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20 Feb 2025

Nikola $NKLA officially files for bankruptcy.

From $2,828 to $0. What a ride... Source: Financelot @FinanceLancelot

19 Feb 2025

➡️ US large BANKRUPTCIES are accelerating:

There were 70 US bankruptcy filings in January, in line with the largest monthly number since the 2020 CRISIS. This comes after bankruptcies hit 694 in 2024, the most in 14 YEARS. Bankruptcies are rising as if there is a crisis. Source: Global Markets Investor

14 Jan 2025

Did powerlines cause the Los Angeles wildfires?

Edison International stock, $EIX, the parent company of Southern CA Edison, is currently crashing. It's now down -30% since the fires began, erasing $10 BILLION of market cap. Could this be the next big bankruptcy? Source: The Kobeissi Letter

12 Aug 2024

BREAKING: The number of US bankruptcies currently under Chapter 11 jumps to 2,462, the highest count in 13 years.

A Chapter 11 filing involves court-supervised reorganization and allows a company to stay in business and restructure its finances and operations. These bankruptcies have more than DOUBLED in just 2 years. This comes after many companies have struggled to make their debt payments as the Fed raised interest rates to the highest level in 23 years. Source: Bloomberg, The Kobeissi Letter

21 May 2024

Interesting article by Financial Times:

Three in four audit reports failed to warn that companies risked going bankrupt in the year before their collapse. Here's how each of the Big Four performed: https://on.ft.com/3UFVHLG

7 Feb 2024

In the last week - Commercial Real Estate Stress

- New York Community Bank (USA) - Aozora Bank (Japan) - and now: *Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, under pressure in Europe, more real estate cracks, banking concern, etc" Source: Bloomberg, Lawrence McDonald

5 Feb 2024

Evergrande, which has now been ordered to liquidate, has an astonishing $300 billion in liabilities.

That places it near the very top of the all-time list of corporate bankruptcies. A lot of Evergrande's liabilities are down payments that Chinese homebuyers made on apartments that remain unbuilt. But even just looking at the bonds and loans outstanding, the amount is greater than $80 billion. Source: TME, Axios

8 Nov 2023

From The Kobeissi Letter -> Bankruptcy documents show that WeWork, $WE, will immediately break 40 office leases in New York City

Documents also show that WeWork plans to break leases on 70 properties in New York City. Note that 40 of these locations are completely empty. Once a $47 billion company, WeWork still has 700 locations world wide. Could this bankruptcy worsen the commercial real estate crisis?

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