Carl Icahn Booked $1.3 Billion Gain Shorting Malls
With billions of people around the world confined to their homes for several weeks to stop the spread of COVID-19, the odds of mall defaults climbed.
With billions of people around the world confined to their homes for several weeks to stop the spread of COVID-19, the odds of mall defaults climbed.
The billionaire can't find a reason for the FANG and friends to fail that wouldn't hurt non-tech sectors even more. Call it a "clean shirt choice."
Dumping bank shares and investing in a gold miner? It certainly doesn’t sound like a Warren Buffett move, but that’s exactly what he did last quarter.
Federal Reserve officials and private economists alike have emphasized that a sharp drop-off in government spending imperils a fragile GDP recovery.
"The mere fact that you do something that has negative consequences doesn't mean it was a mistake," billionaire says. "They had to do what they did."
Dr Doom is back with concerns that this year could punish optimism more savagely than many hoping to see a statistically unlikely "white swan" think.
"It’s purely for speculators looking for action, who don’t mind the risk of trading a worthless digital asset that will eventually zero out."