Or keeps his team waiting, or so much as suggests they submit to such pedestrian measures as the signing of a nondisclosure agreement prior to rifling around another firm's underwear drawer. I'm not going to go so far as to say rookie moves like this are why Bear Stearns no longer exists but I'm not not going to say it. And a future note to those of you who may find yourselves in the throes of a weekend bailout at some point in the near future-- if you should so much as dare not have bagels and lox waiting upon the Goldman guys' arrival, along with your entire prop desk book on scented paper, you'll be looking at the business end of a hissy fit to end all hissy fits. I am not fucking around on this point. I swear to god you people sicken me. Buy a vowel.
From Kate Kelly's Street Fighters:
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:07PM
what a bunch of assholes
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:07PM
"I'm not going to go so far as to say rookie moves like this are why Bear Stearns no longer exists but I'm not not going to say it."
What kind of an asinine sentence is this?
Posted by Equity Private , May 12, 2009 1:12PM
You meant "rookie sentence" right?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:13PM
@2- you're an idiot.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:14PM
@2- you're pretty stunningly stupid. it's really something to behold.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:16PM
@2- um, it's actually a pretty standard joke. "im not going to say x, but i'm not not going to say x." is this your first day on planet earth?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:18PM
@2 - Die already.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:19PM
@6 -- Thanks. I'm Swiss so I guess it was lost in translation!
#2
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:20PM
@2- you need to eat a dick, as does goldman sachs.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:22PM
honestly, who the fuck do they (gs) think they are? assholes.
Posted by Anal_yst , May 12, 2009 1:25PM
Sounds like the GS guys were just chillin and using it as a good excuse to get away from the desk for a bit, maybe snag some free grub and such
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:28PM
@ 11 -- yes, over the weekend they just wanted to get off the desk.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:28PM
@anal_yst- this took place over the weekend, so no.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:28PM
This may be a dumb question...
Is that Jacob Goldfield the same one that allegedly used Goldman's access to LTCM's books to allegedly short LTCM's positions into the ground? Or is this a different Jacob Goldfield?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:31PM
Is this Jacob Goldfield the same former-Goldman trader that allegedly downloaded LTCM's positions during Goldman's possible buyout of the fund and allegedly used that data to short LTCM into oblivion? Or is this a different Jacob Goldfield?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:33PM
"I suppose you expect us to sign a confidentiality agreement."
what an asshole.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:35PM
@14/15
the question isn't dumb, the double post is
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:35PM
Umm...what are you doing?
I dunno. What are you doing?
Beats me. What are yoiu doing?
Can't answer that. What are you doing?
World class dealmakers right there.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:36PM
why does it mean when a word is crossed out in the text
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:36PM
@16
what are you whining about? they held all the cards, why be nice?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:38PM
@20- are you joking? on what planet does someone think they're not beholden to a NDA if they want full access to someone's books?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:38PM
@19
it means that if you wonder what it means your dick will shrink 2 inches. hope you have some left.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:39PM
i'm not not licking toads
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:40PM
@22 - #19 here....got plenty to spare.
-Not actually #19
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:41PM
Well that is it! I am not inviting GS to any of my Saders
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:41PM
Rule #1 in trading: Never stay in a losing position so long that you have to show your books to your competitors.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:45PM
@8 dont be swiss
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:46PM
fake jew@25- it's sEder, tard.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:50PM
@21 a planet on which the propriety of the information contained in said books is going to be worth exactly zero in less than 24 hours when the firm goes bankrupt.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:50PM
I heard Warren ran into the same schoolyard crap when he sent Charlie over to check out Goldman. No Cherry Coke and whatnot.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:51PM
@21
its not a law that you need to sign an NDA now is it?
Posted by Lowly Assistant , May 12, 2009 1:54PM
28,
So when you're not home and you're somewhere kind of newish, the odds are, don't look far, 'cause they're Jewish too.
-Don't Make Me Kutz a Bitch
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:55PM
WhereTF would Goldman be today were it not for TARP, and more importantly, for their conversion into a "regular" bank?
I dare say they'd be Bear/Lehman, Jr.
The Guy from Delaware
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:57PM
All I have ever wanted to do since I was a child is to bang a secretary in her ass on the rooftop of 85 Broad at sunset.
A boy with a dream.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 1:58PM
LOL at all the former Bear workers commenting.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:00PM
@2 - what's worse is the line, "... were summoned to meet with the them..." at the top of page 201.
Did no one proofread this thing?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:13PM
@33 -- You're a tool. GS is no where near the cesspool of scum that Lehman and Bear were.
GS and MS will still be around in another 100 years from now.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:21PM
I sincerely hope that GS and MS fade away into oblivion within a decade. GS employees are full of themselves, and I would gladly see that firm battered to shit.
Please let it happen, or better yet let Jamie Dimon make it happen.
- JPM employee
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:21PM
All what GS traders wanted to do is to have access to Bear's boobs. Why the hate?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:22PM
@38: Jealous much?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:22PM
Anyone see the youtube vid of all the spineless little GS bastids knockin over old ladys costanza style in from of 85 broad the day yobama did the AF1 fly-by? good x and a proud day for the MOTU's
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:24PM
so what does it mean when you strike out text?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:27PM
@41 link?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:28PM
JC Flowers was playing GS off against Bear and no one knew the score.Earlier reports had Bear skeptical about Flowers, and seems, they had good reason.However, Cohn is an asshole for taking that stand;he's a total vulture,so when his name appeared as key player in marking down BSAM CDO assets and Bear cried foul, Bear had good reason to think that Goldman would push BSC to the brink if they could.
Why should anyone doubt that they didn't now refuse their repos and help to fuel the run on the house,although Cohn and Blankfein deny it?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:32PM
@41 link or its not true
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 2:39PM
bear stearns more like dare to earn
The Guy From Delaware
Posted by american bandersnatch , May 12, 2009 2:44PM
JC Flowers lost his mojo prior to the BSC fiasco.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 3:30PM
@31, yes there is, it's called the Sherman Act.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 3:41PM
@31, Regulation FD, among others.
Posted by Carbonara , May 12, 2009 3:48PM
How is this an antitrust situation? Reg FD seems more relevant....
Posted by Anal_yst , May 12, 2009 4:02PM
@12/13
Clearly you don't know anyone who works or has worked @ Goldman.
Here's a hint: Lots of people work on the weekends, apparently you're not in that group, either.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 4:05PM
@anal_yst- just admit defeat. you're a big enough man.
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 4:39PM
Why sign a standard CA if its low probability? Most CAs disallow hiring of anyone from the target company.
Posted by Anal_yst , May 12, 2009 5:13PM
@52
Admit defeat over what? Sure maybe they were actually enjoying their weekend, maybe they were working anyway, who knows, do you?
Posted by guest , May 12, 2009 9:16PM
When I got invited back for my second round at Goldman I achieved an erection that lasted longer than four hours.