Comments on: Links 1/9/08 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:03:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31820 Anonymous Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:45:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31820 The dirty rotten son of a bitch will soon be gone. But his minions John Kyle (AZ) and John McCain (Az) will be with us. The dirty rotten son of a bitch will soon be gone. But his minions John Kyle (AZ) and John McCain (Az) will be with us.

]]> By: john bougearel http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31810 john bougearel Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:43:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31810 You got to feel for the kid, that is probably his dad. <br/><br/>Can you imagine the horror, the horror I say of being that dad's kid! You got to feel for the kid, that is probably his dad.

Can you imagine the horror, the horror I say of being that dad’s kid!

]]> By: dd http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31802 dd Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31802 John, thank you for the link. Most informative and coherent analysis of the crisis and the one that proposes a sensible plan to restore confidence in markets. John, thank you for the link. Most informative and coherent analysis of the crisis and the one that proposes a sensible plan to restore confidence in markets.

]]> By: donebenson http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31796 donebenson Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31796 Anarchus: You have your opinion of Marc Faber, from which I would not want to disabuse you. But I have spent good money subscribing to his newsletter for 15-20 years, and he has both made a lot of money for me, and saved a lot of money for me. If you only watch his occasional comments on TV, you really don't know what he is thinking and recommending. But that's fine with me, because if too many investors started paying attention to his insights, they might not work out so well. Anarchus: You have your opinion of Marc Faber, from which I would not want to disabuse you. But I have spent good money subscribing to his newsletter for 15-20 years, and he has both made a lot of money for me, and saved a lot of money for me. If you only watch his occasional comments on TV, you really don’t know what he is thinking and recommending. But that’s fine with me, because if too many investors started paying attention to his insights, they might not work out so well.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31793 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31793 The muni bond market is a "pay to play" system - including how bonds are initially allocated. That aside, Obama has stated that he would like the Fed to prop up the muni mkt the way the Fed has propped up the CP mkt. If you were worried about how much the underwriters and brokers currently take advantage of the system, just wait until they have a new entity to take advanatage of. The abuse will be ten times as worse as it is now. Municipalities will suffer from higher costs and taxpayers will be on the hook twice - once to pay the higher interests costs due to fleecing and again when the municipalities can't pay back the bonds and the Fed is on the hook to bail them out. The muni bond market is a “pay to play” system – including how bonds are initially allocated. That aside, Obama has stated that he would like the Fed to prop up the muni mkt the way the Fed has propped up the CP mkt. If you were worried about how much the underwriters and brokers currently take advantage of the system, just wait until they have a new entity to take advanatage of. The abuse will be ten times as worse as it is now. Municipalities will suffer from higher costs and taxpayers will be on the hook twice – once to pay the higher interests costs due to fleecing and again when the municipalities can’t pay back the bonds and the Fed is on the hook to bail them out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31790 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31790 That link didn't work, but this must be the one you tried to post.<br/><br/>http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/801852/lessons_from_warren_buffett_fixing_the_economy <br/><br/>rock on sister<br/><br/>Skippy That link didn’t work, but this must be the one you tried to post.

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/801852/lessons_from_warren_buffett_fixing_the_economy

rock on sister

Skippy

]]> By: John http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31789 John Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31789 I hope this works it is an interview with Janet Tavakoli. She pulls no punches. http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/801852/lessons_from_warren_buffett_fixing_the_economy I hope this works it is an interview with Janet Tavakoli. She pulls no punches. http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/801852/lessons_from_warren_buffett_fixing_the_economy

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31785 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31785 i say the child tried to drag the man up, but only got the pants... i say the child tried to drag the man up, but only got the pants…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31782 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31782 I read the smoking gun piece. It sounded to me like they were being more than polite.<br/><br/>The cherry on top is the child sitting very well on the lift. I read the smoking gun piece. It sounded to me like they were being more than polite.

The cherry on top is the child sitting very well on the lift.

]]> By: Anarchus http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908.html#comment-31778 Anarchus Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:43:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/01/links-1908-2/#comment-31778 IF you read the Smoking Gun piece in detail, it's clear that the lift operator did not put the lift seat down (some lift seats are hinged to flip up for snow removal), and the guy didn't look and must have slipped sideway and down through the bars where the seat should have been . . . . . as much as I'd like to blame anyone who ends up in that position, it doesn't seem to have been entirely his fault.<br/><br/>As for "Faber: 2009 to be Catastrophic Bloomberg (hat tip reader Dean)", let me say only that a headline of "Faber: xxxx to be Catastrophic" has been a common interview theme with the man since at least 1983, and about once every decade the man is proved correct, for a while. IF you read the Smoking Gun piece in detail, it’s clear that the lift operator did not put the lift seat down (some lift seats are hinged to flip up for snow removal), and the guy didn’t look and must have slipped sideway and down through the bars where the seat should have been . . . . . as much as I’d like to blame anyone who ends up in that position, it doesn’t seem to have been entirely his fault.

As for “Faber: 2009 to be Catastrophic Bloomberg (hat tip reader Dean)”, let me say only that a headline of “Faber: xxxx to be Catastrophic” has been a common interview theme with the man since at least 1983, and about once every decade the man is proved correct, for a while.

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