SoftBank posts $7B quarterly loss after turning $2B Intel stake into $10.5B and hedging it
realsohamparekh · x · 2026-11-11
SoftBank reported a $7 billion quarterly loss versus $16 billion profit a year ago. The poster traces the chain: SoftBank turned a $2B Intel investment into a $10.5B stake, raised $7.35B through derivatives on that position, and then recorded billions in losses on both the shares and the hedge—'you can spot the future and still mismanage risk.'
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