Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:35PM

Ai, karamba!
Dealbreaker is removing pro-McCain comments.
The last bastion of capitalism is falling.
Please save us from the crazis (sp intended)! Vote McCain/Palin!!!

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:36PM

2 I noticed that too. Except the comment that was removed was not exactly pro McCain. More anti Obama. Try and write a pro McCain. If possible.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:37PM

douche bag, they're not removing mccain comments, they shut off ALL comments on the bonuses thread because all comments (from both sides of the aisle) were fucking nuts.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:38PM

@2-4 Suck my balls

SPODE

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:39PM

actually, #12, which was some anti obama rant, was removed from the Highland thread.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:43PM

My package needs a stimulus too.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:44PM

let's see geniuses- perhaps db is sick of the threads devolving into idiots shouting at each other no matter if they're pro-obama/anti-mccain or pro-mccain/anti-obama?

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:46PM

The reason most bald guys have holes in their pants pockets is so they can once again run their fingers through their hair.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:47PM

8 Why would they care? I thought its all about page views. Quantity, more than quality. That said, I guess if the quality degenerates significantly its all over.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:49PM

8 It also might simply be a tech issue: the thread got full before IT could allocate more space.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:51PM

#10...No, the dumbest thing you ever heard was "great wealth comes from real estate".

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:52PM

It sounds like Ken Griffin and Citadel need a stimulus package.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 5:56PM

5.2BB isn't a lot of money until your hedge fund has to cough up a few hundred million as the losing side of one of these. Sure, this stuff is all zero-sum. Unless on the hedgies on the other side can't pay and goes under. This is still a possibility.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:00PM

Re: Political Rants...DB should have a political section in which the various nuts can go crazy in that forum. Plus, more page views. You can thank me later.

I used to belong to a website run by a female exhibitionist named "August" in the Atlanta area. It was called "Augustlive.com". The neo-cons started ruining general discussion threads (neo-cons like titties too I guess) so the moderator created a section of the forum for them. That kept the politics away from the informational/educational discussions as much as they were.

I think "August" got a bad illness and I don't know if she is still with us now or not. She was a pioneer. Me? Just an equity trader.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:01PM

#3
I am sorry, are you saying am I supposed to keep my comments positive? On Dealbreaker?

Or is Obama is this untouchable deity that cannot be critisized? Are we entering not only socialism but totalitarianism/autocracy? WTF?

Obama is a lucky young black man who benefited from a generous affirmative action. He has never held a job. He has associated with terrorists. He is married to a white-hating woman who directs his policies. He threatens to enact socialist policies. Here. In the United States of America.

No, Obama is a nobody. And besides a natural speaking ability, he has nothing going for him.

Vote against Obama. Save this great country.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:07PM

Oh, and Obama is a closeted anti-semite. But I bet you've sensed this all along.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:09PM

@20- you are a fucking idiot. no one said you had to make positive comments, just stay away from the political bs ones (no matter which candidate you support) that RUIN the threads.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:10PM

Look at this chart for ALT-A, POA and ARM resets:

http://tinyurl.com/558bbd

We are not even close to being half way through this crap.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:14PM

#20/21, I bet you fall for the scam emails saying they'll transfer you money if you just provide your account information, too.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:16PM

@ 20 - pls don't ever return from that intellectual safari you're on, son

YOU BETCHA!

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:17PM

Phobos = Back office IT geek.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:18PM

Re the scary Credit Suisse reset chart from nine months ago. I think that a ton of pay option arms have already hit their maximum negative amortization ceilings (110% or 125% of original loan balance, just look at the balance sheet of FED or DSL) and have recast into fully amortizing loans. In general, many of those recast loans have already gone into various stages of delinquency. So I think the reset peak from Alt A is going to be smaller then shown on that chart because many of the mortgages have already recast.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:21PM

@25

I bet you fall for empty promises of aid to Israel despite blatant indications to the contrary (e.g., terrorists or muslim upbringing. Oh, sure, there really do exist muslims who would support Israel financially. haha)

Really, the only good thing that may come out of Obama's presidency is that Bloomberg gets elected. And barring the circumstance under which he decides to change presidential term limits to infinity, we may as well have very prosperous 8 years post-Obama.

