Dvolatility
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Dvolatility
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Geriatric millennial. Macro, value and technical observer. I like high yields and high returns. Preferred stocks and ETFs. Distressed and Volatile.






The Former Treasury Secretary Who Once Needed a $700 Billion Bailout Warns of Vicious” Bond Crash “We need an emergency break-the-glass plan, which is targeted and short-term, on the shelf, so it’s ready to go when when we hit the wall,” Paulson said in an interview for Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week with David Westin. Paulson said a breakdown in the $31 trillion market for US government debt would be different from the financial crisis he dealt with while at the Treasury’s helm two decades ago. “As bad as it was,” the government had fiscal firepower to address the credit meltdown, he said. “You can come in and clean up the mess.” But in the event of a US public debt crisis, “when you hit the wall and you’re trying to issue Treasuries and the Fed is the only buyer and the prices of the Treasuries are going down and interest rates are up, that’s a dangerous thing.”….” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


How does an equity position find its way into a “private credit” fund? Bankruptcy.

$SNAP is laying off ~16% of its workforce while guiding for ~$1.53B in Q1 revenue, ~$233M EBITDA and up to $130M in restructuring charges. Tough scene for morale when layoffs hit right after the CEO Evan Spiegel is having the time of his life at Coachella.












