Michael Guthammar

Business, securities & intellectual property valuations professional, CVA, Adjunct Professor in Finance

[pathurtado @pathurtado37]

Goldman wants more than $20 mill it paid ex-banker Leissner during sprawling 1MDB fraud https://t.co/b7rfyyy58N

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Miller's claim that Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves is, ironically, the result of Chavez and then Maduro re-classifying Venezuela's extra-heavy, hard-to-recover oil deposits as recoverable, something they did in order to make Venezuela look better.

[Magnus Fiskesjö @Magnus_Fiskesjo]

@Object_Zero_ So...why not ask the US why they themselves closed all their legal treaty bases on Greenland but one? and have the right to reopen them but threaten us instead?

You are distracting from how the US is destroying its global reputation & ruining NATO, in the interest of Putin & Xi.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Strong statement by the PM of 🇬🇱 - and there was also an equally clear statement the PM of 🇩🇰. When Trump 🇺🇸 brings up 🇬🇱 in the context of the 🇻🇪 operation there is certainly a need to react.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Statement from the Premier of Greenland 🇬🇱
6:55pm local time:

“🇬🇱 We have been a close and loyal friend of the United States for generations. We have stood shoulder to shoulder in difficult times. We have taken responsibility for security in the North Atlantic — and not least for North America. That is what true friends do.

Precisely for that reason, the current and repeated rhetoric coming from the United States is entirely unacceptable.

When the President of the United States speaks of “needing Greenland” and links us to Venezuela and military intervention, it is not only wrong. It is disrespectful.

Our country is not an object in great-power rhetoric. We are a people. A country. A democracy. That must be respected — especially by close and loyal friends.

We are part of NATO, and we are fully aware of our country’s strategic location. We also understand that our security depends on good friends and strong alliances. In that context, a respectful and loyal relationship with the United States is very important. That has been the case for decades.

But alliances are built on trust. And trust requires respect.

Threats, pressure, and talk of annexation have no place between friends. That is not how one speaks to a people who have repeatedly demonstrated responsibility, stability, and loyalty.

Enough is enough.

No more pressure.
No more insinuations.
No more fantasies of annexation.

We are open to dialogue. We are open to conversations. But they must take place through the proper channels and in full respect of international law. And the proper channels are not random and disrespectful posts on social media.

Greenland is our home and our territory.
And it will remain so. 🇬🇱”

[Marysia @marysia_cc]

Midnight mass
original cover illustration of the 1947 Christmas edition of Journal de Tintin

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Premier of Greenland 🇬🇱 statement this morning;

This morning, I am both saddened and grateful 🇬🇱

Saddened, because during a press conference last night, the President of the United States once again expressed a desire to take over Greenland. With such statements, our country is reduced to a question of security and power. That is not how we see ourselves, and it is not how Greenland can or should be spoken about.

We are a people with a long history, a strong culture, and a vibrant democracy. We are a country with responsibility for our own territory and for our own future. Our territorial integrity and our right to self-determination are firmly anchored in international law and cannot simply be ignored.

That is also why I am grateful.

Thank you to everyone here at home for the clear support and unity that has been shown. The calmness and dignity with which you have met this situation send a strong signal of a people who stand firm in their values and in their responsibility.

I would also like to thank heads of government and partners around the world who have clearly and unequivocally expressed their respect for Greenland, for our democratic institutions, and for the fundamental principles of international law. That support confirms that we here at home do not stand alone.

Once again: Greenland is our country. Decisions are made here. And I will at all times fight for our freedom and our right to decide for ourselves and to shape our own future.

For now, I hope that the peace of Christmas can settle over us all.
Merry Christmas 🇬🇱💙🇬🇱

[Adam Tooze @adam_tooze]

That feeling when the world hands you the concluding cameo for a book ;)

[Clifford Asness @CliffordAsness]

Your occasionally but sadly necessary reminder that buybacks do not curtail positive NPV investments.

And if they did, which they don’t, we definitely want politicians deciding what to do.

[Ptuomov @ptuomov]

I approve of this message, the AI finance satire game is getting better.

[Dr. Sari Arho Havrén @SariArhoHavren]

In every European country, we have both industry and powerful individual lobbyists arguing for the *vast* opportunities in the Chinese market and for greater engagement.

Meanwhile, all signals point to the opposite: China’s self-reliance and dual circulation policies, and its constantly growing trade surplus. China does not want to buy anything from us if it can avoid it. And in the near future, it can.

The following lobbyists’ argument is to increase economic ties in non-risky areas, even though we already have examples of how these areas can also be weaponised. Further economic integration simply creates new areas of dependencies and access points that Beijing will add to its leverage tool book.

[Michael Guthammar @mguthammar]

@ptuomov Only every 40-50 years in 🇸🇪. But now they want to have them washed out every 10-15 years, going through every apartment in a building, never heard of that here either. Sounds like a nice regulatory capture move...

[Clifford Asness @CliffordAsness]

Never heard of them before, but I wouldn’t bet against Boaz, particularly when he’s referencing me :)

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

US Official Returns From Brussels Shaken After Realizing Europe Has Its Own Interests, Not a Suburb of Washington

WASHINGTON — In a stunning revelation that rocked absolutely no one outside his own office, a senior US official returned from a NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels deeply distressed to discover that European countries sometimes act like… independent countries.

Sources say the official spent several days in Brussels “trying to understand why Europeans keep switching hats,” apparently unaware that sovereign states can belong to more than one international institution without swearing a blood oath to serve US domestic politics.

According to the official’s emotional trip report, Europeans had the audacity to support climate policy, regulate social media platforms, and make decisions not pre-approved by America’s angst-industrial complex.
“It’s hypocrisy,” the official lamented, pointing out that the same countries who value NATO cooperation also—brace yourself—value EU cooperation. “How dare they not treat US interests as the gravitational center of the universe?”

He then accused the EU of being “unelected and undemocratic,” bravely ignoring the fact that EU commissioners are appointed by democratically elected governments, while the US was recently led by a man who tried to overturn an election with a cosplay riot.

The author further warned that Europe is on the verge of “civilizational suicide,” a diagnosis he reached after spending 48 hours in Brussels and discovering Europeans think universal healthcare is normal, mass surveillance is not, and that maybe Cuba isn’t an existential threat to the West in 2025.

When asked whether Europe might simply be tired of being lectured by a country currently debating whether book bans, forced pregnancy laws, and TikTok hearings constitute “freedom,” the official declined to comment, citing national security.

Back in Washington, analysts confirmed that his report adds nothing new to the geopolitical landscape except a powerful reminder:
Some Americans still believe “partnership” means Europe salutes, smiles, and signs whatever paperwork Washington hands over.

[Dr. Sari Arho Havrén @SariArhoHavren]

At least all is clear now for both parties.

[Dr. Sari Arho Havrén @SariArhoHavren]

The US National Security Strategy, using words such as “perverse” when simultaneously calling for “restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity”, tells more about Trump’s America and Vance than anything about Europe.

[Michael Guthammar @mguthammar]

Without that bank issued digital ID you cannot access many government and commercial services such as insurance, electricity and largest television provider. Some people just give up and settle in Denmark. Good luck if your Swedish citizen kids want to move there to study or work

[Michael Guthammar @mguthammar]

”Då bestämde vi: flyttar till Danmark i stället”

Swedish government and financial institutions continue to discriminate against its citizens living abroad who want to move back. Without bank account and digital ID you are frozen out.
https://t.co/8WeXz57Z8O

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The new 🇺🇸 security strategy proclaims, among other remarkable things, as an aim of 🇺🇸 policy ”cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations.” That’s JD Vance on steroids.