tyb
SAM601 USAF C-32A departed JBA west
This AC was VENUS93 yesterday and visited Charleston Int'l Airport, SC for a few fly bys
SAM644 USAF G5 wn
R1863 US Army G5 on final at Kansas City-Wheeler Downtown Aiport
HONE32 US Navy E-6B up fro, Tinker
PEACH31 USAF Joint STARS out of Robins AFB, GA
kek
GameStop Corp. (GME)
269.69+121.71 (+82.25%)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI
morning wakes
SAM516 USAF G5 KC AC of interdast inbound from Glasgow, Scotland-Prestwick Airport after an overnight and inbound from Ramstein AFB
French AF F-UJCT Airbus A330 also on the sidewalk from Paris-CDG
This is a new AC for the French AF one of three (2 re-purposed and one new build) this one is a repurpose purchased out of storage from Avianca
Nice
We got sun np
just a little cold right now, frost on roofs
Not wut most got so not complaining.
At least the wind died down-can't stand that when its cold.
RAF RRR9985 R1 Sentinel heading for Syria/Iraq from Cyprus Akrotiri
the opposite.
looks like the PTB tried to cool off the entire mkt and it backfired.
getting juiced and halting several stocks that are also heavily shorted.
Love it
revenge of the retail traders.
Almost wish I still did it just to participate.
kek
and that is why yo are still around.
Most peeps have never seen capitulation.
It never habbened in '08-all too controlled on the way down so they could trot out the "green shoots" mantra in March of 09
So they have no idea wut it looks like.
yep same here
Eventually those that did that will be right.
Now it gets really interdasting if this sets off the grab for assets (collateral) that there are many multiple claims on one (paper) asset.
The PM's are proabably the worst with something like 80 to 1 paper claiming phyzz.
Then it gets good.
SAM621 USAF C-40B (State Dept AC) departed west from JBA as well
SAM644 and SAM601 continue ws and west
The delivery times were ridiculous.
I actually got someone else's order back in 2010
Address was mine but the packing list and contents were not.
and then in 2018 I started that last round of buying (on the ten yr lows in silver no less!) and they did not collect muh signature upon delivery so the Post office sent and inspector to the door.
I could have had soooo much fun with that.
"nope never got it"
BlackRock may have raked in $2.4 bln on GameStop's retail-driven stock frenzy
BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager, could have made gains of about $2.4 billion on its investment in GameStop Corp as retail investors pour money into the video-game retailer’s shares.
The asset manager owned about 9.2 million shares, or a roughly 13% stake, in GameStop as of Dec. 31, 2020, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. Assuming no change in BlackRock’s position, the value of its stake would be worth $2.6 billion now, compared with $173.6 million as of December.
GameStop’s stock has surged nearly 700% in the past two weeks in a rally fueled by interest from amateur investors on Reddit, forcing hedge funds to retreat from heavy losses and sparking calls for scrutiny of the social media-driven trading frenzy. Trading in the video-game retailer’s shares was halted for volatility nine times on Monday and five times on Tuesday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/blackrock-investment-gamestop/blackrock-may-have-raked-in-2-4-bln-on-gamestops-retail-driven-stock-frenzy-idUSL4N2K23QG
sorry wrong douche
Ya know if only these ones waited a few days
Too bad for them
kek
https://www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=GME
QID764 and 58-0113 USAF KC-135 Tankers fueled up those BUFFS from last night
(the BUFFS not visible but in same area as the previous two refueling activitys)
Portugeuse AF UAVFAP drone thrown in for a little humor this morn
82-8000 USAF 747 departed JBA ne and heading to same spot as 09-0015 USAF C-32A went to
Over Atlantic City-most likely moar cert. flights
SCORE36 US Navy Q-4 Triton over C-Bay
seems like the Navy is sorting out it's transponder issues on the Stallions
Seen a few of them on scope now when they were non-existent before.
Gabriel Plotkin Bio, Returns, AUM, Net Worth
A former SAC Capital star trader, Gabriel Plotkin started his own fund at the end of 2014, called Melvin Capital Management, named after Plotkin’s late grandfather. Gabriel Plotkin sharpened his investment philosophy as a portfolio manager at Sigma Capital, which was SAC Capital’s (now known as Point72 Asset Management) subsidiary, where he managed a $1.3 billion portfolio centered on stocks from the Consumer Products industry. Big earnings came fast for Gabriel Plotkin, who found himself among Forbes’ list of the Highest Earning Hedge Fund Managers 2018. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University.
Not only did Gabriel Plotkin receive the blessing of his former boss, billionaire Steve Cohen, but also a $200 million seed capital to help launch Melvin Capital. The fund attracted a great deal of initial interest, raising $700 million in capital. During its relatively short existence, the fund, which focuses on the Consumer Discretionary sector, has seen some amazing returns. In 2015 Melvin Capital Management generated a remarkable return of 47%, placing it among Bloomberg News’ top-performing hedge funds with $1 billion in assets under management. Not only that, in its first year it managed to outperform Point72 Asset Management, which returned 15.5% in 2015.
