Caption Contest Monday: Let's Start With A Smile

Posted by Bess Levin, Aug 20, 2007, 3:19pm

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[photo via an enterprising young reader]

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Posted in: Hedge Funds, Market News, Subprime Mortgages

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:18PM

awesome

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Posted by John , Aug 20, 2007 3:21PM

Is that the trader that was long Nat Gas today?

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Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Aug 20, 2007 3:23PM

Sweet.

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Posted by Rozzo , Aug 20, 2007 3:25PM

Plunge Protection team getting ready to cut as soon as tomorrow morning.

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:26PM

A Day In The Life: A Sentinel Trader

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:28PM

Meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep meepmeep MEEP!...

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Posted by Energy PE , Aug 20, 2007 3:29PM

What a 15% loss with 20x leverage looks like.

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Posted by Hunted , Aug 20, 2007 3:30PM

My face is on fire!

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:32PM

"My father was right...I should have joined the Peace Corps after graduation."

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Posted by Random Banker , Aug 20, 2007 3:32PM

Caption: Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein as he reviews the new investment "opportunity" presented by Goldman's Global Alpha Fund.

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Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Aug 20, 2007 3:33PM

It just dawned upon me that might not actually be a photoshopped shot. It could have been from Amaranth...

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Posted by JT , Aug 20, 2007 3:35PM

Indeed, but the question remains is that Hunter or Maounis?

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Posted by Anonymous , Aug 20, 2007 3:37PM

With so little liquidity in the market, his holdings began to burst into flames.

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Posted by Mike , Aug 20, 2007 3:37PM

RB: nah...way too much hair to be Blankfein

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:37PM

My favorite part is that his hand is on his crotch and he's holding what I'm quite confident is lube.
I hate it when black-box meltdowns ruin my personal time

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Posted by Zbignew , Aug 20, 2007 3:38PM

I can't decide which is better, the image or the comments.

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Posted by Anon , Aug 20, 2007 3:40PM

Ok, seriously, who let the muppets onto the trading floor....

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:41PM

this might be the greatest pic I've ever seen

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:46PM

no, a pic of bess would be considerably greater

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 3:49PM

Beaker clicks on the Dealbreaker link "Smokin Hot Pictures of Bess" and realizes it was a trick

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 4:00PM

Angelo Mozillo checks on Countrywide's stock price.

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Posted by Anon , Aug 20, 2007 4:02PM

If he had known this would happen, he probably wouldn't have spent all of last year's bonus on screens.

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Posted by Ruthless Gravity , Aug 20, 2007 4:04PM

Caption: 2/20 on a portfolio of 2/28

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Posted by anon , Aug 20, 2007 4:14PM

What happens when you circular reference a circular reference.

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Posted by #ERROR , Aug 20, 2007 4:20PM

damn interest expense

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Posted by Brian Hunter , Aug 20, 2007 4:21PM

That does it, I'm suing you again

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Posted by whos on first? , Aug 20, 2007 4:22PM

Now, the SEC says the firm's explanation was false, and, for several months
leading up to Sentinel's August 13 letter, the firm suffered losses due to its
"undisclosed use of leverage, commingling and misappropriation of clients'
securities."
NEWS STORY FOR N. 5736 (Source: DJ)
16:20 08/20 =WSJ: SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Sentinel Mgmt

Regulators allege the Northbrook, Ill., firm misappropriated investors' funds
by mixing their assets into a house account without alerting them, according to
a complaint filed in federal court in Chicago. Sentinel then hid those losses
from clients by providing them with misleading account statements, the SEC
alleges.

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Posted by Mr. Waldorf , Aug 20, 2007 4:28PM

Wordorf: Nurse, get me a paper bag, Statler is hyperventilating.
Nurse: Just turn off the lights, its all the same to me in the dark.

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Posted by TheUnrepentantGunner , Aug 20, 2007 4:37PM

Caption: "Looks like spending my bonus inappropriately has finally landed me in Muppet Hell"

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Posted by , Aug 20, 2007 4:44PM

DEAL-BEAKER.com

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Posted by Stark Insider , Aug 20, 2007 5:43PM

Guys seriously this is me!!! I am still under the desk....

Send Help to Milwaukee quick you bitches.

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Posted by steele , Aug 20, 2007 6:06PM

Beeker new immediately that he shouldn't have opened the Lindsay Lohan crotch shot email.

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Posted by de Cosmos , Aug 20, 2007 6:12PM

I guess the Hindenburg Omen was right!

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Posted by Barry Zuckercorn , Aug 20, 2007 7:02PM

"$10K in computer monitor insurance, Tim Syke's best investment since 1998"

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Posted by Barry Zuckercorn , Aug 20, 2007 7:11PM

ps cause when i hear muppet (see definition #2 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/muppet) I think Sykes

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Posted by blown cue , Aug 20, 2007 11:57PM

'And now, Beaker, press Enter and watch as the Dr. Honeydew Risk Scoring System 2.0 launches its inaugural recalcuation of the 2005 and 2006 vint--"

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Posted by , Aug 21, 2007 1:04AM

Looks like I picked a bad day to quit doing whippits.

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Posted by OJ , Aug 21, 2007 2:16AM

"Don't do what Donny Dont Does"

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Posted by kw , Aug 21, 2007 8:29AM

Short the 350-400 degree call spread

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Posted by Analyst , Aug 21, 2007 9:41AM

"They could use a nat gas trader like me over at Amaranth...oh wait"

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Posted by , Aug 21, 2007 10:46AM

We don't need no rate cut let the motherfucker burn.

Burn motherfucker burn

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Posted by FuturesMan , Aug 21, 2007 10:47AM

It's 4:00 on Friday...time to maximize my iTunes visualizer and drop acid!

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Posted by Structurer , Aug 21, 2007 11:26AM

What the hedge fund trader saw coming back from his vacation in the Bahamas?

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Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2009 10:49AM

Oh Meep!

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