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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks K / CarMax (KMX)
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Author: weatherman   😊 😞
Number: of 45 
Subject: Re: Carvana Short Report
Date: 10/12/25 10:05 AM
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will probably come down to survival assessment.
from lastbear substack :

"This is not a projection of what might go wrong, its a post-mortem on what already has.
Loans originated by the used-car dealer Carvana are going bad, fast. Loans that were packaged into asset-backed securitizations (ABS) and sold to investors over the past four years are realizing pronounced losses. This isn’t just a problem for residual speculators. Traded and rated notes, still valued above par today, are heading for losses.
Credit rating agencies, so far, have only affirmed their ratings while clinging to stale assumptions. Noteholders remain either blissfully unaware or unwilling to prompt a public markdown cascade.
None of this matters. Even if impairments haven’t been recognized, the underlying losses have already occurred. The market just has to catch up...."

the divergence of notable bulls vs bears on carvana seems more marked than even tesla, as the musk retail fanboy army is not the incremental buyer.
maybe due to those professionals that survived the +90% drop.
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This community has written 45 posts about CarMax. The article-length ones it recommended most:
Q3: didn't seem so awful · 6 recs · 2023
Q1 was pretty good · 3 recs · 2023
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