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PF: CONUS Update PAT63 US Army G5 heading to Northern ME-Caribou (this is usually FORGE63 when it's over CONUS) PAT= Priority Air Transport, SAM926 G5 SW from JBA, FORGE78 US Army G5 on ground at Hanscom Field-Lexington (MIT Lincoln Laboratory right next door), HOTRD88 E-4B Nightwatch out of Wright-Patterson AFB west-cap #2 and heading to Offutt (They Live released in 1988, LOKI82 continues but SW nao after changing vectors NW of Dulles Int'l from Offutt, N628TS (Musk's G650 still on ground at Dulles from yesterdays arrival from Oakland Int'l >>18232906 pb) and LAMPO32 E-6B Mercury has been joined by SINEX27 E-6B Mercury and SAM020-State Dept AC- has changed it's call sign mid-flight to SAM877
GTMO flights are normal/common and stop at Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Int'l and NAS JAX occasional stops at Ft. Worth but not as common..this one is not very common
EASY05 Super King Air B350 from New Orleans NAS/JRB
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Scaramucci's Skybridge Suffers Massive Redemptions, Gates Investors After Losing 39% In 2022
For those wondering why money-managing entertainer, Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly played Donald Trump spokesman, before aggressively and hilariously turning on his former boss, and has also played a fund-of-funds manager (for a longer period of time), recently decided he needed even more airtime by taking part in a Fox "special forces" reality show, it may have to do with the woeful performance of his SkyBridge Capital (which he came this close to selling to a since-imploded Chinese conglomerate several years ago) which according to Bloomberg lost 39% last year in its biggest funds after wrong-way bets on cryptocurrencies and now-bankrupt FTX, spurring investors to ask the firm to return more than half of their money.
SkyBridge’s largest fund, with $1.3 billion of assets at the end of the third quarter, had one of its worst months of 2022 in November, when FTX declared bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with its performance. Investors, who are now limited to making two withdrawal requests each year, asked to pull 60% of the fund’s capital for the Sept. 30 redemption period, but SkyBridge only returned 10%, according to a January regulatory filing. Previously, the firm allowed four redemption requests per year and said it would return as much as 25% of the cash each quarter. The flamboyant 59-year-old Scaramucci, and FTX co-founder and alleged megafraud, Sam Bankman-Fried, had built a curiously close relationship over the past two years. Beginning in 2021, SkyBridge bought equity in the closely held crypto exchange, with the most recent purchase last August. The next month, another entity controlled by Bankman-Fried acquired 30% of SkyBridge. The ensuing events, well known to all, did not lead to a surge in confidence in Scaramucci's ability to distinguish flair from fraud, and more than half of his investors decided they had had enough… and that's when the gates came down.
Various cryptocurrencies accounted for 28% of the SkyBridge fund, while private crypto-related companies, including its FTX stakes, comprised 14%. Aside from its turbulent exposure to crypto, the fund - which started of as a FoF, also also invests in traditional hedge funds. Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management and Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, were two bright spots in the portfolio, with both firms up about 12% last year. Together they accounted for about 24% of fund assets as of September.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/scaramuccis-skybridge-suffers-massive-redemptions-gates-investors-after-losing-39-2022
No Mention of Military Drills with Russia on Yellen's South Africa Trip
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wraps up a 10-day visit to Africa on Saturday that included stops in Senegal, Zambia and South Africa, where she met Friday with philanthropists on climate change.
Throughout her trip, Yellen sought to underscore the importance of the growing and youthful continent, saying "the United States' strategy toward Africa is centered around a simple recognition: that Africa will shape the future of the global economy."
The administration of President Joe Biden has emphasized its commitment to the region, rolling out a new policy for sub-Saharan Africa in August and hosting the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December.
Analysts say the reengagement comes after Africa received limited attention from former president Donald Trump's administration, and as leading trade partner China continues to dominate the region economically, while Russia is working to strengthen military and diplomatic ties.
https://www.voanews.com/a/no-mention-of-military-drills-with-russia-on-yellen-s-south-africa-trip-/6936743.html