Comments for "Waiting for the FDIC"
CRbot says:
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And for the stubborn old-timers... it's also been HALO-IZED by CRbot.
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CRbot Fri Apr 3 16:28:54 2009 CDT #
reptillian says:
The banks should all be good with the accounting rule changes, right?
reptillian Fri Apr 3 16:29:30 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
repeat post, more OT than last thread
WSJ headline from Google News:
DJIA Has Best 4-Week Streak Since 1933
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 16:32:31 2009 CDT #
Wisdom Speaker says:
While we're waiting for the FDIC, what's the prospect of an improved comment system? The destruction of the comment system has been part of what's really killed participation in the discussion here over the past couple of months.
Apropos of multiple repeat comments on previous thread:
@Byzantine Ruins: "Say it don't spray it, Wisdom Speaker. =) "
Sorry! I was just trying to post while reading the thread using CRC-IZER, since JS-KIT drives me crazy. It turns out that CRC-IZER attempts to "solve" JS-KIT's missing-post problem by repeatedly posting a comment until it gets a proper acknowledgment from JS-KIT!
Wisdom Speaker Fri Apr 3 16:33:19 2009 CDT #
8 Ball says:
I will go out on a limb and say that this rally in the markets is about over. We will see a down week next week.
8 Ball Fri Apr 3 16:34:07 2009 CDT #
Wisdom Speaker says:
And the HTML bombardment in that last comment is because I (*gasp*) dared to copy/paste something from JS-Kit's HTML display of these comments, back into JS-Kit's Add-New-Comment box.
Frankly, Haloscan was better than this, especially at the low traffic levels now prevailing...
Wisdom Speaker Fri Apr 3 16:34:32 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
Unemployment Rate:
8.5% in Mar 2009
Change in Unemployment Level:
+694,000 in Mar 2009
Change in Employment Level:
-861,000 in Mar 2009
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level:
-166,000 in Mar 2009
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166,000 left the labor force in March... someone is trying to meet their sub-700k job loss prior to revisions.... big revisions on January... how long can a woodchuck chuck wood if a woodchuck could chuck wood
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 16:36:12 2009 CDT #
reptillian says:
DJIA Has Best 4-Week Streak Since 1933
Shhh! Don't remind people of the depression!
reptillian Fri Apr 3 16:37:08 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
i guess it was that day when we had 666 on board that screwed the pooch with haloscan
never thought i would miss it
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 16:39:18 2009 CDT #
yagij says:
"It turns out that CRC-IZER attempts to "solve" JS-KIT's missing-post problem by repeatedly posting a comment until it gets a proper acknowledgment from JS-KIT!"
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First, let me say that I'm sorry that the CRC messed up and spammed your post. I'm unsure what happened, but in the 2-3 days that this interface has been public, it is one of the first known instances of this problem that I know of. (Probably not the last if it is a server-side error.)
Also, thanks for at least giving it a try. It isn't bulletproof by any stretch, but hopefully it has some advantages over JSK.
yagij Fri Apr 3 16:39:32 2009 CDT #
Confuscius says:
"this rally in the markets is about over."
Haven't heard that before. Next week is a 4 day week. Could be lots of shenanigans. Also, is the uptick rule coming back on April 8?
Confuscius Fri Apr 3 16:40:09 2009 CDT #
bearly says:
<h3>Anyone know if this has legs?</h3>
<h3>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</h3>
<ul>
This Act may be cited as the `Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Bailout Act of 2009'.
</ul>
This transfer tax would be on the sale and purchase of financial instruments such as stock, options, and futures. A quarter percent (0.25 percent) tax on financial transactions could raise approximately $150 billion a year
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1068.IH:%20http://www.ensignsoftware.com/files/Tax.pdf
bearly Fri Apr 3 16:43:25 2009 CDT #
Hoopajoops LTD says:
JS-KIT just ate my fucking comment
Hoopajoops LTD Fri Apr 3 16:44:31 2009 CDT #
Nemo says:
Calling tops is at least as dangerous as calling bottoms.
But my personal indicator is showing tentative signs. Co-worker who liquidated his 401(k) the first week of March just informed me that he moved "some" money back in yesterday. My gut says we go higher until he is all the way back in and until more of you get squeezed out of those short positions you opened in the hole. (No disrespect intended.)
