Thomas Braziel
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 19, 2025 by Thomas Braziel · across every show →
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Sep 19, 2025 neutral
Sep 19, 2025 positive
Braziel: Top distressed investors seek free optionality alongside asset value
“Where the okay investors in distress do right is they find stake. You know, you find something and maybe it's a double. But where the guys that really knock the cover off the ball and have outstanding returns generally are looking for that sizzle as well.”
Sep 19, 2025 neutral
Braziel: Fortress and his firm were the only two buying Mt. Gox claims
“Mt. Gox is a good example. Fortress was my competitor on that docket and they were buying up claims too. Pete Brigger is a big Bitcoiner and he's one of the founders of Fortress and they were buying up claims and they were my competitor. On that case, they wer…”
Sep 19, 2025
Braziel: First distressed deal was buying physical Ethnex Energy shares
“My very first, like real distressed investment was this thing called Ethnex Energy, where people had all these restricted physical shares. And so like, I literally drove around like the Northeast and bought shares off of people and like, we'd go into the local…”
Sep 19, 2025 bullish
Sep 19, 2025 bullish
Braziel: Small capital bases in claims investing can reliably compound fast
“And then the claims work, I wouldn't say it's free money, but you can almost reliably compound your money on a small base, you know, like a few million bucks or something. You can Reliably compound that at pretty aggressive rates.”
Sep 19, 2025 positive
Sep 19, 2025 negative
Braziel: KKR and large PE firms ruthlessly crush small bankruptcy players
“Every now and then I'll hear someone even smart friends will say, oh, well, you know, KKR is going to make sure everyone's taken care of because they don't want the bad press. I'm like, what are you talking about? It's not like Wobegon. They are going to walk …”