Banks & REITs Fly as Fundamentals Weaken
If we told you that a group of banks and REITs outperformed fintech stocks during the first nine months of 2021, what would you say?
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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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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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