Jim Chanos.



  • Jim Chanos has ridiculed meme-stock buyers and warned about the asset-price boom.
  • The short seller and Kynikos Associates boss has also questioned Tesla, Virgin Galactic, and crypto.
  • Here are 14 of Chanos’ best tweets.
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Jim Chanos has blasted retail investors as greedy and entitled, warned the current market boom dwarfs the dot-com bubble, and sounded the alarm on cryptocurrencies in recent months.

The veteran short seller and Kynikos Associates boss has also criticized Tesla CEO Elon Musk, dismissed China’s regulatory crackdown as predictable, and compared Warren Buffett’s business model to short selling.

Chanos – who shot to fame for anticipating Enron’s collapse, and now holds short positions against Tesla and AMC Entertainment – tweets using the handle @WallStCynic.

Here are 14 of Chanos’ best tweets, lightly edited for clarity:

1. “Asset prices are up across the…

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