Saturday, December 31, 2022

A lot of two-way risk in the market right now, warns Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson

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Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson on what's next for the market heading into the end of the year. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Dan Nathan, Guy Adami and Steve Grasso. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

TFLO - iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF

 

1. Exposure to U.S. floating rate Treasury bonds, whose interest payments adjust to reflect changes in interest rates

 

2. Easy access to a new type of Treasury bond (first issued in January 2014)

 

3. Use to put cash to work, seek stability, and manage interest rate risk

T-flow bond | Over 10% return low risk

 We are buying bonds, We;re buying preferred at 11%, 12% yields. T-flows, 短期国债, ETFs. 

Low risk with return over 10% 


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Monday, December 26, 2022

2280 68 Street NE 1309, Calgary, Alberta, T1Y 7M1

 $145,000 CAD

$697/mo.Get Mortgage

Property Summary for 2280 68 Street NE

Type
 
Residential
Sub-Type
 
Apartment
Style
 
Low-Rise(1-4), Apartment, Residential, Low Rise (2-4 stories)
Title
 
Fee Simple
MLS® Number
 
A1257650
Year Built
 
2003
Full Baths
 
1
Stories
 
3
Parking Info
 
1
Association Fee
 
$480.18 CAD
Neighborhood
 
Monterey Park
Postal Code
 
T1Y 7M1
Rooms Information

Description for 2280 68 Street NE

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT! Awesome Penthouse unit offered at an absolutely incredible price. 1 BEDROOM 1 4C BATH, INSUITE LAUNDRY . Open Concept KITCHEN DINING ROOM AND LIVING ROOM with access to the private BALCONY overlooking the beautiful Garden. The privacy you wanted with all the comfort of LOCATION. Laminate flooring throughout. Low condo fee that includes all your utilities, heat, water, electricity. Underground heated Titled parking and the large enclosed storage. Storage right in front of the parking(#12). Parking close to the elevator. Located practically close to everything including major roads such as 68 St, Stoney Trail, 16Th ave, Deerfoot, Monterey Park shopping center, schools and close to major hospitals. You name it and it is just that convenient. Has tenants in place and tenants willing to stay. Paying $1150 for rent. 4 buildings in the complex and each building has its own elevator.

流动性褪去,美国SPAC借壳潮“曲终人散”

流动性褪去,美国SPAC借壳潮“曲终人散”

 12月,每天大约有四个 SPAC 清算关闭,几乎与该行业在 2021 年初繁荣时期的启动速度相同。美国明年即将生效的消费税助推了SPAC的清算潮。


临近年底,美国SPAC出现一波清算潮,为2020年以来的狂热画上句号。

根据数据提供商 SPAC Research 的数据,自 12 月初以来,大约 70 家特殊目的收购公司(SPAC)已经清算并向投资者返还资金。每天大约有四个 SPAC 清算关闭,几乎与该行业在 2021 年初繁荣时期的启动速度相同。

SPAC Research数据显示,SPAC 发起人本月在清算中损失了超过 6 亿美元,今年损失超过 11 亿美元。更多的 SPAC 表示他们将在未来几周内进行清算。

SPAC 又称为“空白支票公司”,是一家空壳公司,从投资者那里筹集资金并公开上市,其目的是与一家私人公司合并以使其上市。在监管机构审查交易并完成后,上市公司将取代股票市场上的 SPAC。

2020 年,疫情爆发,美联储史无前例大放水刺激经济,SPAC随之兴起,这波繁荣持续到 2021年。行业数据显示,在过去两年中,大约有 300 家公司通过 SPAC 上市。

但今年随着美联储激进加息,市场逆转,繁荣变成了萧条。

Dealogic 数据显示,本季度宣布 SPAC 合并的初创企业的平均估值已从去年大部分时间的 20 亿美元以上降至 4 亿美元左右。

美国明年即将生效的消费税助推了SPAC的清算潮。

今年 8 月,美国国会通过了《2022 年降低通胀法案》(Inflation Reduction Act of 2022)。该法案规定,从 2023 年开始,如果 SPAC 发起人向投资者返还现金,可能将面临 1% 的消费税。该法规促使越来越多的 SPAC 发起人计划在 2022 年底结束其 “ 并购 ” 计划。