Nemo Fri Apr 3 16:44:36 2009 CDT #
Calculated Risk says:
Wisdom Speaker, Ken (CR Companion) is trying out a new comment system. I'll post some details at 4 PM PT.
yagij, I didn't realize there was a parallel effort. Thanks - maybe you and Ken could get together?
best to all
Calculated Risk Fri Apr 3 16:46:32 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
i don't see bulls running anymore, i see kermits hopping along
paradigm shift
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 16:46:48 2009 CDT #
Confuscius says:
There was some good squeeze action at the close in JPM, and all day in GS. GS could get squeezed to a billion a share the way it's trading.
Confuscius Fri Apr 3 16:47:27 2009 CDT #
Nemo says:
JS-Kit just ate my comment complaining about JS-Kit eating my comments.
For all its faults, Haloscan never did anything like this. My personal exchange rate is something like 1000 tiny glitches = 1 swallowed comment.
Nemo Fri Apr 3 16:47:42 2009 CDT #
reptillian says:
All you js-kit and alternative posting developers: you need to think about distributed computing. What can go wrong?
reptillian Fri Apr 3 16:48:01 2009 CDT #
wtf says:
repvillain says: All you js-kit and alternative posting developers: you need to think about distributed computing. What can go wrong?
Actually, they could get by by with thinking about well known and SOLVED database consistency problems.
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wtf Fri Apr 3 16:52:38 2009 CDT #
Mandatory Patriot Bond says:
My gut says we go higher until he is all the way back in and until more of you get squeezed out of those short positions you opened in the hole. (No disrespect intended.)
None taken, but hopefully I'm one of the later suckers this time around. I'll look back on the regrets fondly in two months when I'm swimming in kermit... right? right? ... dial tone.... bzzzzzztttttttt............. *silence*
Mandatory Patriot Bond Fri Apr 3 16:48:38 2009 CDT #
Angry Saver says:
EHP,
At inflection points the NSA numbers are more accurate imo. U-3 = 9%, U-6 = 16.2%. Plus, average hourly work week is at a record low.
Really bad. Would be even worse but for the birth/death (mis)modeling.
Angry Saver Fri Apr 3 16:49:00 2009 CDT #
1 currency now [yogi] says:
My CR text got miniaturized.
It's Dr. Evil Bull.
1 currency now [yogi] Fri Apr 3 16:49:07 2009 CDT #
Wisdom Speaker says:
@yagij: thanks for all the hard work, I should not be so grouchy. Anything that makes the system better is good, and your post-a-comment feature clearly labels itself as alpha code.
I will say that on today's threads, I certainly wasn't the only one to end up with a single comment getting spammed (multiple copies posted).
Wisdom Speaker Fri Apr 3 16:53:15 2009 CDT #
yagij says:
If the interface is causing that much trouble, then I have no problem removing the commenting side until I have more time to review its process. It may be something as simple as clicking [Submit] multiple times, but I'll have to look into it to make sure. If it isn't a simple fix, I may have to disable it for the time being.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
yagij Fri Apr 3 16:56:55 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
yagij,
I'm on the side of keeping it up, to me it offers a much greater benefit than nuisance.
If it is helpful, here was my experience. I once double tapped submit, and posted twice. Two pop-up windows came up with the usual alert. Not a software bug, but you could disable the submit button for 5-10 seconds to prevent human error.
More likely than not, the recent repeat postings were from human error
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EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:04:07 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
Angry Saver,
You bring up another point.
At what point do furloughed workers get moved from Full-time employed to U-6 or U-5 in some cases (U-6 includes part time for economic reasons, U-5 is where marginally attached workers enter)
This recession is unusual in the pervasiveness of putting salary cuts before firing
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 16:58:45 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
js-kit users need to wait before hitting refresh comments after submitting comment. the reply delete buttons need to appear first. this has been noted before. sometimes the comment will not appear until refreshed several times.
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 17:00:39 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
common FDIC, i can not start my weekend without a failure, common!
Hi all. I was grilled today with one of the ETF's. The volume was low, the firm delisted it from the market to OTC and I took 30% haircut in it.
