![]() ![]() You can read Bloomberg's full "unmasking" here and Zero Hedge's rebuttal here. Since the Bloomberg post was published, Zero Hedge has posted a rebuttal to the article, alleging that much of what Lokey says is in fact untrue, and that Lokey is " an emotionally unstable, psychologically troubled alcoholic with a drug dealer past, as per his own disclosures." Two guys who live a lifestyle you only dream of are pretending to speak for you." "What you are reading at Zero Hedge is nonsense," he said. That bleak, anticonsumerist approach is not true, Lokey told Bloomberg in an email. We're the middle children of history, man. Played by Brad Pitt, he despises the financial system and consumerism, frequently spouting lines like: "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy s- we don't need. The Durden byline reflects the character's bleak outlook on the world, which is thought to be shared by the men behind Zero Hedge. The screenshot below is taken from that appearance. In 2012, for example, Backshall appeared on CNBC by phone to discuss the credit default swap market. Ivandjiiski worked in a hedge fund before being kicked out of the securities industry during the height of the financial crisis in 2008 for insider trading, the report says.īackshall frequently tweets under the handle and has made appearances on CNBC. ![]() As early as 2009, speculation that Ivandjiiski could be behind the blog appeared in US media, with a New York Post article titled "BLOGGER MAY HAVE A PAST" speculating that he was in fact behind Zero Hedge. The identity of the bloggers running Zero Hedge has long been the subject of speculation in the financial community, with Ivandjiiski often cited as the likely source of much of the site's content. officials have faced occasional criticism for releasing Russia-related allegations with limited evidence: Most recently, reporters grilled the State Department for not offering evidence of a Russian plot to stage a false Ukrainian attack.Lokey, 32, says the other men behind the site are 37-year-old Daniel Ivandjiiski, a Bulgarian former hedge fund analyst, and Tim Backshall, a 45-year-old credit derivatives strategist. Lokey claims to have worked for Zero Hedge for more than a year. ![]() In Spring 2008, Zero Hedge posted a claim that Goldman Sachs was using computers to irradiate money into an illegitimate trading program. The AP story did not quote any on-the-record sources or offer definitive proof of ties between Russia and Zero Hedge. Zero Hedge started as a platform for a blog allowing for posting various financial commentary doomsday predictions and data. A Russia-based organization called the Internet Research Agency has been accused of using social media to sway the 2016 election in former President Donald Trump’s favor, and the United States sanctioned a Ukrainian politician and “active Russian agent” in 2020 for allegedly releasing false claims about President Joe Biden. Prior to the crisis on Ukraine’s border, American officials regularly accused Russia-linked groups of spreading false information to a U.S. The Biden Administration has sought to preempt any Russian action by publicizing intelligence about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans, most notably claiming earlier this month Russia may try to justify an invasion by staging a fake Ukrainian military attack on civilians in either Russia or separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. officials to warn Russia could invade its neighbor within days. Russia has stationed more than 130,000 troops around Ukraine, leading U.S. Forbes has reached out to the Department of Defense and the State Department for comment. ![]()
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