Dubai was a property bubble. Plain and simple. Go to Dubai and see what happened. It was... what I call it the… — James Chanos Bubbles Copy Share Image
And so it can be very much in the interest of bank A to sell-short bank B shares, or buy CDSes on… — James Chanos Doe Copy Share Image
Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of… — James Chanos Australia Copy Share Image
Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded, how they're accounted for, and how they're… — James Chanos Derivatives Copy Share Image
So you know, everyone points out Greece's default record, but the history of a lot of sovereign nations is not a good… — James Chanos Default Copy Share Image
Chinais a world class if not the world class property bubble, primarily high-rise buildings, offices and condos. — James Chanos Bubbles Copy Share Image
There's almost 70 billion in square feet under construction in high rises in commercial, residential and light manufacturing. And we estimate about… — James Chanos About Copy Share Image
What people don't realize is that China papered over its last two credit bubbles, those in 1999 and 2004. The banks were… — James Chanos Bubbles Copy Share Image
The U.S. healthcare system is probably the most interesting large group of companies that are heading for major problems that we've seen… — James Chanos Company Copy Share Image
I call it the Rule of Three. If you read a company's financial statements three times, and you still can't figure out… — James Chanos Business Copy Share Image
Healthcare is growing now at about 10 per cent per annum in the U.S. top line, versus 3 per cent for the… — James Chanos Cents Copy Share Image
It's very difficult in the technology space when you have been leapfrogged to prosper again. — James Chanos Difficult Copy Share Image
I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think… — James Chanos Bigs Copy Share Image
What American people and what the markets want is a fair and level playing-field, where the rules are clearly elucidated, where the… — James Chanos American people Copy Share Image
I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the… — James Chanos Aspect Copy Share Image
While short sellers probably will never be popular on Wall Street, they often are the ones wearing the white hats when it… — James Chanos Bad Copy Share Image
What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself… — James Chanos Assets Copy Share Image
The investment we're all looking for is actually saving labor... Look at what the internet is doing to retail. — James Chanos Actually Copy Share Image
It's almost sickening now that the regulators 'on the beat' while the biggest credit collapse in modern financial history unfolded are now… — James Chanos Almost Copy Share Image
I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set;… — James Chanos Bigs Copy Share Image
Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses. And there's no bigger credit excess than in China. — James Chanos Bigger Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about the China story, getting back to the macro and micro, and as dire as I think the macro… — James Chanos Children Copy Share Image
In China, remember, the the banks are arms of state policy. They loan because the local party official or regional party official… — James Chanos Arms Copy Share Image
Increasingly, the real estate developers can't get bank loans for their project financing in China. They're now going into the Hong Kong… — James Chanos Bond market Copy Share Image
