@DavidBCollum@LukeGromen@CoffeeandaMike BTW re book recs, Stalin's War was a jaw dropper. May have to pull the Maestro title from AG and give it to Stalin for running the table during WW2.
@CorpusCol@StocksOddball@BigJohn043 and sold down auto industry exposure in 2005 when auto credit/corp credit generally was well bid by Wall Street, then moved to Dallas in 07 pre GFC/pre-GM/Chrysler bk
@UT_President@SouthwestAir@GovBillLee Great news for East Tennessee as is the short SW flight that has been added between BNA and Memphis. Nonetheless go Dores.
We appreciate the TN linemen who are working around the clock to restore power & keep Tennesseans safe.
Their unwavering dedication embodies the Volunteer Spirit, & we’re grateful for their service.
$OTF, Blue Owl Tech Finance Corp went public in June after being private for 7 years (by design)
IRR from INCEPTION in AUG' 18 to Friday's close:
5.71%
DURING TECH INVESTING BOOM and GOLDEN AGE OF PC
But at least 76% of stock is restricted!! Reverse Vol Washing
10.8% becomes tradeable each month for next 7 months which is a huge technical overhang causing BDC to trade at 77% of NAV .. plus 13% of Loans are PIKing ..
So far in 2025, there have been 15 CU purchases of banks implying (attorney Bell is quoted as saying we’ll get into the 20s) that there are 5 or 6 more to be announced by year end.