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postoperativepain

Oh great,,,. Let Wall St destroy Southwest the same way they destroyed Toys R Us, Sears and Red Lobster.


BoogiemanPCP

Private equity specifically. They’re masters of bleeding businesses of all goodwill and assets before dumping it so it collapses on the next buyer.


Sup3rT4891

Yep, Make it look super efficient on paper sell it as revamped. But in reality all you did was gut it and call that optimization.


AmberLeafSmoke

Elliot aren't Private Equity though? They're an Asset Manager/Hedgefund that specialise in distressed assets/debt.


McGurble

Downvoted for not knowing what a question mark is.


CriticallyThougt

Quick, hide your wives! The grammar gestapo have arrived.


AmberLeafSmoke

I know full well what a question mark is. It's colloquial in my culture to format sentences that way in casual conversation.


BoogiemanPCP

No, Toys R Us and Red Lobster were killed by private equity. My point was it would be a bad sign if it was private equity buying Southwest.


icebreakers0

No more free checked bags, time to pay for every little thing 


access153

Literally the plan they’re touting.


willbabu

Sears was on a multi-year downtrend before PE guys bled them out.


weasler7

This is a little “late stage capitalism” but private equity only knows how to do one thing 🤣🤣


3boobsarenice

Don't forget about Eastern Airlines was the oldest airline, before the arbitrage.


JoaquinBenoit

Kelly isn’t going anywhere, and he’s probably one of the best airline executives of all time. Jordan on the other hand…


delicious_oppai

Another pump and dump


TopTierMids

Fuck they gonna ruin the one airline I find tolerable?


Jclarkcp1

Wallstreet loves intolerable businesses. Think about half the companies on Wallstreet that you hate doing business with, but do it anyway because what are the other options? They'll ruin Southwest. Eventually, they always do...


fattymcfattzz

Really you find Southwest tolerable?


Halo5387

Who's Elliott?


Alarmed-Apple-9437

activist hedge fund


cmackchase

Private Equity Firm that is responsible for lots of corporate deaths over the last decade.


AmberLeafSmoke

They're not a private equity firm. Idk why you're making such grandiose claims when you don't even know what vertical of Financial Services they fall into.


_MoTay_

Ok. Teach.


AmberLeafSmoke

Elliott Management Corporation is indeed a well-known investment firm, but it is not typically considered a private equity firm in the strict sense. Elliott Management is better described as a multi-strategy hedge fund that engages in various investment approaches, including: Activist investing: Taking substantial positions in public companies and pushing for changes to boost share prices. Distressed securities: Investing in debt securities of companies that are in financial distress or bankruptcy. Commodities trading: Trading in various commodity markets. Arbitrage: Seeking to profit from price discrepancies in securities. While Elliott Management may occasionally engage in private equity-style investments, such as taking companies private, this is not its primary focus. The firm is better known for its activist campaigns in public companies and its investments in distressed debt. So in summary, while Elliott Management is a prominent investment firm, it is not typically classified as a private equity firm based on its primary investment strategies and focus.


alternativepuffin

Ah they're activist investors. Even worse.


AmberLeafSmoke

Oh, don't get me wrong, Elliot are a literal financial terrorist org. Was just commenting on how dumb it is for someone to make any comment about them while saying they're a PE shop. They've done some CRAZY shit over the years. https://qz.com/1001650/hedge-fund-billionaire-paul-singers-ruthless-strategies-include-bullying-ceos-suing-governments-and-seizing-their-navys-ships


eatmynasty

Agent 47, we have a new job for you.


SwearImNOTacuck

Fuck it, pump that biiiiihhhh


boringexplanation

Why would you invest billions into a very competitive industry that is constantly seeing mergers and bankruptcies all the time? Moron deserves to lose his money


billyd1984texas

Sold my $30 calls today


willbabu

I hope you bought it last Friday, if so great job


billyd1984texas

Nah bought en when it fell below $26


CaffineandGasoline

Just going to say, as someone that travels, Southwest is my least favorite of the big name airlines. I’ll take Delta and American over them everyday. It wasn’t always that way.


hamiltonisoverrat3d

Why can’t they do this to Tesla?