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Ouch! That's the sound made when a root canal is done without novocaine and when a dentist buys bx on ratings tout.

Outstanding.

I understand, and you did a good job. I was jesting in part about the right-wingers' knack and predilection for profit out of ruin. Nothing says calamity quite like a no bid contract. We’ll know they're getting worked up about a mortgage meltdown if Halliburton creates a “Mortgage...

I understand, and you did a good job. I was jesting in part about the right-wingers' knack and predilection for profit out of ruin. Nothing says calamity quite like a no bid contract. We’ll know they're getting nervous about a mortgage meltdown if Haliburton creates a “Mortgage Emergency...

I get it. Declare for regime change in California. It’s the epicenter of the mortgage meltdown, after all, so send in the troops to make sure those insurgent mortgagors pay the banks. Invade it to keep those CDOs up and remove the risks to our economic security. Only problem: No obvious...

Why do you say that? Where do you want the money to go, if it's going to be spent? They're your tax dollars (mine, too). And remember, in Iraq, Cheney has spent more than the annual GDP of some G7 countries and still the lights aren't on and the water is off. What makes you think he'd do any...

Suggest you use BigDoughfx, which just has hired Lothar Wencszaloty as its chief currency strategist. Wencscaloty is the editor of “Never a Losing Trade,” which is the standard hedging manual for retail forex customers. BigDoughfx has a full product suite, but, alas, it has discontinued...

Good starting post because it prompts interesting replies. I have two remarks. First, Gross’s high level of concern is a poor portend for the economy -- if, that is, his reputation for “sky is falling” remarks is unfounded. (Important "if.") Second, if there is to be a bail out, for...

Peter Thiel: just read a short article about him in my PBK magazine. No mention of Wall & Broad pedigree. Did I miss it? Or is his fund not "top?" I don't pretend to know much about Wall Street -- only grateful that the fellas there have -- purely for their own self interest mind you --...

I saw it. If Sykes can do it, we all should do it. Include "as featured on ET" in personals, the chicks might like it. Put it all over "I'm a Trader" webpages, and paste it everwhere else you can think of. ET will become so chic that I bet dozens join the Board just to use the logo. Bless...

I noticed many posters say that FED's action last Friday morning was first and foremost bail-out of hedgies. From story below, that appears suspiciously true. It it were up to me, of course, Simons would have to suffer the same market risk as I suffer. The real rich truly are different from...

Bumping the original post because I'd like to see more replies this thread. Goodly number of veterans bothered to reply, which makes the thread more informative than most. Keep it up. Kudos to Original Poster for one of the better threads.

I agree. Above reply came in response to poster who said we will see the bull market of a lifetime. We have seen it. It's over. I'll add that the more the FED intervenes, the more confirmation that that this is a market on life support. These bids to revive it simply give shorts better...

And you thought The Sting was only a movie. Here's a current thread on another board (a forex only board, you probably can guess which one): [OP:] Hi guys, I’ve been trading for years now and have just recently tried out managed accounts instead of the regular price watching and losing...

BS: “Sure, I understand about your wife’s operation, but let me tell you, those Ph.Ds recently transferred over to us from our mortage-backed division say that longevity is way overvalued. Trust me: if anybody knows over value, those guys do.” Mr. Jones: “Are you saying I should just...

Came across this on Yahoo's BX blog, posted in last 24 hours, reprinting it here to illustrate why ET is at least a tad more informative than other places pikers go on the web: "I'm a newb who got in at 25. Long term, bail or stay? If the tax law changes it will be bad."

(as long as it's tongue in cheek) . . . at this clip, since I've been ahead of this decline since June, it won't be long before I can afford to be a Republican. My next step then would be bigtime rich enough to join the swells in the Hamptons, which would mean I could afford to revert to...

I'd like to know insurers' exposure to the cascading liability of directors and officers of the smorgasboard of real estate-tied entities that have blown up and will blow up on schedule over the next months. I simply don't know. Does anyone follow that admittedly niche arena and is it...

Absolutely my good man. Nice to be on the right side of this mess. Too bad everybody can't be. Then it wouldn't be a mess would it? Is it their fault they decided to be somebody? Of course not, so I have some sympathy, but not nearly enough to hand back profits merely in the name of...

I'd have thought the problem you've laid out is textbook perfect for a pure market solution. Indeed, an exemplar for the business school syllabus. Won't (more) gov't intervention merely muck it up?