SPAC Research 的数据显示,目前仍有近 400 家 SPAC 持有约 1000 亿美元的资产尚未找到交易。 研究 SPAC 的纽约大学法学院教授 Michael Ohlrogge 预计,如果大约 200 家 SPAC 被清算,发起人的损失将远远超过 20 亿美元。

Boca Raton | Condo roof

 Based on chase bank account records, my three installments for 2020-2021 new roof are:


1. 8/25/2020  $2500
2. 11/30/2020 $2500
3. 2/25/2021  $1800

Total: $6800

18 units - total payment for roof should be $6800 x 18 = $122,400 US dollars


Elon musk | US $40 billion sold in 2022

 Elon Musk is giving a master class on how not to lead: Thrive Global CEO. Elon Musk sold another US$3.58 billion worth of Tesla Inc. shares, bringing the total amount he's offloaded since late last year to almost US$40 billion.

Windows 10 slow boot issues

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

旗舰基金Ark Innovation ETF(ARKK)

 对“木头姐”凯西·伍德来说,2022年是艰难的一年。她的反对者越来越多。


通胀飙升和利率上升在2022年压垮了伍德的旗舰基金Ark Innovation ETF(ARKK)。由于ARKK持有的特斯拉(137.57,-0.23,-0.17%)(TSLA.US)和Zoom(69.93,1.37,2.00%)(ZM.US)等科技股遭到严重抛售,该基金今年已大跌逾65%。

伍德早些时候发布了一份备忘录,为其投资策略辩护。伍德表示,她的基金支持那些准备改变世界的公司,而不是投资于那些迎合“短期投资者”的成熟公司。

她写道:“我们投资的公司正在牺牲短期利润,以利用一些创新平台正在创造的指数级增长和(5.81,-0.02,-0.34%)高利润机会。”

华尔街知名投资者批评这位Ark创始人贬低现金流和煽动股票狂热的做法。

长期价值投资者、华尔街知名对冲基金Third Point掌门人Dan Loeb周三在推特上表示,伍德的备忘录应该用来在课堂上研究“坚定持有者的心态”(mindset of stonk hodlers) ——这是一个用来取笑那些不顾市场行情而坚守自己头寸的在线交易员的术语。

Loeb上一季度的重仓股包括高露洁(CL.US)、太平洋煤电(PCG.US)以及医疗公司丹纳赫(260.98,5.38,2.10%)(DHR.US)。

全球顶级量化基金AQR的创始人Cliff Asness很快在推特上表态支持Loeb。Asness指责伍德在利率较低、股市飙升时引发了市场的“狂热”。今年早些时候,Asness曾嘲笑伍德对经济的预测过于乐观。

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

William Hunt "Bill" Gross

 William Hunt "Bill" Gross (born April 13, 1944) is an American investor and fund manager, best known for co-founding Pacific Investment Management Co. PIMCO is a global fixed income investment company. Gross ran their $270 billion Total Return Fund (PTTRX), before leaving to join Janus Capital Group (now Janus Henderson) in September 2014.[1]

“老债王”格罗斯警告:美联储继续加息将造成大麻烦

 有着“老债王”之称的传奇投资人比尔·格罗斯(Bill Gross)周二表示,如果美联储继续加息,他预计未来会带来大麻烦。


格罗斯周二在接受媒体采访时表示,“美国经济一直以来受到着数万亿美元财政支出的巨大支持,最终当这些支出用完时,我认为我们会面临温和的衰退。而如果利率继续上升,我们则会遭遇更多问题。”

“金融市场可能会出现更多潜在的混乱”,格罗斯称。

格罗斯认为,货币政策收紧将进一步扰乱资本市场。他还提到了周二日本央行意外宣布修改收益率曲线控制计划(YCC),将收益率目标从±0.25%上调至±0.5%后,全球债券收益率周二所出现的剧烈波动。

