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Just the response I was expecting..... The Hedges would just dollar cost average their positions..... This is nothing new.....What is Berkshire Hathaway....and just who is Buffett....and the majority of mutual funds ? The idea of the marketplace is to take bets on the future...not just...

Mutual funds and hedge funds have one major factor that distinguishes them....."Management"..... Now that it has become clear that debt needs to clear and be shown ...just as does stock..... And it needs to be clear to regulators that large players are not gaming the system due to size...

Obviously the regulators are always going to be behind the curve....as has been proven.... A SS ban will mean even more impromptu hedge fund liquidations... Which will serve just the opposite intention and purpose.... By the way...what is an insolvent firm supposed to be worth either...

Of course the other major revenue generator is trading..... And one has to notice the conflicts.... If one provides the home base where the prices and positions are known by the house.....and thus those that have their positions housed at a place whose best interest is to trade against...

The real question here ....is that is the business model still viable ? Agreed...GS has set the standard in many ways...but the internet has completely changed the financial industry.... Revenue generators Forming stock... Forming debt.... Enabling ownership transfers of stock and...

You bring up the exact point that I am looking for......... Most think that one must assign a known debt rate in order to generate the needed capital..... The fact is.......in this case less is more...

One wonders if a level playing field is possible..... Technology Taxes Current economic comparables ie Chinese labor is rioting literally today ... Also...sovereignty and independence..... The US is learning the hard way what it means to have given up so much manufacturing...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=az43Y55hmZhY&refer=home

Ok...so when the US begins to subsidize its corporations....then it will be ok for all other countries....to subsidize theirs..... Not that this is not already the case to some degree....but it will become even more of a future issue....as the free market tries to rise from its wounds...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JK22Dj01.html This means that a large portion of supposedly insured pension plans are at risk...... This is why insurer's stocks are declining precipitously.... The tip of the iceberg is showing....

And...the real reason banks are not loaning each other money....is because each knows the other really does not have any ......

1) Interest rate policy.......to 0 2) Print Money...................until no one accepts it..... 3) Create debt.............until other countries do not have any money left....either... 4) Ink, paper....and the police station.....

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/ Buy 5 big bank names for $10 soon ? Or should that be $5.....?

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/11/goldman-recants-its-200-barrel-super.html GS stops oil trading recommendations....

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aZnxgfret0a4&refer=home Good Riddance.....

http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-intlstkidx.html?mod=topnav_2_3024

The fact is one already has an unequally distributed consumption tax in the US.....(unfair) ie a tube of toothpaste..... Three people walk into the drug store....and based on one's tax rate....has to pay a true different price.... Toothpaste 50 cents Person A.....0 tax rate...

Just another reason to end the two party system.... Ok Citi has some change......and made hurrendous decisions which have reaped havoc on the economy... ........................................................................ Time for the new world wide stock exchange that does away...

Excellent Commentary All .......................................................................... The Fair Tax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax ........................................................................ Township tax management is a better management concept...

And...if one does not like what podunk, USA offers...they can move to Manhattan... There are people from "podunk" that would not be caught dead in "Manhattan"....and vice versa.... Besides.....very soon there will be quite a bit of teeth nashing in Manhattan for some time.....like rats...