Note, however, that Bloomberg will have to run as Republican. Or independent at worst.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:23PM

@28
Seen USD/CAD lately?
CAD banks money value just became on par with pesos.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:26PM

@20 You are the reason people around the world hate americans i.e ignorance.

This site is about finance, not hate speech go back to your mobile home and leave us alone.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:28PM

@33
Move back to your igloo. You'll be alone there.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:32PM

@28
What CAD bank is going to expand their balance sheets to take on bloated American ones in this environment? Perhaps if a large bank is ever allowed to go into FDIC protection they'll pick one up there. NCC can forget all about BNS being interested.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:41PM

@20- bess has been deleting pro-obama AND pro-mccain comments this afternoon b/c they're fucking insane and ruin the threads.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:44PM

@36
Oh, I am sorry your dumb comments (as well as other pro-Obama and anti-McCain comments) are allowed to stay.
Just rename the site "Socialists Unite!" then.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 6:48PM

@37- are you retarded? seriously, are you? BOTH dem and repub comments have been deleted because they are universally asinine and HAVE NO PLACE ON THIS FINANCE SITE. GO AWAY.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:02PM

@39

OHHH! the big guy is BACK

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:02PM

@38
Listen. If anyone is retarded here (besides all the Obama supporters, of course), it's you. And here's why:

The election outcome has a direct effect on business. On all the business.
Whether the business is finance, construction or media (yes, publishing), everyone employed or running a business will be affected by whomever gets into the office. While all the ***chronically*** unemployed people (read, welfare) will clearly benefit only from Obama at the expense of businesses and employed people.

If you live in NYC, are married and your spouse also works so you can barely afford to send your only child to a better school so that he can too work and not end up on welfare, then you know that a combined income of $250,000 is the bare minimum for that.

But Obama wants to tax you more. So that your only child (also the only one you can afford without plunging into massive debts) goes to a local school with inner-city kids who get bussed-in from welfare and drug-inflicted areas. So that your child, too, can be just like them.

And under the weight of the mandatory health coverage, your employer will think twice about the headcount, and potentially sack your job to pay for the health benefits of your colleague.
Oh, and many businesses will just go out of business.

And if this is not business-related, I am not sure what is.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:04PM

carney, it's not the same without you.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:06PM

@41

That's easy. Can't afford NYC? Then move to Delaware. NYC is only for trustafarians.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:06PM

@43
That's just mean.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Vote McCain, however.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:07PM

"carney, it's not the same without you."
is there something on your computer preventing you from typing www.clusterstock.com?

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:09PM

@43
I can afford NYC. For now at least.
And I want to keep being able to afford NYC.
That's why I vote for McCain/Palin.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:10PM

@44

"mean"? that's so suburban

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:11PM

@47

Go fuck yourself, you racist with a tiny wiener (or none whatsoever).

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:13PM

@46

If you have to mention "for now", then you're clearly not NYC material (mccain or not)

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:17PM

@49
I just can't wait till Obama taxes your little sorry ass to bankruptcy.
What a loser!
If you knew anything about trust funds, you'll know that the income you receive from those is equally taxable. And $250,000 is still the bare survival minimum in the city. You may as well just donate your trust fund to the Obama campaign (so he can squander it on 100% ineffective ads).
Oh, but you don't have a trust fund.
I see.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:24PM

I love sucking cock

SPODE

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:25PM

@50

whining is what suburban people like you are good at. be my guest.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:27PM

@43 - Leave me and my homies outta your rant, asswipe.

The Other Guy from Delaware

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:32PM

@52

Hey there. Hold your horses.
I live and work in NYC proper (Manhattan).

And I am not whining. And am not asking for government assistance.
I am just asking you to help me save the country and vote McCain.

Thank you.

#50

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 7:50PM

SPODE/TGFD 08'

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 8:18PM

An old codger tellin' it like it is:
http://epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com/2008/10/everyone-can-be-super.html

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 8:22PM

America better wake up before they are really disappointed:

"It's time to face facts. In-your-face liberalism is about to make a comeback. And this time it will be on steroids.

Next year the Democrats will control both houses of Congress, most likely with comfortable, perhaps filibuster-proof majorities. If there is a Democratic president, too, Washington will host one of the most liberal governments in American history. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid are more than ready to make staggeringly liberal changes in the country's economic, social, and foreign policy.