Nothing big, just want you guys to be aware. If your ETF is delisted, get out before it goes to OTC.
Anonymous Fri Apr 3 17:05:43 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
What ETF was it?
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Anonymous Fri Apr 3 19:49:32 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
another thing i notice in a lot of posts is the "removing removing" that you see at the end of line 1, line 2 in the yagij post. either a lot of posters are typing the same word twice, or something in the comment package is causing this type of error.
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 17:06:35 2009 CDT #
Ivan B, says:
The Fed nor the Treasury seem to understand is that the CDS contracts written by AIG with these various non-insurers around the world were shams - with no correlation between "fees" paid and the risk assumed. These were not valid contracts as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Geithner and Economic policy guru Larry Summers claim, but rather acts of criminal fraud meant to manipulate the capital positions and earnings of financial companies around the world.
The Fed and EU officials are so terrified about an AIG liquidation, because it will result in heavy losses to or even the insolvency of banks and other corporations around the globe.
http://us1.institutionalriskanalytics.com/pub/IRAstory.asp?tag=351
Ivan B, Fri Apr 3 17:07:27 2009 CDT #
Pavel says:
"Frankly, Haloscan was better than this, especially at the low traffic levels now prevailing..."
What *are* the traffic levels now prevailing?
Pavel Fri Apr 3 17:08:16 2009 CDT #
yagij says:
@Comrade Elmer Fudd:
I don't see a doubling of text in what I see (e.g. "removing removing"). Also I don't see a doubling of text in the JSK raw output. I'm not exactly sure what you are referring.
yagij Fri Apr 3 17:09:39 2009 CDT #
Comrade De Chaos says:
have anyone noticed that January unemployment report was revised into 700K+ ?
Can, can you.. handle the truth?
Comrade De Chaos Fri Apr 3 17:11:07 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
Anyone know offhand the dividing line between full-time and part-time according to the BLS?
Is it the political 30 or 35 hours per week that companies like Wall Mart target for regulatory reasons?
Does it apply to salaried workers on furlough. Would furloughed workers be any of U-1 to U-6 if they were surveyed during the furlough period. Would that in turn depend on the length of the furlough (eg 1 day a month vs 12 working days straight)
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:11:09 2009 CDT #
Magical Thinking says:
Older Workers Doing Better Than Younger Americans as Unemployment Skyrockets
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Money/2009/20090403-OlderWorkers.htm
This is not good.....
Magical Thinking Fri Apr 3 17:12:21 2009 CDT #
yagij says:
@Calculated Risk:
I'm not sure if there is a parallel effort going on between kcoop and myself. My goal is to duplicate the lost functionality that CR Companion provided. My secondary goal has been to ensure that there is some form of output that would allow me to follow the comments via mobile devices. Anything else was just implimented suggestions by others after the fact.
yagij Fri Apr 3 17:12:28 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
Comrade De Chaos,
I noticed. That's why I wouldn't be surprised if they were using the preliminary reports to mislead before catching up later with revisions. Seems the gaps are getting larger.
Assuming people have left the labor force based on the preliminary data is a big area subject to interpretation. By the time they process the phone surveys and tax receipts for the final report, they either have to disclose a change in the model or fess up
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:14:33 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
@yagij
funny, seems to be cured on my machine now
closed the window for a few minutes and then reopened
commented because I've noticed the word repeated at the end of a line a lot lately, but don't generally go back up the thread later and look again
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 17:15:59 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
Magical Thinking,
Keep in mind things like the household employment survey are phone surveys -- does not reach households without landlines. This was not a major issue even during the last recession 8 years ago. No trend to extrapolate. Furthermore according to management journals it's is recommended to fire the newest workers first. Those 2 things suggest it is worse than assumed from the data.
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:18:10 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
*when I say using the preliminary reports to mislead... I do not imply malicious intent, but they know there is a significant and growing lag and have no fulfilled their duty to correct it.
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:20:38 2009 CDT #
wtf says:
"My goal is to duplicate the lost functionality that CR Companion provided."
