{"id":38527,"date":"2026-06-01T01:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=38527"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:56:18","slug":"fugazi-fiat-faker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/fugazi-fiat-faker\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugazi Fiat Faker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"display: block;\" class=\"\">\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;\" class=\"apple-rich-link\" draggable=\"true\" role=\"link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeljburry\/status\/2060897772782375243?s=43\"><a style=\"border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"lp-rich-link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeljburry\/status\/2060897772782375243?s=43\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"button\" draggable=\"false\" width=\"300\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#EBF7FF;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td vertical-align=\"center\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HJnHmkpWkAMfj5n.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HJnHmkpWkAMfj5n.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td vertical-align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"margin:10px 16px 0px 16px;color:#000000;font-weight:300;text-align:left;width:268px;font-size:11pt;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:hidden;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-quotedText\">There are good reasons for this Jim. It is all Fugazi. How to make tens of $billions worth of $NVDA GPUs disappear from balance sheets in 8-12 byzantine stepspvs.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td vertical-align=\"center\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#EBF7FF\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"300\" style=\"table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(235, 247, 255, 1);\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 0px 6px 16px;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIconItem\" width=\"25\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeljburry\/status\/2060897772782375243?s=43\" draggable=\"false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2033996139310059520\/QBXxwgye_200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2033996139310059520\/QBXxwgye_200x200.jpg 1x\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:25px;height:25px;border-radius:3px;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIcon\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem\">\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack\">\n<div style=\"word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeljburry\/status\/2060897772782375243?s=43\" style=\"text-decoration: none\" draggable=\"false\"><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);\">Cassandra Unchained (@michaeljburry)  1K likes \u00b7 126 replies<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeljburry\/status\/2060897772782375243?s=43\" style=\"text-decoration: none\" draggable=\"false\"><font color=\"#A2A2A9\" style=\"color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);\">x.com<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px; text-indent: -16.3px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: system-ui; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u2022&nbsp; Michael Burry quotes Jim Cramer\u2019s bullish take on Nvidia and calls the situation \u201cFugazi,\u201d claiming complex structures allow tens of billions in NVDA GPUs to vanish from balance sheets through 8-12 byzantine SPV steps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px; text-indent: -16.3px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: system-ui; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u2022&nbsp; The attached diagram maps a \u201cRetiree\/Apollo\/Nvidia Bermuda\/AMAPS\/xAI Pipeline,\u201d showing how US retirees\u2019 annuity premiums flow through Athene\u2019s Bermuda captive, Apollo-managed funds, and a Valor SPV to finance and lease Nvidia GB200 GPUs for xAI\u2019s Grok data centers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px; text-indent: -16.3px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: system-ui; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u2022&nbsp; The structure involves Nvidia selling chips and investing equity in the SPV, high leverage at Athene, off-balance-sheet risk transfers, and fees to Apollo, with GPUs legally titled to VCI while powering xAI under a multi-year lease.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px; text-indent: -16.3px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: system-ui; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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It is all Fugazi. 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