
kristen shaughnessy
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kristen shaughnessy
@kshaughnessy2
Independent Journalist,Former NY1 Anchor/Reporter, TEDx Speaker, Top 50 Irish America Power Women, Women in Tech Global Conf. Spkr





🚩Extend and pretend keeps weak borrowers current and ABS trusts looking healthier than they are. We track it trust by trust and tie each one back to the equity side. We are doing it for $CVNA. Now, $KMX. Credit is where the catalyst is. Our latest here for CI members:









“Andrew Left was paid millions by hedge funds while scrutinizing Madoff whistleblower's work with one, prosecutors allege” “…Eliza Goldberg, a chief compliance officer at Atom, a Texas-based hedge fund, testified in a Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday that Left was paid more than $2.6 million by the fund for providing trading recommendations….” Business Insider reports prosecutors also went after Left’s hypocrisy on Harry Markopolos for claiming the Madoff whistleblower was getting paid by a hedge fund to short stocks and saying no real short seller would do it- while secretly taking the exact same kind of deals himself. Business Insider says prosecutors highlighted Left’s work with Anson Funds. They allege Left leaked his reports early to the hedge fund so they could trade first, then allegedly pocketed over $1.1M in profits and disguised them as consulting fees


🚨 Auditor red flags everywhere. Remember: EY walked from Super Micro over integrity concerns in 2024 Then BDO stepped in and signed off. And now the Financial Times reports that a former senior First Brands employee says the company went with BDO because of its “less rigorous” audit. The Financial Times points to clean audits 2020–2024… then bankruptcy and scandal months later. 1) November 2024 $SMCI I guess it doesn't matter that Super Micro's last auditor, EY, resigned and questioned the company's integrity. "Super Micro Computer on Monday named BDO USA as its auditor x.com/kshaughnessy2/… 2) February 2025 BDO signed off on $SMCI's x.com/kshaughnessy2/…


$AWHL 👀 "Aspira Women's Health and Cleveland Clinic Expand Strategic Collaboration to Advance AI-Powered Diagnostics in Women's Health" If these #'s on sensitivity/specificity are accurate, it's a game changer for this company and for women's health regarding Ovarian Cancer










Episode 33 of Vol Stars is now available on audio platforms! This episode continues to explore the latest in Iran, Oil, AI, and the growing disconnect between economic reports and consumer sentiment. open.spotify.com/episode/7caN8G…