CR Companion provided functionality for those incapable of tolerating a view other than their own. Is that worthwhile?
wtf Fri Apr 3 17:20:55 2009 CDT #
Werner says:
O/T :
Today's Real Payroll Number: 750,000, Total Unemployment Rate at 19.8%
(http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/04/todays-real-payroll-number-750000-total.html)
"BLS Jobs Reporting Is Seriously Flawed, at Best. This morning’s (April 3rd) reported March jobs loss of 663,000 again was close to consensus expectations, but, as has been common in recent releases, major downward revisions to prior reporting helped to mute the current headline jobs loss significantly. In each of the six most recent monthly payroll reports, the prior month’s payroll level was revised lower."
Aha, here we see how the manipulation is done !
Compare CR’s post :
Employment Report: 663K Jobs Lost, 8.5% Unemployment Rate
(http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/04/employment-report-663k-jobs-lost-85.html)
Werner Fri Apr 3 17:21:52 2009 CDT #
wtf wtf says:
Cars provide a way for people to listen to the radio but do not like wearing headphones.
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CRCompanion did much more than filter comments, and if then only by individual choice.
wtf wtf Fri Apr 3 17:24:58 2009 CDT #
Magical Thinking says:
EHP
The title is inflammatory, there's already enough hard feelings.
No further agitation needed.
Baby Boom Gen is a myth.
You don't have the numbers.
Wouldn't be hard to start age based battles.
Magical Thinking Fri Apr 3 17:25:11 2009 CDT #
The Middling Lebowski says:
I get the double words too, always between first and second lines when it happens. I think it may be related to widening the window, but who knows.
The Middling Lebowski Fri Apr 3 17:25:25 2009 CDT #
yagij says:
@wtf: It is a little simplistic of a thought for my tastes, but if that were the case, then I guess my tagline would be: "Now, I am become Censorship, the destroyer of conversations."
yagij Fri Apr 3 17:25:29 2009 CDT #
bANK fAILURE says:
iM tHIRSTY !!!
bANK fAILURE Fri Apr 3 17:25:41 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
anybody think we should sail that mayflower backwards so we can jump into Werner's social safety net?
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 17:25:45 2009 CDT #
TCA says:
CR Companion provided functionality for those incapable of tolerating a view other than their own. Is that worthwhile?
I used it to find posts by respected authors quickly, not to block anyone. How did YOU use it.
TCA Fri Apr 3 17:26:10 2009 CDT #
ghostfacedinvestah says:
Of course there is manipulation, both in the real economy and the financial markets. It is pretty clear it is going on, you don't get those kind of revisions to employment numbers, two months in arrears, without some manipulation.
What makes companies hire? Confidence that the future will be better. What makes stocks go up? Confidence that they will go up in the future.
The government believes that by just instilling confidence again, the decline of Americans' standard of living will be gradual, and thereby less noticeable.
Sort of the like "boiling frogs in water" approach.
And a slow decline keeps the populace calmer than a quick decline.
Notice very little is being done to actually improve the economy, there has been some talk of education, etc., but 90% of the focus is on blowing more air into a balloon with a hole in it.
ghostfacedinvestah Fri Apr 3 17:26:52 2009 CDT #
Comrade De Chaos says:
i meant has ...
Comrade De Chaos Fri Apr 3 17:26:59 2009 CDT #
reptillian says:
Robert Reich: It's a Depression
reptillian Fri Apr 3 17:27:51 2009 CDT #
TCA says:
From the Robert Reich piece:
All this means that the real economy will need a larger stimulus than the $787 billion already enacted. To be sure, only a small fraction of the $787 billion has been turned into new jobs so far. The money is still moving out the door. But today's bleak jobs report shows that the economy is so far below its productive capacity that much more money will be needed.
Ah yes. Please give us more of what ails us! Keynesian doofus.
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TCA Fri Apr 3 17:33:45 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
Magical Thinking,
Are you writing poetry or replying? In any event, not starting a fight. Just pointing out accuracy of data.
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:29:19 2009 CDT #
ghostfacedinvestah says:
BTW, don't count on an FDIC failure today, no doubt they are being instructed to practice forebearance in order to keep the masses from panicking further. Today's manipulated unemployment rate was enough bad news for the day. Gotta leak it out slowly, slowly...
ghostfacedinvestah Fri Apr 3 17:30:02 2009 CDT #
bearly says:
No bank failures yet! Throw a little more ice on the corpses. They're starting to stink up the place.
bearly Fri Apr 3 17:33:24 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
that Reich, what a dreamer
probably better ramp up tent production for all the homeless in about 12 mo.
