Rahodeb

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    Posted 2011-11-17 15:04:27 on At Least They Didn’t Sodomize Anyone?

    Actually, we gave us a loan, then paid us back - with interest.

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    Posted 2011-11-10 14:14:58 on BataliGate: Goldman May Or May Not Have Been Short The 7-9pm Reservation Tranche

    Ron Blarney?

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    Posted 2011-10-21 14:57:49 on Financial Adviser’s Wife Will Remain In Zuccotti Park Giving Out Free Hugs “Forever”

    He can't afford it. According to brokercheck on FINRA.org, Curt worked at BAC starting in 1999 but only got his Series 6 and 63 (no 7) in 2007. That makes him a teller-cum-personal banker - one of the ones by the front door ready to set a new PIN for your debit card and/or order you a new checkbook. That also makes this statement particularly funny: “He says he’s working for ‘the Man,’ and I’m fighting against him,” she said. Um, challenge.

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    Posted 2011-09-22 10:31:55 on Opening Bell: 09.22.11

    You've posted that, what, 3 different times now? Keep trying, maybe the next time will be hilarious.

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    Posted 2011-09-22 08:49:53 on Galleon Sentences Now Getting Serious

    Challenge. Not possible.

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    Posted 2011-09-12 12:02:08 on Jamie Dimon Used To Live In America

    Oh shut the fuck up.

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    Posted 2011-09-02 17:47:53 on Write-Offs: 09.02.11

    Beth Levin? Bess, any relation?

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    Posted 2011-09-02 13:59:25 on SEC Is Going To Take Your High Frequency Trading Algorithm, Run It On A Commodore 64, See If It Crashes The Market

    Rick Bookstaber? I couldn't come up with a better fake name for an SEC auditor if I tried.

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    Posted 2011-08-25 14:08:47 on How Much Did Warren Buffett Pay For BofA Anyway?

    Yes, golf glap indeed.

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    Posted 2011-08-24 15:32:53 on More Germans Express Opposition To Financial Speculation; Views On Naked Mud Wrestling Unclear

    Good post. Thanks Matt.

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    Posted 2011-08-19 13:42:30 on Howard Stern Has A Dream That Involves Leon Black Asking Him Why, If He Hasn’t Been Drinking, Does His Breath Smell Like Beer?

    Oh fuck off you sack of shit. What a crock of mindless drivel.

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    Posted 2011-08-16 15:55:17 on This Is A Thing Rick Perry Said About Ben Bernanke

    Country Club? In Iowa? Come on.

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    Posted 2011-08-15 18:04:43 on Step 1: Get Your Hedge Fund A 212 Area Code; Step 2: ???; Step 3: Profit

    Or a decent shirt. What God-forsaken suburban mall shat that out?

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    Posted 2011-08-10 16:17:26 on Jamie Dimon Has A Bedtime Story For America

    Wait, did JD call the close?

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    Posted 2011-01-18 22:12:00 on Bonus Watch ’11: JPMorgan

    I tried to "Like" your comment, but my brain wouldn't let me, what with you being CurrencyTrader and all.

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    Posted 2011-01-14 20:16:00 on Vincent McCrudden Worried About The Logistics Of Killing 47 US Regulators

    Have you seen his FINRA.org brokercheck report? He was barred from registration because he falsified client statements to hide his losses. That's not a grand conspiracy there, Vince, that's you doing something really stupid and paying a steep (but appropriate) price for it...

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    Posted 2010-10-15 19:43:00 on Angelo Mozilo To Pay SEC $67.5 Million For Pesky Little Fraud Charges To Go Away

    I wear bowties. Angelo Mozilo wears bowties. I am Angelo Mozilo.

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    Posted 2010-08-18 09:00:38 on Rebellion Research’s Computer Named “Star” Reduced International Exposure “Before A Lot Of The Problems Came About In Greece”

    And yet, Star didn't recommend a shave, a pressed shirt, a haircut or a decent suit to any of them in advance of their first mainstream media exposure? I think that's a sure sign it's had a lucky run of coin flips and nothing more.

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    Posted 2010-06-30 18:08:15 on Pulling The Peg

    “The pace of bilateral currency swap agreements quickens” – but remains extremely limited. “China has reduced the duration of her foreign holdings” – because we’re in a low-interest rate environment and everyone and their brother expects rates to rise in the next 36 months. “A regional currency fund using yen, yeah, and won in place of dollars has been established” – a very specious statement. A regional currency fund was established to facilitate trade within the region. Dollars would never, ever be used for such a fund, and it represents a tiny, miniscule portion of their overall holdings. “Productivity gains are slowing, pushing Chinese [sic] toward becoming a net importer” – the rate of productivity gains are, in fact, slowing, but on the heels of DECADES of extremely high rates, and said rates remain very high, relative to the rest of the world. This rate slowing is not what’s pushing China towards being a net importer, rather the rise of the middle class and shift from a poor, agrarian to an urbanized society with discretionary income is what’s pushing China toward becoming a consumer-based, net importing economy. “and real estate is overvalued” – show me proof. China’s raised bank reserve requirements several times to slow the rapid pace of loan growth to help cool the real estate price boom, but that in and of itself is not proof of real estate being overvalued. “Most fundamentals favor a stronger Yuan” – is that even remotely defensible? Who’s fundamentals? What fundamentals? And in closing, they let the Yuan float within a 50 bps band. Hooray.

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    Posted 2010-05-21 15:36:45 on Morgan Stanley: This Is Not ‘Nam, There Are Rules

    Can I "prairie dog" in my own cube?