与此同时,格罗斯还表示,利率上升意味着商业房地产市场将面临麻烦,未来可能遭遇“潜在违约”。不过聊以慰藉的是,格罗斯预计住宅房地产的情况不会遭遇08年金融危机时期那样的严重打击。

格罗斯称,“我确实认为,在未来如果美联储继续加息,部分住房市场证券化的能力将受到严重限制,而这些住房的价格正在下降,所以这将成为对房地产市场的一个警告。但至于是否会出现像07年和08年那样的崩溃场景,我不认为我们会走到那一步。”

值得一提的是,本周一格罗斯也曾撰文呼吁美联储应停止加息,并在当前阶段等等看,“瞧瞧酒碗里的水是否已经干了”。格罗斯认为,美联储超调的风险和前瞻性货币政策的必要性均有力地支持了这一点。

格罗斯当时在文中着重提到了中性利率(r-star),并认为随着目前联邦基金利率目标区间达到了4.25%-4.5%,并可能在2月份进一步抬升,我们已经处于最佳的中性利率水平。如果利率水平进一步攀升,未来反而可能会有麻烦。

格罗斯还警告称,市场必须注意国际清算银行近期警告的“隐形”债务水平。这些隐藏的“影子银行”债务可能高达65万亿美元,是整个美国国债市场规模的2.5倍以上,这已成为全球金融体系隐藏的风险。

在太平洋投资管理公司(PIMCO(0,0.00,0.00%))任职期间,格罗斯帮助运营了世界上最大的共同基金,并赢得了“债王”的美名。格罗斯在离开PIMCO后跳槽到了骏利亨德森集团,不过在那里格罗斯却经历了职业生涯的“滑铁卢”,其管理的骏利亨德森全球无限制债券基金业绩表现惨淡。2019年3月,格罗斯宣布退休,但迄今仍持续关注者金融市场,并时常发表自身对于市场的最新看法。

CFTC | FTX sam crimes

 The criminal indictment against Bankman-Fried and "others" at FTX is on top of civil charges announced Tuesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The SEC alleges Bankman-Fried defrauded investors and illegally used their money to buy real estate on behalf of himself and his family.

U.S. authorities said they will try to claw back any of Bankman-Fried's financial gains from the alleged scheme.

一天损失近150亿美元 90后"币圈神童"彻底跌下神坛

 一天损失近150亿美元,创下全球亿万富翁单日财产最大跌幅纪录。


一个看起来人畜无害的卷毛男孩,却在一天内带崩了世界几百亿美元的财富……

这个令人大跌眼镜的故事主角,叫山姆·班克曼·弗里德。

出生于1992年的他,在26岁到29岁短短3年时间内,通过钻研加密货币套利、经营币圈交易所FTX,迅速积攒了超过200亿美元(1美元约合人民币7元)的财富。

然而,币圈流传着一句话:币圈一日,人间10年。11月初,班克曼的“币圈旁氏骗局”露出马脚。11月8日,他还拥有的156亿美元净资产,一天后便蒸发到不足10亿美元。

一天损失将近150亿美元,94%的跌幅创下了全球亿万富翁单日财产最大跌幅纪录。此事件也被称为“币圈的雷曼暴雷时刻”,一众世界著名投资机构都被他“割了韭菜”。
近日,这个年轻富翁被警方带走,彻底跌下神坛。

“而随着币圈头部交易所FTX轰然倒塌,人们对加密货币颠覆传统金融的信仰也土崩瓦解了。”浙江大学国际联合商学院数字经济与金融创新研究中心联席主任盘和林对《环球人物》记者分析道。

曾被捧为“币圈神童”

