SoftBank

SoftBank is the Nasdaq whale that drove up tech stocks with options bets

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SoftBank made significant option purchases during the run-up in the U.S. stock market in recent weeks as a way of temporarily investing some proceeds from asset sales, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Investors had been speculating about the ‘Nasdaq whale’ conducting massive options purchases. Now, sources tell the Wall Street Journal that … Read more

Big Short investor Steve Eisman goes hard on SoftBank 

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The Big Short’s Eisman bets on more pain for SoftBank – the Japanese investment giant with a big stake in WeWork and the owner of Arm Holdings Steve Eisman was played by Steve Carell in a 2015 film about short selling The investor is now betting SoftBank shares will fall after WeWork bailout The Japanese … Read more