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20% Of Snapchat's Market Cap Just Disappeared After Company Admits It May Have Committed Suicide

20% Of Snapchat's Market Cap Just Disappeared After Company Admits It May Have Committed Suicide

It's deja vu all over again.

Exactly 6 months after Snapchat reported abysmal Q1 earnings - its first since going public - which crushed its stock, the company has done it again reporting earnings that disappointed on every single metric, and missed across the board with revenues and user growth failing to meet Wall Street expectations, as cash burn remained ridiculous, while the net loss tripled to a whopping $443MM from $124MM one year ago.

Here is the Q3 breakdown:

Venezuela's Grim Reaper: A Current Inflation Measurement - Current Annual Rate 2588%

Venezuela's Grim Reaper: A Current Inflation Measurement - Current Annual Rate 2588%

Authored by Steve H. Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University. Follow him on Twitter @Steve_Hanke.

The Grim Reaper has taken his scythe to the Venezuelan bolivar. The death of the bolivar is depicted in the following chart. A bolivar is worthless, and with its collapse, Venezuela is witnessing the world’s worst inflation. 

Short-Volatility Fund Cash Levels Hits Record High

While VIX futures and options speculators have pulled back (albeit very marginally) from their record short positions in the last week, ETF products betting that volatility will sink lower have never been more popular.

As VIX collapsed to an 8 handle and record low close last week, futures and options specs did pull back very modestly...

But, as Bloomberg reports, investors have continued to give the short-volatility trade their vote of confidence this year.

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