在公开场合,班克曼的衣服总是皱皱巴巴。那头凌乱的卷毛和肥大的T恤,共同组成了他的“经典形象”。

班克曼是典型的“90后”。他喜欢网络游戏英雄联盟,也沉迷于指尖陀螺,以及其他属于年轻人的“宅文化”。

除此之外,他最大的兴趣就是“赚钱”。他曾说过“对改变世界、颠覆权威等宏大目标不感兴趣”,还说“如果哪天发现卖橙汁更赚钱,就去卖橙汁”。

有美媒报道,目前世界上在30岁前赚得200亿美元的年轻人有两个,一个是扎克伯格,另一个就是班克曼。

他是一个“赚钱主义者”。这种金钱观,可能来源于他那美式精英家庭的熏陶。

他的父母都是斯坦福大学法学院的教授,同时他们还分别是经济学家与著名税法学者。

他从小在斯坦福大学的校园里长大,但后来考入了另一所名校——麻省理工学院。

毕业后,他进入华尔街的简街资本工作,年薪百万。不过对于当时的他来说,这份差事更像兼职。

此前,班克曼已经发现加密货币间的套利行为可以赚取巨额财富。简单说,就是将加密货币从价格低的交易所倒卖到价格高的交易所。

几年后,他成立了一家名为Alameda Research的交易公司(以下简称为Alameda),专门从事币圈套利业务。最疯狂时,他一天内赚了上百万美元。

后来这个故事广为流传,他逐渐被捧为“币圈神童”。

不过据盘和林分析,这个神话背后,是班克曼“炫耀‘财技’,为自己的炒币能力背书”。因为不久之后,班克曼就不满足于简单的套利业务,而是盯上了加密货币交易所。

2019年,班克曼成立了FTX加密货币交易所,并发行加密货币FTT。“他讲了一个完美的故事:一个不懂加密货币只懂套利的华尔街交易员,却成功搞起了交易所。这个行为是个很大的噱头。”盘和林分析道。

FTX成立时,市场上已经有不少加密货币交易所。为了争夺客户,班克曼采取了激进的策略。

“FTX允许进行风险更高的交易,给足了客户杠杆,甚至能借出价值抵押品百倍的资本。”盘和林告诉《环球人物》记者:“FTX还提供了更多的衍生品交易项目,比如股权通证产品、现货合约与资本合并等,这为币圈‘炒家’们提供了很大便利。”

班克曼也很懂营销套路。他的目标人群十分明确:愿意接受如此激进的加密货币交易所的客户,一定是一群年轻、冲动、追求刺激的人。

于是,FTX斥巨资买下了美职篮(NBA)迈阿密热火队主场的冠名权,然后又宣布赞助电竞队伍TSM。最让FTX出圈的一次营销,是耗费千万美元买下“超级碗”赛事的广告。

在两分半的广告中,喜剧演员拉里·戴维将加密货币比作车轮、电灯泡、太空旅行等人类进步的标志,仿佛选择加密货币就是抛弃愚昧迈向先进。

很快,FTX成为全球排名前三的加密货币交易所。今年年初,FTX的估值一度达到320亿美元。

FTX的诞生让班克曼走上了“巅峰时刻”。近几年,他常在区块链和币圈扮演“救世主”的角色,给许多濒临破产的企业注入资金。许多圈内大佬甚至称他是“币圈的JP·摩根(美国银行家)”。

与此同时,他与美国政界的联系也越来越多。据《华盛顿邮报》报道,班克曼在上一个选举周期中,向各种竞选委员会等团体捐赠约4000万美元,其中多与民主党相关。

“过去几年,他对民主党事业的慷慨程度仅次于金融家索罗斯。”班克曼已成为美国民主党第二大捐助者。

去年,班克曼将FTX的总部从香港搬到了岛国巴哈马。他与10个好友一起在那里生活、工作。这10人都是他在麻省理工和华尔街结识的“兄弟姐妹”。邻居说,这些年轻的富翁常在海边的豪华公寓里彻夜狂欢。

“币圈旁氏骗局”的坍塌

近几年,币圈风暴越来越多,明星货币比特币与Luna币都经历了暴跌,无数人瞬间倾家荡产。

今年8月,班克曼还在接受《财富》杂志采访时谈到“币圈寒冬”。他认为“最糟糕的情况已经过去,这是一轮健康淘汰的过程”。然而仅过去3个月,FTX与FTT币就轰然坍塌。

