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hey there has been rumourings out of the obama finance team that they want to try to ban short sale of the Us doller. i dont know how they can do this. the reason is to head off an obvious play to short the doller, b/c of the fed printing and flushing the system with cash policy. there trying...

now that the US has interfere, and bailed out every industry concieavable, and used almost every trick in the book to save every possible industry. From banning short sales, to rewriting contractings, to bailouts, low interest loans, etc, the US can kiss good bye complaining about unfair trade...

he also gave up his principles on freedom and democracy to save america, so whats new? QUOTE]Quote from vhehn: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081216215816.8g97981o&show_article=1 Tuesday he was forced to sacrifice free market principles to save the economy from "collapse."...

isnt it called printing money.

well the systemic risk is that banks,hedgefunds, foundations, etc will lose billions, and cause massive layoffs b/c some banks put alot of money into madoff funds. They also count those madoff funds as assets and used as collatorol, causing systemic risk to the system. thats what the aim...

hey it would be awesome right, nobody will ever lose now. http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSLF6597520081215

It brings up a good question, do the madoff investors deserve a bailout. If some of the madoff investors fail it could cause serious economic and systemic damage?

Im not going to bash cramer, but cramer like he likes to say isnt a warren buffet or any of the greats, hes in the average, and the best are getting it really wrong. What I would tell you is to save your cash, and not invest yet. Yeah you would lose the first 20 percent of the move, but you...

it does seem like we are in some sort of japanese situation right. Like how the japenese forced their banks to merge with good and bad, supposivly to form strong banks. Or when companies bought assets at inflated prices, instead of accounting for them, they were allowed to let them rot in the...

ok we are at 0, so what do we expect now, minus interest rates? seriously there isnt much you can do. Well you can print, but that would have disasterous implications.

Wow it just keeps on growing http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/a-list-those-exposed-to-losses-from-madoff/?hp

the question is 50 billion is now gone from the system. And positions held by these rich investors used to secure other stuff, and so on and so on will spread throughtout the system. i think as this weekend goes on and people go throught their books, and see how much this is connected to other...

cant they request tarp money to make themselves whole. why not them, gm is getting money. if these hedgies fail, they could take down the system.

ive been hearing for years that democrats want sec workers, all levels from investigators to top officials to publicly disclose their connections to wallstreet. if they hold any stocks, etc, if they have friends, it must all be listed. i was wondering, how funny the connections could be once...

lol well you have bush in office back then, think of how they handled katrina. There was a hurricane it was on tv, there was 1million displaced, lol did anybody do anything. nope.

any path it causes automatic payouts. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/creation-car-czar-could-trigger/story.aspx?guid=%7B2650E125-00B8-4C6C-8425-4DF2FA1A15AD%7D&dist=msr_11

wallstreet bankers are now complaining that politicians are telling them what todo. Well, welcome to the real world kids, when you borrow money, from anybody, and your dire straights, it comes with strings attach. Not only do they have the right to tell you how and where you should use the...

i just dont under stand, the government already spent 8 trillion dollers already, why dont they just spend 12 trillion and buy up all of those derivitives? it would seem cheaper in the long run.

there going to give them 35 billion, and the market cap is just 17 billion, isnt it cheaper just to buy them all out for 17 billion

I guess its time for harvard to shake down some parents, who have kids who arent that too bright for harvard.