Magnetar Capital, CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV -6.03%↓ largest institutional backer, faced major controversy for its role in the 2008 financial crisis through a strategy dubbed the “Magnetar Trade.” The hedge fund allegedly helped create and finance risky Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) while simultaneously betting that these same investments would collapse.

The Magnetar Trade generated significant backlash and media scrutiny, most notably through an investigative series by ProPublica. Critics accused Magnetar of intentionally encouraging investment banks to bundle the riskiest, lowest-quality subprime mortgages into CDOs. 

Because Magnetar had protected itself against losses by purchasing credit default swaps, it stood to make massive profits when the housing market inevitably crashed and the CDOs became worthless:

“ In late 2005, the booming U.S. housing market seemed to be slowing. The Federal Reserve had begun raising interest rates. Subprime mortgage company shares were falling. Investors began to balk at buying complex mortgage securities. The housing bubble, which had propelled a historic growth in home prices, seemed poised to deflate. And if it had, the great financial crisis of 2008, which produced the Great Recession of 2008-09, might have come sooner and been less severe.

At just that moment, a few savvy financial engineers at a suburban Chicago hedge fund helped revive the Wall Street money machine, spawning billions of dollars of securities ultimately backed by home mortgages.

When the crash came, nearly all of these securities became worthless, a loss of an estimated $40 billion paid by investors, the investment banks who helped bring them into the world, and, eventually, American taxpayers.

Yet the hedge fund, named Magnetar for the super-magnetic field created by the last moments of a dying star, earned outsized returns in the year the financial crisis began.

How Magnetar pulled this off is one of the untold stories of the meltdown. Only a small group of Wall Street insiders was privy to what became known as the Magnetar Trade.”

The Magnetar connection is a serious red flag that ought to be a major issue of concern for potential investors.

I was initially investigating $CRWV insiders' stock sales. Then I stumbled upon this bomb of an article.

Just Whoa!!!!!!!

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Magnetar Capital, CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV -6.03%↓ largest institutional backer, faced major controversy for its role in the 2008 financial crisis through a strategy dubbed the “Magnetar Trade.” The hedge fund allegedly helped create and finance risky Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) while simultaneously betting that these same investments would collapse.

The Magnetar Trade generated significant backlash and media scrutiny, most notably through an investigative series by ProPublica. Critics accused Magnetar of intentionally encouraging investment banks to bundle the riskiest, lowest-quality subprime mortgages into CDOs. 

Because Magnetar had protected itself against losses by purchasing credit default swaps, it stood to make massive profits when the housing market inevitably crashed and the CDOs became worthless:

“ In late 2005, the booming U.S. housing market seemed to be slowing. The Federal Reserve had begun raising interest rates. Subprime mortgage company shares were falling. Investors began to balk at buying complex mortgage securities. The housing bubble, which had propelled a historic growth in home prices, seemed poised to deflate. And if it had, the great financial crisis of 2008, which produced the Great Recession of 2008-09, might have come sooner and been less severe.

At just that moment, a few savvy financial engineers at a suburban Chicago hedge fund helped revive the Wall Street money machine, spawning billions of dollars of securities ultimately backed by home mortgages.

When the crash came, nearly all of these securities became worthless, a loss of an estimated $40 billion paid by investors, the investment banks who helped bring them into the world, and, eventually, American taxpayers.

Yet the hedge fund, named Magnetar for the super-magnetic field created by the last moments of a dying star, earned outsized returns in the year the financial crisis began.

How Magnetar pulled this off is one of the untold stories of the meltdown. Only a small group of Wall Street insiders was privy to what became known as the Magnetar Trade.”

The Magnetar connection is a serious red flag that ought to be a major issue of concern for potential investors.

My latest scribble.

The golden age of fraud is the byproduct of deliberate financial and economic policies enacted to support the “securities” economy above all else.

The prescription is neither novel nor original. It is simply a refined and pseudo-academic ideology innovated by none other than John Law in the 18th century!