2017 was also a fantastic one for Melvin Capital Management, as it generated an impressive return of 41% net of fees. According to Melvin Capital’s plain brochure, on December 31, 2016, the fund had $1.87 billion in assets under management on a discretionary basis. According to Business Insider, that figure was nearly doubled during the first nine months of 2017, as it raised its asset under management to $3.5 billion. At the end of June of this year, the fund’s 13F portfolio was valued at $11.06 billion.
https://www.insidermonkey.com/hedge-fund/melvin+capital+management/804/
from 2014
SAC Capital Plea Deal Ends Long Wall Street Saga
Multibillion-dollar hedge fund SAC Capital was sentenced on Thursday for its central role in one of the most wide-ranging insider trading schemes in U.S. history. A federal judge in New York accepted the firm’s guilty plea and approved a landmark $1.8 billion settlement with the government, effectively concluding a decade-long criminal investigation.
In approving the settlement, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain paved the way for SAC Capital to continue to do business under a new name as a so-called “family office” managing the $9 billion fortune of Steven A. Cohen, the hedge fund’s secretive founder. Earlier this week, SAC Capital formally changed its name to Point72 Asset Management, an apparent nod to the address of the firm’s sprawling trading floor at 72 Cummings Point Road in Stamford, Conn., near Cohen’s 35,000 square-foot mansion.
Cohen, one of the most enigmatic figures in Wall Street history, was long thought to be the ultimate target of the investigation, but he was never charged with a crime. Now that his hedge fund’s guilty plea has been accepted, it appears unlikely that Cohen will ever be personally indicted for his role leading a firm that was “riddled with criminal conduct,” according to federal prosecutors. Cohen does face civil charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that he failed to supervise his employees, and could ultimately be banned from the securities industry for life.
The SAC Capital investigation was the most high-profile probe in a sweeping insider trading crackdown led by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has made insider trading one of his signature law enforcement missions. Bharara has secured 79 insider trading convictions or guilty pleas — including eight former SAC employees — without losing a single case. Earlier this year, Mathew Martoma, a former SAC manager, was found guilty in what federal prosecutors called the most lucrative insider trading scheme in U.S. history.
https://time.com/59119/sac-capital-guilty-plea/
https://twitter.com/USMC/status/1354464692027187202
scored. yellow smoke
82-8000 USAF 747 over Atlantic City Int'l joined by 00-9001 USAFSOC C-32B from McGuire AFB
likely both are cert flight but interdasting to have them virtually on top of each other
Looks like 82-8000 is done for now and heading sw
Ja wuhhh?
SAM644 USAF G5 on final approach for Long Beach Int'l from JBA depart
gotta do….
French AF CTM1011 Airbus A330 on final approach at Ft. Hood from Paris, CDG
on ground about 20 minutes ago
SAM621 USAF C-40B departed Little Rock AR. after a ground stop wn
SAM601 USAF C-32A departed Grand Junction, Colo se
ROLLER12 47 Wyoming ANG en from Nellis AFB after overnight
Do Apollo's Ties To Jeffrey Epstein Run Deeper Than Leon Black?
By now, most people know that Leon Black has stepped down as CEO of Apollo Global Management after ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, including paying the late Epstein $158 million for "tax advice". We documented the details of Black's departure in this piece, out earlier this week. Now the question becomes: how deep does the rabbit hole continue to go?
Edwin Dorsey, founder of The Bear Cave newsletter, posted an epic Tweet thread (you can follow Dorsey here) back in December 2020 that - if accurate - shows that more Epstein-related bombs could soon be going off. "John J. Hannan, Apollo’s cofounder and senior partner, donated $166k to Epstein in 1999. Hannan also replaced Epstein on the Black Foundation Board in 2013," he notes. John J. Hannan, Apollo’s cofounder and senior partner, donated $166k to Epstein in 1999. Hannan also replaced Epstein on the Black Foundation Board in 2013.
Notably, Hannan was an executive at Drexel Burnham Lambert with Leon Black in the 1980s. This will be important later. pic.twitter.com/3KpLkPSxu0
— Edwin Dorsey (@StockJabber) December 14, 2020
Dorsey also notes: "Marc Rowan, another Apollo co-founder that worked at Drexel in the 1980s, met with Epstein in his townhouse in 2015." Marc Rowan, another Apollo co-founder that worked at Drexel in the 1980s, met with Epstein in his townhouse in 2015. pic.twitter.com/BCsHzGAw4A
— Edwin Dorsey (@StockJabber) December 14, 2020
Further, he points out that "one of Epstein’s defense attorneys, Gerald Lefcourt, also represented Drexel. Yet another tie between the two entities."
