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Steve Eisman

👤 Speaker
158 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

Well, it's retail.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

It's people with 401ks.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

It's people with brokerage accounts.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

It's not...

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

I would say it's not lower middle class people.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

Right.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

It's people with money who are upset that they can't get their money back.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

I'd be upset too.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

That's actually a very, very important question to address.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

Yeah.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

What made 2008 as calamitous as it was was that not only was there a recession, but there was an actual fear that the entire banking system was going to collapse.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

And then when the banking system collapses, that means if you go to the bank, you can't get your money.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

That's planet Earth burn situation.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

And that's why the government had to step in.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

Since the financial crisis, I think the Federal Reserve –

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

which is the chief bank regulator of the United States now, that was what happened there from Dodd-Frank, has done a very, very, very good job recapitalizing the banking system and reducing its risks.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

Not that it has no risks.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

This industry does make loans to these private credit funds.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

But I would categorically state that the U.S.

Prof G Markets
The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci

banking system is better capitalized than it has ever been