Vampirestocks thrive in this muddy gunk while hardworking citizens struggle to get by because of price inflation.

Priced in Gold, and it is two lost decades of Financialized welfarism for Wall Street bigwigs and their China hustle counterparts.

I have deemed the current paradigm " the era of dystopian Financialism."

Price the market is Gold and get the real light.

We should be picking up bargain stocks as promised in the Garden of Eden. Instead, we are being forced to add SPCXs and CARVANAs into our retirement funds.

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PS: John Law was a convicted Felon and a degenerate gambler and womanizer.

(Wendy’s has suffered from a leadership vacuum since the passing of its founder. Cry no more because I sincerely believe that the right man and the right team have taken over the reign.)

Many customers believe that Wendy’s died the day Dave Thomas was buried in 2002. And rightfully so! Dave Thomas was more than a founder; he was literally and figuratively the company’s patriarch.

An orphan and high school dropout, he built the chain from a single Columbus, Ohio, location in 1969 into a global powerhouse by emphasizing simple, folksy values and qualities, fresh beef, premium service, and its unique differentiated square burgers.

His personal story of overcoming abandonment infused the brand with genuine warmth, customer focus, and hands-on excellence.

“The passing of Dave Thomas also marked the loss of its Iconic Spokesman and Human Face.”
Dave appeared in over 800 TV commercials between 1989-2002, making him one of the most recognized founders in US history. A survey showed that nearly 90% of Americans knew who he was.

His simple, trustworthy, grandfatherly persona differentiated Wendy’s from its competitors (McDonald's, Burger King), setting the company apart in a crowded, low-barrier-to-entry quick-service restaurant business.

After his death, the company struggled to maintain an identity long defined by a single persona. To many, Wendy’s lost its authentic voice, moral compass, and public persona that made it feel like a family operation rather than just another corporate chain.
This remains a foundational part of its ongoing turnaround struggles.

Interesting read.

Scammers don't die, they adapt, they reorganize.

Stay vigilant.

“They had phones, laptops, pen drives, RAMs, a processor, a stamp to forge documents, and so many forged documents. One certificate, which we found was also forged to show that they were a business registered in the US, was framed and hung on the wall,” he said.

Superintendent of police, Kamal Ariyawansa confirmed it was a Chinese crime syndicate behind the operation, which was attempting to scam American victims into investing in a fake US company.

All I can say and I have always said this: Chinese micro cap pump and dumpers are “
AMATEURS” comparatively!

The scale of scamming on Wall Street and on Silicon Valley is UNFATHOMABLE!!!

A decade later, and SNAP, Inc.'s initial hype has faded, and its stock is currently languishing near its all-time lows. Intense competition from TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram has affected its bottom line. Snap, Inc. is a money-losing pit with no end in sight. But its management appears more concerned with lining its own pockets. As noted by AlfredoAllenPoe on a Reddit post:
"Outside of their unprofitability and low quality platform and user base, a big problem with Snapchat is share-based compensation funneling investor cash to employees, particularly the executives.
In 2015, Snapchat had 1.02B outstanding shares. By 2023, this increase to 1.61B outstanding shares. If the market cap stayed constant from 2015-2023, the value of every share held in 2015 would’ve lost 36.6% of its value.
Snapchat essentially just funnels cash from dumb investors to its executives, like many shitty companies (WeWork also comes to mind). CEO is capable of running the company; he is just running it for his own benefit.
Let's cut to the chase here, Snap, Inc. is an unprofitable undertaking unworthy of a serious investor's capital. Given its current trajectory in the hyper-competitive social media ecosystem, the company remains extremely overvalued at its current $12B market capitalization.
In its latest 10-Q, the company stated:
We have incurred operating losses in the past, and may not be able to attain and sustain profitability.
We began commercial operations in 2011 and we have historically experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operations. As of June 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $13.6 billion and for the three months ended June 30, 2025, we had a net loss of $262.6 million. We expect our operating expenses to increase in the future as we expand our operations. We may incur significant losses in the future for many reasons, including due to the other risks and uncertainties described in this report. Additionally, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, operating delays, or other unknown factors that may result in losses in future periods. If our revenue does not grow at a greater rate than our expenses, our business may be seriously harmed and we may not be able to attain and sustain profitability.