What else links Apollo & Epstein or Drexel & Epstein? Well, one of Epstein’s defense attorneys, Gerald Lefcourt, also represented Drexel. Yet another tie between the two entities.
The 2008 article below says that Drexel’s founder Michael Milken and Epstein had close ties too. pic.twitter.com/ypzoiA05Ci
— Edwin Dorsey (@StockJabber) December 14, 2020
He also notes that Epstein appears to have hired Black's key employees from Drexel over the years: He also notes that Epstein appears to have hired Black's key employees from Drexel over the years: It matters because Epstein also hired his key employees from Drexel! For example, Harry Beller, Epstein’s notary, worked at Drexel Burnham Lampert too (1985-1989) at the same time as John Hannan, Marc Rowan, and Leon Black.
— Edwin Dorsey (@StockJabber) December 14, 2020
Beller's name also shows up in a subpoena:
Two of the Virgin Islands subpoenas to Leon Black also ask for documents connected to Harry Beller. pic.twitter.com/0my0kmlrQG
— Edwin Dorsey (@StockJabber) December 14, 2020
Dorsey concludes: "If Harry Beller, Epstein’s longtime notary/accountant, worked closely with Black, Rowan, or Hannan this would take the story to a whole new level. My guess is there is much more that has not been reported yet."
If Harry Beller, Epstein’s longtime notary/accountant, worked closely with Black, Rowan, or Hannan this would take the story to a whole new level.
My guess is there is much more that has not been reported yet.
— Edwin Dorsey (@StockJabber) December 14, 2020
But thanks to Dorsey's digging, there may very well be more on the way.
Recall, the announcement of Black's departure came as Apollo revealed the conclusion of a review by law firm Dechert into Black’s relationship with Epstein, which reportedly "cleared" Black and Apollo of any "involvement in criminal activities" with Epstein.
“I have advised the Apollo board that I will retire as C.E.O. on or before my 70th birthday in July and remain as chairman,” Black said in a statement. “I have advised the Apollo board that I will retire as C.E.O. on or before my 70th birthday in July and remain as chairman,” Black said in a statement. Over the past year and a half, Apollo CEO and founder Leon Black had been caught in a web of allegations that he was "too close" to Epstein after it emerged Black had paid Epstein $158 million after he was released from jail. And while Black published a letter in which he admitted that "it was a terrible mistake" to associated with Epstein and "like many people I respected, I decided to give Epstein a second chance," Black said last October, it wasn't nearly enough as some asset managers froze their new capital allocations to Apollo. It eventually prompted Apollo to hire Dechert to conduct an "independent review" of Black's dealings with Epstein to clear Black's - and Apollo's - name. Among the key findings of the Dechert report:
*Apollo never retained Epstein for any services and Epstein never invested in any Apollo-managed funds.
*Dechert found no evidence that Black was involved in any way with Epstein’s criminal activities at any time.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/do-apollos-ties-jeffrey-epstein-run-deeper-leon-black
SAM644 USAF G5 west from Long Beach Int'l ground stop-depart of JBA earlier
Baker Hughes sold by General Electric Co.: $735.05m-Jan 23
Baker Hughes Company specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of systems and equipment intended for the oil and gas industries. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
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equipment and services of drilling and wells operating (66.3%);
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drilling equipment and services and evaluation of oil and gas wells (23.2%);
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industrial services (10.5%): processing of petrochemicals, water treatment, etc.
Export accounts for 74% of net sales.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BAKER-HUGHES-COMPANY-40311111/company/
https://www.finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=40545&tc=7
SCORE36 US Navy Q-4 Triton and 167952 US Navy P-8 Poseiden off Delaware/Maryland coast with RUFF01 US Navy E-6B heading west from Pax River
come on tree fiddy!
Hedge Fund Maplelane Loses About 33% on Short Bets This Month
Maplelane Capital, a $3.5 billion stock hedge fund, lost about 33% this month through Tuesday in part because of a short position on GameStop Corp., according to investors.
The firm significantly altered its portfolio in recent weeks, adjusting risk, one of the people said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Those changes helped protect against further losses, and the firm has no liquidity or margin issues.
The New York-based firm, run by Leon Shaulov and Rob Crespi, declined to comment.
Maplelane had puts or bets on falling shares on several companies at the end of the third quarter, including American Airlines Group Inc., GameStop, IRobot Corp. and National Beverage Corp., according to its latest regulatory filing. The firm was founded in 2010.
Melvin Capital, the $12.5 billion hedge fund run by Gabe Plotkin, fell more than 30% so far this month on similar short bets. Amid the distress, hedge fund titans Ken Griffin and Steve Cohen injected a total of $2.75 billion into the firm. It also recently altered its portfolio.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/hedge-fund-maplelane-loses-about-33-on-short-bets-this-month-1.1555106