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John Hempton on Greensill, Archegos and What It's Like To Short Right Now

Apr 19, 2021

52:18

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Introduction

4min

Shorting Nonsense Stocks Has Changed My Life

3min

Trade Finance - What Is Your Big Picture Thought?

3min

Trade Finance - A Small Business

3min

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3min

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4min

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5min

Credit Suisse Is Going to Have a Multiple Cockroach Problem

4min

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3min

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3min

11.

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3min

12.

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3min

13.

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5min

14.

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4min

15.

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4min

16.

Introducing the Motley Fool Stock Picking Service

2min

It's a weird moment for the markets. The big stock indices are near all time highs. And yet there have been some high profile meltdowns and blowups. There was the collapse of the vendor financing firm Greensill. And there was the wipeout of the Bill Hwang fortune. Meanwhile, numerous SPACs and other speculative stocks have been getting clobbered. So we talked to short seller John Hempton, the CIO and co-founder of Bronte Capital, for an explanation of what's really going on.

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