I wrote this article last year but the recent headlines have brought the company to the forefront news. Snapchat is basically a wealth extraction company for its insiders. It is a value trap and nothing more.

Grange Resources Limited (ASX: GRR) is Australia’s oldest continuous magnetite iron ore producer, operating the Savage River integrated mine and pellet plant in Tasmania for over 55 years. At a price of A$0.16 per share, the company trades at a deep discount to its net-tangible asset value of A$0.93 per share. Its balance sheet is loaded with A$284 million in cash and liquid investments against a market capitalization of only A$185–231 million. The implied deeply negative enterprise value of approximately A$95 million looks interesting.
The market is essentially paying you to own the underlying operating business, the Port Latta pellet plant, the world-class Southdown Magnetite Project optionality, and the rights to over 1.2 billion tonnes of mineral resources.
Yet the discount exists for reasons. Iron ore pellet prices have fallen sharply from their post-COVID peaks. The company has deferred its flagship North Pit Underground (NPUG) project multiple times. Dividend payments have been eliminated. Profit after tax declined 61% in FY2024 and a further 48% in H1 2025. The controlling Chinese shareholders (Jiugang Group) add governance opacity. This report tries to deconstruct the ugly side and extract the beautiful opportunity underneath the company’s trashy appearance.

(Not investment advice.)

This is the completed deep value report as promised.

( Not investment advice.)

Someone look into Momentus Inc ( Nasdaq: MNTS)

SpaceX adjacent pump and dump.

The stock is up +300% in 3 months.

Short squeeze risk.

Reverse stock split de-SPAC with a history of scandals and aggressive shareholders dilutive financing.
Staff layoffs, cash burn, and delisting warning from Nasdaq.

Just a vampire stock pumped by the SpaceX themed promote.

Just watch, don’t trade. Expose to ward off retail holders.

I am working on something else right now and I really don’t want to put too much effort on micro-caps.

I wrote this thesis to deconstruct the entire SMRs industry as an uneconomical hype cycle. Not only is $NNE likely a failed business, but so are all the other companies such as Oklo, Nuscale, and others.

But beyond that pure non-economic viability lies an opportunistic ubuesque character in the person of Joang Yu, the founder of the company. I believer the fellow needs a psychological framing as a narcissistic megalomaniac compensating for some serious inadequacies. He is a sort of tragic character too happy to be the Captain of sinking ship 🚢 and unaware of the world around him to appraise his own ridicule.
$NNE is a paper-bag company but if you ask Jiang Yu, he will tell you that his company is the most valuable company in the world and the best thing since slice bread. And the sad reality is that, he may actually honestly believe in his own fantasy.

If humility was a sin, Jiang Yu would be the devil.

While the lack of a working prototype, revenue line, and the absence of clear technological breakthroughs are alarming enough to paint $NNE as a risky promise, the company’s founder’s egomaniacal self-aggrandizement tendencies further diminish its prospects to a farcical construct designed to feed both the greed and the savior complex of a corporate buffoon. 

In literature, a Ubu-esque figure (from Alfred Jarry’s 1896 satirical play Ubu roi) is a bloated, greedy character who hoards ridiculous titles, rules with infantile incompetence, and treats the realm as a personal piggy bank.

Jiang Yu holds the titles of Founder, Executive Chairman, President, Secretary, and Treasurer himself! In a parallel universe, he would be a satirical reminiscent of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s series of titles, or of the much more colorful yet equally dark triad’s psychopathic Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin’s grandiose epithets: His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.

