Search results

  1. C

    For those of you holding long

    What are the odds of stress testing killing banks when MTM rules were lifted off in the first place? The change in MTM was no coincidence and yet people act as if this was a total surprise or shock. In addition, after you take some huge writedowns and MTM is removed, what are the odds that...
  2. C

    Banks are being propped up by the Fed, so Soros is wrong

  3. C

    Roubini: "Cramer is a buffoon; should shut up"

    Wrong?! Sometimes? Educate people?! Oh, please... I guess the old saying: "An idiot is born every minute" may actually be true. :p
  4. C

    Wall Street's Best Kept Secret: T Bonds Outperformed Stocks Over Last 10 AND 30 Years

    Unproperly trained?! Do they actually get any sort of training? :p
  5. C

    Kanjorski: Permit public to buy into $1 trillion fund

    The accounting change rules will give banks every incentive to bloat the values of assets and sell the most toxic and worthless assets to the program at bloated values. There's your risk...
  6. C

    U.S. banks’ derivatives exposure explodes to $200 trillion

    The unusual jump is associated with GS and JPM becoming commercial banks. There is nothing "extraordinary" on this report. The only interesting fact is that the exposure to interest rate swaps dwarfs by several fold their exposure to any other derivative asset. I would suggest that readers...
  7. C

    Bailed-out banks eye toxic asset buys

    Here comes the second part of the ultimate scam of the century. Truly unbelievable! (Reuters) - U.S. banks that have received government aid, including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co, are considering buying toxic assets to be sold by rivals under the...
  8. C

    WARNING: ROUGH DIAMOND PATTERN ON THE QQQQs CRASH IMMINENT

    Good thing you don't make a living trading :D
  9. C

    Clark Sees `Very Good Rally' for U.S. Stocks

    Would you like me to give 100 other predictions in which Mr. Clark was absolutely wrong? Here's a sample that can be found on their website on the investment reports posted in pdf formats. From First Quarter 2008 report: "Home builder stocks, as measured by the home builder exchange...
  10. C

    The United States of America Motor Company, Inc.

    You are completely out of your mind.
  11. C

    President is going to kill free market

    Massive failure is actually an understatement. The firing of Wagner is carte blanche to extend this sort of federal government authority towards firing bank CEOs and any other companies under economic pressure. What a disaster!
  12. C

    China wants a new non "credit based" reserve currency

    China to Keep Buying Treasuries, Top Official Says March 23 (Bloomberg) -- China’s top foreign-exchange official said the nation will keep buying Treasuries and endorsed the dollar’s global role, supporting the U.S. as the Obama administration increases spending to revive growth...
  13. C

    LIFETIME subscription to Daytradeteam.com for sale

    I'm going all in...bidding $1.99 :D This is better than Ebay
  14. C

    Another "Sucker's Rally"

    What's the degree of accuracy in this prediction? The implicit volatility forward curves for the Q's are showing a sharp drop in volatility for the next 2-3 months. At a minimum the market is discounting sideways action and at best a persistent low volatility rise in prices. Also given...
  15. C

    Issues with Day Traders qualifying for a Mortgage

    lol...good luck with that. Folks on ET just crack me up on a daily basis. :D
  16. C

    Deutsche Launches First Hedgefund ETF

    roflmao...
  17. C

    China's Wen Is `Worried' at Safety of U.S. Treasuries, Asks for Assurances

    Jawboning. China will push for a weaker yuan next time it comes to the negotiation table.
  18. C

    financials ready to explode

    :D :D :D :D Is it any wonder that we find ourselves in the midst of this financial mess?
  19. C

    Fear of equity wipeout by the government.

    I believe that you are completely missing the point that the OP raised with the thread. Equity holders last in line....duuhh!:D
  20. C

    Fear of equity wipeout by the government.

    William Poole argues the same point... “Creditors are being bailed out everywhere but equity owners are not,” said William Poole, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank until March 2008. “What that does is create cascading weakness because you can’t raise any equity...
Back
Top