Should Greenspan just STFU?

Should Greenspan just STFU and get on with his retirement?

  • Yes

    Votes: 52 55.9%

  • No

    Votes: 41 44.1%
  • Total voters
    93
G-Money is really just kicking it again, playing his Clarinette and chill'n with the Randian Collective....back to the roots.

And he's watch you monkeys jump.

BTW: as for the poll...NFW should he shut up. Bring the Vol...G-Money brings the Vol
 
Quote from a529612:

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he expects the fallout from subprime-mortgage defaults to spread to other parts of the economy, especially if home prices decline.

``If prices go down, we will have problems -- problems in the sense of spillover to other areas,'' Greenspan said in remarks to the Futures Industry Association meeting in Boca Raton, Florida today. While he hasn't seen such spreading yet, ``I expect to.''

Subprime borrowers, or those with poor or limited credit histories, are increasingly defaulting after looser lending standards allowed them to take on more debt than they could afford. Last month, Greenspan told an audience in Toronto that ``disarray'' in the subprime mortgage market isn't likely to create greater financial instability in the rest of the economy.

``It is not a small issue,'' Greenspan said today. ``If we could wave a wand and prices go up 10 percent, the subprime mortgage problem would disappear.''

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=av6xMzI9fhjI&refer=home
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Greenspan and Bernanke have no weeds in their garden. Previously Greenspan said risk was under control, but perhaps he just hoped that rising housing prices would bail out problems on his watch:

“… lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately. These improvements have led to rapid growth in subprime lending…”

Alan Greenspan
April 8, 2005
Federal Reserve System’s Fourth Annual Community Affairs Research Conference
Washington, D.C.

http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2005/20050408/default.htm
 
Greenspan now works as a consultant for Bill Gross, who as everyone knows is loaded to the gills with bonds and is very bullish on bonds and loves to talk his position. So if, big if, Mr Greenspan could precipitate a stock market crash with his remarks, bonds would certainly rally and make a lot of money for his new employer. Of course Greenspan couldn't do this, and of course wouldn't even if he could, but don't you think he should avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest? :confused:
 
I think he can't help himself, he just wants to feel as though he is still relevant so loves to make provocative statements that move the market. Probably running after his wife tonight saying "Baby I still got it!" That image will give me a nightmare, blech.
 
Who cares about Greenspan ? He made is irrational exuberance speech 4 years too early in 1996. He might know something about economy but he's clueless about the markets...
 
It's so funny that one lost his money and blame it for others.

I guess if profit from Greenspan's speech, there will be no such thread. In the matter of fact, the person probably he is god and can even make legendary traders like Jesse Livermore tiny.
 
"Chinese stocks wobbled then dipped Thursday after former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan voiced concern about an eventual correction in China's red-hot stock markets."

What do you suppose the mom & pop traders think of the U.S. now? Alan speaks their market drops, they blame America, we messed up there market.

Turn on the news, talking head says, "U.S. biggest cause of global warming" now we have to take responsibility for the weather all over the world? Every country has an excuse to not like us. On and on...
 
Whether or not you agree with his opinion, he has decades of experience and at his age should be considered a wise man. Not that he will always be right but his experience does at least make him a point of view to consider.
 
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