While the comparison between a company’s founder and an absolute dictator might seem forced, the psychological similarities speak volumes.

I am finishing a full deep dive on this company. Will post the whole analysis next week.

Grange Resources (ASX: GRR) The Market Is Literally Paying You to Own This Iron Ore Business.

The company has A$284 million in cash on the balance sheet. The entire market cap is A$185–231 million. That's it. You're basically buying a dollar of cash for 65 cents and getting a 55-year-old operating iron ore business, a pellet plant, and one of the world's largest undeveloped magnetite deposits thrown in for free.

The stock is down -71% over three years because iron ore prices fell off a cliff and management kept delaying their big underground mine project. Market hates it. Hence the price.

Why it might actually re-rate:

The underground mine financing just cleared due diligence. Lenders are now being formally engaged.

Cash keeps rising despite the earnings downturn.

Their iron ore pellets are exactly what "green steel" producers need long-term (high-grade, low-impurity)

Net equity value is A$0.93/share. Stock trades at A$0.16–0.20. Someone's wrong.

Risks

Chinese state-owned enterprise controls the company. Board serves shagang first, you second.

Iron ore can fall further. Margins are thin right now.

Dividends were scrapped to preserve cash.

Conclusion:

This isn't a trade. It's a 3–5 year Graham-style "buy assets at 20 cents on the dollar and wait" situation. Can it workout? I think so, but I expect volatility until a catalyst emerges and investors scramble into the bargain. You can beat the crowd by getting in line early.

Look into it and run your own numbers and analytical framework.

xoxo.

Red-flag alerts: repeated pump-and-dump, micro-float manipulation, high risk of squeeze.

Texxon Holdings ( $NPT) is a China hustle scam.

It is a straightjacket VIE China-hustle scheme that was already highlighted in this community in March 2026. Well, time for a recycling and another round of market jokeying. 138 million shares traded today!

D Boral means danger!

The stock crashed from a high of $20 on March 6th to a low of $1.8 per share on April 6.

D-Boral ( Formerly EF HUTTON) was the underwriter behind the garbage bin; and D-Boral needs not to be presented in this community. Let's just say the company is one of the worst promoters of micro-cap schemes I have ever encountered.

Currently, the stock is up more than 600% following a recent annual general meeting where the board decided to implement a share split at its " own discretion."

Proposal 4 — Share Split Proposal: By ordinary resolution, that subject to Proposal 5 below being passed at the AGM, (a) a sub-division of the ordinary shares of the Company, at a ratio of not less than 1-to-1 and not more than 1-to-5, with the final ratio to be determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) in its sole discretion at any time after approval by the shareholders (the “Share Split”), be and is hereby approved, and (b) the Board be and is hereby authorized to implement the Share Split at its sole discretion at any time prior to the one-year anniversary of the AGM, subject at all times to the Board being authorized, at its sole discretion and without further approval or notice to the shareholders, to determine not to implement the Share Split.

Basically, the execs gave themselves the right to pump and dump their valueless stock, which has risen suddenly from $1.37 per share at 10:00 AM today (June 8th) to $11.30 per share at 3:30 PM (June 8th).

This is basically a factual, manipulative, low-float pump-and-dump that is likely to culminate with a dilutive capital raise at the tail end of the movement.

There are only 23k shares available to short on IBK, and my spidey-senses tell me these available shares are merely a trap set up to enthrall potential shorts for a nice little squeeze.

The manipulative trade is likely still ongoing, and the rise... may surprise many shorts post-market.

Caution is thusfore warranted. Make sure you carry plenty of liquidity in your account. or preferably...

Stay away from this junk altogether...

Lots of promotion on X from the usual suspects promoters.

Wait for the turn of the week; Thursday afternoon to short preferably ( Not advisable, but most people don't listen anyhow!)

Not investment advice. I am really doing this for the fun of it and for intellectual stimulation.

Insiders are already dumping their low float zombie scheme.

Holders should watch out.

Consider yourself warned.

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