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 17:35:34 2009 CDT #
TCA says:
probably better ramp up tent production for all the homeless in about 12 mo.
Better yet, create a new gov't tent-production program to help stimulate the economy. We can put the unemployed back to work building their new homes.
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TCA Fri Apr 3 17:40:38 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
A bit OT but.....a bank that I'm doing business with received a Corrective Action Plan a month ago from the FDIC. Are these plans public documents, or just is there just a public record that one has been issued? I'm trying to get a sense for what the FDIC is asking of them in particular to place myself in the best position in a negotiation.
Thanks in advance
Anonymous Fri Apr 3 17:36:00 2009 CDT #
Magical Thinking says:
Are you writing poetry or replying?
Why can't I do both? No fight here. I was pointing out the title is inflammatory. We don't need any war against the gerontocracy.
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Werner's
Where is he? I wasas hoping he would report the consensus on the "Is the Moon made of green cheese?" question-I need to know the truth on that one.
Magical Thinking Fri Apr 3 17:39:20 2009 CDT #
reptillian says:
I am working on a mission statement for the re-education camps:
1) teach people manners
2) teach people to drive safely and courteously
3) teach people basic household finance
4) teach people basic nutrition and healthy eating
Hows that? Anything to add?
reptillian Fri Apr 3 17:41:27 2009 CDT #
TCA says:
Hows that? Anything to add?
Teach people science and math.
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TCA Fri Apr 3 17:44:44 2009 CDT #
1 currency now [yogi] says:
teach people to question official re-education.
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1 currency now [yogi] Fri Apr 3 21:47:43 2009 CDT #
Comrade De Chaos says:
cash anyone?
http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2009/04/01/guess-the-nasdaq-close-win-1000-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-91413
Comrade De Chaos Fri Apr 3 17:44:12 2009 CDT #
EvilHenryPaulson says:
MagicalThinking
It was your title/article, why are you telling me you don't like it and that it is inflammatory. Furthermore it is a supported statement of fact, not an op-ed with an agenda
EvilHenryPaulson Fri Apr 3 17:44:26 2009 CDT #
Comrade Elmer Fudd says:
if it's a consumer society and you are no longer a consumer, what are you?
Comrade Elmer Fudd Fri Apr 3 17:44:37 2009 CDT #
Comrade De Chaos says:
"Hows that? Anything to add?"
1) Teach people to dare to think on their own.
Comrade De Chaos Fri Apr 3 17:47:13 2009 CDT #
Stagflationary Mark says:
I've been an avid reader of this blog for a long time, but a seldom poster as of late. It's overwhelming how popular this site has become. Congratulations!
I created a chart that you all might find interesting. I call it "A Chart of Uncharted Territory". It shows the total change in employment as a percentage over the previous 10 years. It uses data that goes back to 1940.
http://illusionofprosperity.blogspot.com/2009/04/chart-of-uncharted-territory.html
Stagflationary Mark Fri Apr 3 17:47:36 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
reptillian: Teach people to be responsible for their messes and when you screw up it does not mean pay retention kickers nor bonueses
Anonymous Fri Apr 3 17:47:56 2009 CDT #
Comrade Dazed and Amused says:
Teach critical thinking.
Comrade Dazed and Amused Fri Apr 3 17:50:33 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
Stag Mark nice to hear from you. Can there be a jobless recovery? Sorry 'bout the girl friend.
Anonymous Fri Apr 3 17:51:20 2009 CDT #
Stagflationary Mark says:
Anonymous,
I appreciate the concern. We'll survive. As to your question, would you settle for a myth of a jobless recovery? I think we'll be getting plenty of that. Sigh.
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Stagflationary Mark Fri Apr 3 17:54:46 2009 CDT #
Nemo says:
Mark-to-model accounting is a financial Lake Wobegon. All banks now have above-average capital ratios.
Nemo Fri Apr 3 17:52:57 2009 CDT #
Werner says:
Nemo says:
...JS-Kit just ate my comment complaining about JS-Kit eating my comments...