导火索在今年11月2日被点燃。

当天,加密货币媒体CoinDesk发布一份报告称,班克曼的Alameda公司,账面上大部分资产都是自家交易所FTX发行的FTT币。

简单来说,就是班克曼为了让FTT币渡过寒冬,在资本市场玩起了“左手倒右手”的把戏。

“挪用自家交易所资金支撑FTT币的币值,然后通过虚高的币值来抵押贷款,从而构建起套取用户现金的资金池。”盘和林分析道:“这就是一种套上区块链和加密货币的外壳的庞氏骗局。将新用户的资金支付给老用户取现,就是拉新还旧。只不过班克曼不是让用户拉人头,而是自己画大饼,从而吸引更多人投资。”

消息传出后,币圈市场一片哗然。投资者开始陆续抛售FTT币,FTT币值不断下跌。

压死骆驼的最后一根稻草,来自币安创始人赵长鹏。11月6日,他在推特发出了清盘FTT的消息。

赵长鹏是FTX早期的主要投资者,持有逾5亿美元的FTT。他的抛售迅速引发FTT投资者的“挤兑”,一天的抛售金额高达50亿美元。

此时,班克曼正在四处寻找愿意为自己“补窟窿”的投资者,然而未果。此后,FTT的币价开始暴跌,从22美元直接跌成了零头2美元。班克曼本人的财富也如开头所说,几乎“一夜清零”。

眼看事情愈发不可控,班克曼终于承认,FTX挪用了客户的交易资金,借给了Alameda。然后,他宣布申请破产,辞去旗下公司CEO职位。

当地时间11月30日,班克曼通过视频远程参加了《纽约时报》的DealBook峰会,企图在这个场合为自己辩解。

他表示,自己只剩一张信用卡和10万美元的存款。“我搞砸了,如果可以的话,我愿意付出任何代价来扭转一些事情。我从来都没有试图欺骗任何人。”

显然,美国证券交易委员会和司法部等部门并不信任这种说法,他们对FTX展开了调查。

当地时间12月12日,班克曼在巴哈马的豪华公寓内被警方逮捕,当时他的父母正在那里看望他。之后,他将被引渡到美国接受审判。

次日,美国纽约南区首席检察官威廉姆斯正式对班克曼提出了8项刑事指控,其中包括合谋证券诈骗、合谋洗黑钱等。

若所有罪名坐实,班克曼将面临最高115年的监禁。

一地鸡毛之后

班克曼的受害者名单上“大咖云集”,包括红杉资本、新加坡政府旗下投资公司淡马锡、日本孙正义的软银,以及超53家VC银行和保险公司。此外,受害者中还有中国台湾的50万散户。

而相比受害者名单,此次事件更为特殊的一点,在于击溃了投资者对币圈的信仰。

盘和林说:“连FTX这样的头部交易平台都能一夜之间倒塌,人们愈发看清,虚拟货币根本没有币值保证,发行虚拟货币是一种私人铸币或者融资行为。而私人铸币者并没有遵循他们自称的‘原则’,那就是建立一个去中心化、完全用户主导、公正客观的虚拟货币圈。”

“许多币圈创始人嘴里全是主义,心里全是生意。他们发行虚拟币纯粹为了私利,需要让手中的币更值钱。为此,像班克曼这样不择手段的不在少数。他们想办法利用杠杆去撬动虚拟币价格,高杠杆往往伴随着高风险。”

这种方式在资本市场叫坐庄。“这种游戏在市场资金流动性充沛的时候玩得转,因为流动性水位高,钱到处乱窜。而近期美元不断加息,流动性水位下降,这种游戏就容易出事。”盘和林说。

与币圈一起“地震”的还有美国政界。

班克曼面临的指控中,有一项引起各方注意,那就是被控欺骗美国政府,提供非法政治捐款。

威廉姆斯称,班克曼将“数千万美元”的不义之财用于向美国政党提供非法竞选捐款。“这些肮脏的钱都被用来满足班克曼购买两党影响力,并影响华盛顿公共政策方向的愿望。”

盘和林也认为,班克曼的政治捐款中藏着野心:“他的目的可能是推进相关法案,将FTT这样的虚拟币合法化,从而掠取更大的利益。这在美国商界是普遍行为。”

