Bronte Capital
The sometimes eccentric views of John Hempton
Monday, July 14, 2008
Newsflash: Spain looks dicey
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If it were not for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac going insolvent this would be the biggest financial story in the world today. Spain can’t...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Deflation and bank bailouts in Japan
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Given what is happening with Fannie Mae at the moment I should share a little of the history of non-US bank bail outs. I will start with J...
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Friday, July 11, 2008
The Trading Post – a story of slow technological adoption
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I walked into the local corner shop in Bronte. In pride of place there was a copy of the Trading Post for sale. Timber that had gone th...
Thursday, July 10, 2008
MBIA and GICs - a follow up
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Heard on the Street takes exactly the opposite view of MBIA credit default swaps as me . One hedge fund manager also emailed me with th...
Reggie on GE
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Reggie Middleton has done a fairly thorough analysis of GE . His picks as to the good bits and the bad bits is not dissimilar to mine. The...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
MBIA holding company credit default swaps
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Warning: This post needs serious modification to be correct. Several errors are in it and (like most my opinions) should not be re...
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Can someone explain why Fifth Third started taking brokered home equity loans?
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Recently I chatted with Fifth Third management. Fifth Third started taking brokered home equity loans late 2006. They took 2.7 billi...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Christmas in July: a falling US dollar is just a bowl of cherries
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Australia is sweltering hot at Christmas. Everyone sits down with extended family when it is 40C (104 Fahrenheit) and indulges in an exce...
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Monday, July 7, 2008
A blog milestone
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This is the fiftieth blog post - a completely arbitrary milestone. I look in wonder at long-time bloggers who are up to 6000 posts. I have ...
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A correction on Sydney Airport
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My post on Sydney Airport missed an important part of the capital structure. Sydney Airport debt structure includes 1.45 billion in r...
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