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The sun is about to set on SunEdison.

Once upon a time SunEdison was one of the most popular hedge fund hotel stocks, which however, just like Valeant, has led all of the hedge funds who were long the name (and still are) to ruin.

Case in point: yesterday the stock plunged another 25% following a DebtWire report that the company was in DIP loan negotiations with lenders, the final step before filing for bankruptcy, after talks to reach an out of court solution with 2nd lien lenders had failed.

It appears The IEA has come to the same reasoning as we have been pointing out for weeks - "freezing" production at what is already the highest output levels ever is "meaninglesss." As Reuters reports, Saudi Arabia is the only country with the ability to increase output, a senior executive from the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. This reality check appears to have stalled crude's exuberant run as WTI pushed below overnight API "build" lows.

When last we checked in on Credit Suisse, things weren’t going so well.

The bank had just reported a $6 billion loss - in the fourth quarter. The red ink for 2015 totaled some $3 billion, representing the firm’s first annual loss since the financial crisis. Shares promptly plunged 13% to their lowest level in nearly a quarter century.

Via Dana Lyons' Tumblr,

Data from the volatility market suggests that expectations in the near-term may have finally gotten a bit too complacent.

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