如今,曾被美国政坛奉为座上宾的大金主班克曼,成了政客们避之不及的过街老鼠。

在今年的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司股东大会上,巴菲特如此抨击加密货币:“它不是一种有生产能力的资产,它的价值就是取决于下一个人给上一个拥有虚拟币的人付多少钱。”

“我不知道未来一年、五年抑或是十年,比特币等虚拟货币的价格是涨是跌,但有一件事我很确定,那就是它不会产生任何实质性的东西。”





Sunday, December 18, 2022

Joshua S. Friedman

 

Joshua S. Friedman
Born1956 (age 65–66)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • B.A. (Harvard College) Phi Beta Kappa
  • M.A. (University of Oxford) Marshall Scholar
  • J.D. (Harvard Law School)
  • M.B.A. (Harvard Business School) Baker Scholar
OccupationInvestor and businessman
Years active1984-present
Employers
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Drexel Burnham Lambert(1984-1990)
  • Canyon Partners(1990-Present)
Known forCo-founder of Canyon Partners
TitleCo-founder, Co-chairman and CEO of Canyon Partners

Instead of buy the dips, it's sell the peaks, says Josh Friedman, Canyon Partners co-CEO

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Josh Friedman, Canyon Partners co-CEO, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss his market takeaway following the Fed's hawkish messaging, pressure on pricing due to an exodus of investments from mutual funds and headwinds facing the equity market.


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Florida Pushes Bill to Tame Storm-Driven Rise of Insurance Costs

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(Bloomberg) -- Florida’s legislature passed a bill that would create a state-backed reinsurance fund and attempt to ease litigation costs that have pushed a homeowners-insurance market already contending with monstrous storms toward the brink.

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The bill passed in the Florida House of Representatives by a vote of 84 to 33 Wednesday afternoon after the Senate approved the legislation Tuesday, according to the Florida Senate’s website. The votes took place during a special session called by Governor Ron DeSantis in part to address the impact of Hurricane Ian on an insurance market that was already stumbling.

Larger insurers have spent years reducing their exposure to the state as litigation costs rose and the severity and frequency of hurricanes intensified, leaving smaller firms that mostly focus on Florida dominating the market and homeowners facing soaring premiums. Seven of those smaller carriers have gone insolvent in the past two years, according to a statement from the office of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.

“We need to drive capital back to the market,” Florida Senator Jim Boyd, an insurance agent and sponsor of the bill, said Tuesday. “While it might not happen today, I believe we will see rate relief.”

One of the proposed changes would repeal the state’s “one-way” policy on attorneys fees for property claims. It requires insurers to cover the cost of litigation on behalf of plaintiffs who sue them successfully, but doesn’t force policyholders to cover such costs for their insurer if they lose.

“Despite multiple broad-reaching property insurance reforms passed by industry supporters in the past three sessions, there have been minimal improvements to the insurance marketplace that actually benefit consumers,” Ron Haynes, a vice chair with the trial lawyer trade group Florida Justice Association, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, this round of reforms is a massive over-correction that takes away homeowners’ property rights and leaves Floridians at the mercy of their insurance company.”

Another measure would eliminate a rule that allows property-insurance policyholders to sign away their right to collect payments to another party, such as a contractor or plumber. That’s led to “unnecessary litigation,” according to the state’s Office of Insurance Regulation.

The legislation also would create an optional reinsurance program funded by premiums from participating insurers as well as $1 billion from the state’s 2023 general revenue.

Last Resort

Reinsurers have also been pulling back from Florida, spooked by the weakness of many primary insurers. And many homeowners who are unable to secure affordable coverage have been pushed to policies offered by the state-backed insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The reforms include a mechanism meant to move policies away from Citizens and back into the private market.

The bill represents the “most extreme measures” ever taken by the state to tackle the property insurance crisis, said Jeff Brandes, a former state senator who has been outspoken on the challenges facing insurers in Florida.

“There is still some additional work that needs to be done, but this at least puts us on a path that we can survive,” Brandes said. “This should bring new capital to the market and I think it will ultimately create lower rates and more competition.”

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