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And with professional insight I can assure you :"software never dies" . But we were told that "Haloscan died" . Technically impossible. Hardware can die but software never. It can be placed on an "incompatible platform" but that is a failure of the person doing the installation or configuration. In todays software world there is always either "upward compatibility" , "virtualisation" or "emulation" available to keep old software in a new environment (which may be natively incompatible) running.
So, going off Haloscan could not have been based on technical grounds; it must have been based on "bussines" grounds etc..
Just an example : You can run IBM /360 mainframe software on a PC provided you have enough storage and disk-drive capacity . Both systems have completely different operating systems, yet you can run the old stuff (IBM mainframe software) on the new system (PC). Just one example.
Werner Fri Apr 3 17:54:23 2009 CDT #
reptillian says:
"Teach people science and math."
Yes! To get started on that we could teach some basic critical thinking skills. I remember that it was Lord Kelvin who said, "If you can't measure it, you don't know it."
Thank you.
reptillian Fri Apr 3 17:54:33 2009 CDT #
bearly says:
What was quite shocking about today's REIT action and the stunning meltdown in SRS was how the CMBX index spreads actually widened today with most issues at their peak.
Bizzaro.
bearly Fri Apr 3 17:54:41 2009 CDT #
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CRbot Fri Apr 3 17:56:03 2009 CDT #
TCA says:
“What was quite shocking about today's REIT action and the stunning meltdown in SRS was how the CMBX index spreads actually widened today with most issues at their peak.
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Speaking of SRS, nobody answered my question in the last thread about what happens to the Ultra-ETFs if there is a massive dislocation in the derivatives market, like a massive CDS default. Ignorance or denial?
TCA Fri Apr 3 18:00:44 2009 CDT #
square rootless says:
The comment about math in re-education camps scared me fierce. I would never make it out. Can't teach me nothing about math.
Did remind me of one of the dumbest things I ever said, though. I had just started an Econ class that involved a little calculus for limits and whatnot, and I said to my girlfriend, "This class is something else. I mean, the math you do is like, 2+2. This stuff is hard." She was an Engineering major.
square rootless Fri Apr 3 18:03:06 2009 CDT #
poic.v20 says:
"Speaking of SRS, nobody answered my question in the last thread about what happens to the Ultra-ETFs if there is a massive dislocation in the derivatives market, like a massive CDS default. Ignorance or denial?"
During the October melt-down more than one Ultra-ETF was moved from one counter-party to another. During the no-financial shorting ban SKF stopped creating shares and traded way over and under NAV. It made it through fine.
The handled the uber-meltdown fine so far.
poic.v20 Fri Apr 3 18:09:27 2009 CDT #
scone says:
"Hows that? Anything to add?"
1. Teach people to read a map and give good directions.
2. Critical thinking skills.
scone Fri Apr 3 18:14:50 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
<h1>Activists protest bailouts near Wall Street</h1>
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0335443120090403
By the end of summer they'll be burning this little banana republic.
Anonymous Fri Apr 3 18:17:30 2009 CDT #
lawn grass says:
We're all subprime now!
Well not according to the models.
Geesh.
It was a fantasy that Americans could continue to live and work, then retire comfortably for 10 or 20 years. And the rest of the world would up its living standards and do the same was a fantasy.
Not going to happen.
Unless you believe the models. Then anything is possible.
lawn grass Fri Apr 3 19:16:11 2009 CDT #
Anonymous says:
Mr. O'bama:
You seem to be same kind of black man as Colin Powell and his son, Michael. Willing to do whatever you are told by the Oligarchs.
That is so unfortunate.
Anonymous Fri Apr 3 20:43:54 2009 CDT #
daved says:
WSJ says CBO now estimates TARP will cost the taxpayers $356 billion. Seems one of my senators (Feinstein) was wrong when she said TARP would make money for the US. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123880278764488701.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
daved Fri Apr 3 20:59:02 2009 CDT #
Plantagenet says:
Says Anonymous:
Mr. O'bama:
[assinine comment removed]
That is so unfortunate.
Race doesn't enter into it. I could easily find 100 white, servile minions of the oligarchs. Oh, that's the US Senate (well, not any more).
Plantagenet Fri Apr 3 21:09:01 2009 CDT #
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