To get a sense of the Democrats' ambitions, listen to them discuss the deficit. They spent the last eight years bemoaning the deficit, which they blamed on the Bush tax cuts. They continually lambasted the Republicans for fiscal irresponsibility. They promised to enact "pay-as-you-go" budget rules and restore accountability.

Thing is, now that power is within their grasp, the Democrats have chucked all that silly talk out the window. They can't wait to raise taxes on high-earners, dividends, capital gains, corporations, oil companies, and estates. But this tax increase is not meant to balance the budget. It's in the name of "fairness," and "patriotism," and whatever revenue it raises will quickly be spent."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/713lugxf.asp

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 8:26PM

Well done, #56.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 8:55PM

Vandalay Industries?

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 9:03PM

Long punani brown beans. Short everything else.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 9:29PM

@63
Stop it. You are a racist. Your sarcasm is going nowhere.
We here actually care for the future of the US.
Vote McCain.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 9:29PM

CITIC is F.U.C.K.E.D.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ag9uxi7.UBDE&refer=home

Wrong end of contracts worth four years of your revenue? Good job.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:12PM

South Park all over the crisis

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:13PM

@Trojan - I never thought I would say this but I miss the mayo and sham wow idiots too. No one is going to change anyone's mind so keep the political shit on another website. I can't wait until this election is over.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:18PM

#68. If you are getting your info from the MSM, then as cramer would say "you know nothing". A lot of this election involves figuring out what is the truth and what is not. You need to do this before you wake up and find you are working for your taxes and not for your own money.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:19PM

Turns out that UBS did have layoffs yesterday in Capital Markets in Stamford. Don't know if it also happened on the floor as well but if it didn't, it will by Nov 1. At least the stock is doing well...

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:25PM

@69 I suggest you go to another website to find this truth you seek.

yahoo.com.fuckyou

No, thank you.

SPODE

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:29PM

@69 - 68 here. As a libertarian who has no real choice but to vote Republican, I already know who I'm voting for. I'm not thrilled but the choice between the two major parties is obvious (sorry Ron Paul and Rob Barr fans but I want my vote to count). I don't need to listen to idiots like Cramer or people on this site to tell me what I already believe. Whoever wins, let's just get it over with.

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:31PM

Ken Griffin: Give me some more money!

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 10:43PM

@69 later dick

Posted by guest , Oct 22, 2008 11:23PM

SEG you out there?

What do you think. We hit 7200 on the Dow by friday? And then get a 25% off the bottom bear market rally?

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 12:00AM

#33 "You are the reason people around the world hate americans...."

Barack, is that you? What are you doing hanging out on this thread? Aren't you supposed to be in Hawaii with your seriously ill, typical white woman grandma?

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 12:07AM

77, post 71 applies to you too.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 12:13AM

Phillies!!!

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 12:14AM

#78

Well, what a surprise -- it looks like the lovely Michelle O. is here too. Right back atcha, Michelle.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 1:01AM

Mahnahmahnah!

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 1:16AM

I'm not buying attempts to put a floor in. This thing is going back to its intraday lows and we'll see if they are any good. Way too much negative newsflow with nothing really left for the government to throw up on the wall.

I expect this to go to mid-7000's before stopping. At which point I'll be swapping my short positions for cash and longs.

It may bounce first, but it is going there. I don't think it will go much lower than that, though.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 4:45AM

@54

NYC Proper? Go back to the burbs you freaking transplant.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 7:17AM

It's written PLEBS. Not PLEBES.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 7:26AM

OK, this thread is getting boring

Teach me some nice abbreviations like

FUBAR = Fucked up beyond all reason

some funny ones will be nice.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 7:27AM

OK, this thread is getting boring

Teach me some nice abbreviations like

FUBAR = Fucked up beyond all reason

some funny ones will be nice.

Forgot to say, the top 3 weird abbreviations will be selected and rewarded in appropriate terms

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 7:47AM

even mine.

cmon mr.pink you can do it.

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 7:52AM

Too much political BS... Geez, let's just compromise and move on...

Obama sucks! Biden sucks!

McCain sucks!
Palin sucks (but she sucks good)!

Vote "Gilligan 2008"!

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 7:58AM

Let's all get along and get back to what's really important:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-TW3WWCXDT_0/directors_cut_of_new_gilligans_island_commercial/

Posted by guest , Oct 23, 2008 4:06PM

@87 Spoked like a true resident of Queens