Comments on: Ben Bernanke’s New Stand Up Material Not A Hit With Everybody

By: Anal_yst

Anal_yst — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:34:58 +0000

@20
I’m admittedly grasping at straws here but perchance Greg wasn’t allowed by his (former) employer to buy puts/sell calls and had to use ETF to gain short exposure?
Possible? Yes, Likely? Well…

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:15:06 +0000

Obama is the Oprah of politics. That’s got nothing to do with finance, but the article made me think of it.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:45:50 +0000

as a recap, let’s sum up what we know about GM so far:
he obviously lacks good writing skills
he is certainly not funny
he, so far, has not shown much market acumen
in his former career, he was a professional “derivatives trader”, yet he bought ETFs to short, rather than selling calls/buying puts
doesn’t look too promising. perhaps fortune will smile on him twice and a financial calamity will occur, necessitating only a warm body and one working finger to generate page hits

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:34:27 +0000

11 What hard won reputation? Are you really old enough to remember Eisenhower? You can be referring to Bush I, since in the R playbook any fiscal discipline even remotely connected with raising taxes is cause for dismemberment.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:23:06 +0000

i watched a little of this hearing, the question portion, and can now say that the House is full of retard populists. Let’s hope they only serve one term and then succumb to the next round of “change we can believe in”

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:21:05 +0000

We needs to stand behinds Greg or DB will dump his body in the river just like they did two Danny Boy. R.I,P Danny Boy. We will nevers forgets you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU Greg also said he would helps me get Bess back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=modmuWBssl4&feature=related SPODE

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:19:36 +0000

@13
And real men here know that it was not very smart of a supposed derivatives trader getting involved with ultrashort ETFs. Didn’t Greg know about puts?
ETFs are for the clueless.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:15:58 +0000

“It gives the alarming impression that the U.S. one day might begin to meet its financial obligations by simply printing money”
One day?

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:11:59 +0000

Greg – not feeling the post.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:04:00 +0000

greg michaels bought ultrashort ETFs and rode the financial crisis to victory. you? not so much.
GREG MICHAELS = BSD

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:56:41 +0000

It’s easy for the republicans to take the high horse after 8 years running the ranch.
Still doesn’t make printing money right.

By: american bandersnatch

american bandersnatch — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:54:31 +0000

Unfortunately we Republicans destroyed our hard won reputation for fiscal responsibility by going on an eight year spending spree. It will take a while to earn it back.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:34:05 +0000

What will those crazy, extremist wingnut Republicans think of next? Coherently arguing for a sane monetary policy is clearly the last desperate gasp from a dying beast.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:32:55 +0000

Greg – stop trying to be the smartest guy in the room, it’s clearly not a role you’re suited for.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:18:35 +0000

if “george” michaels were a baseball player, he should be left out. painfull reading.