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Entry: Secondary Effects
posted by PatrickBateman
Mar 20, 2009 12:09PM
I love this. Average Joe clamors about Wall St bonuses and then cries about New York's budget deficit. I LOVE it. You can't write this stuff.
Entry: What If No One Came?
posted by PatrickBateman
Mar 26, 2009 6:07PM
I agree with EP. No private investor will show up to this circus unless given highly preferential treatment in their investment with certain irrefutable terms that the government cannot override retroactively.
The rules are being changed daily. Obama is making this up as he goes along. It doesn't matter how smart you are if the government snaps it's fingers and changes the rules of the game.
Entry: Is The White House Setting Up A Hedge Fund To Deal With Toxic Assets?
posted by PatrickBateman
Apr 02, 2009 4:19PM
Barney Frank Absolute Return Fund
Past gay relationships are no indication of future taxpayers a** rapings.
posted by PatrickBateman
Apr 06, 2009 11:21AM
Geithner/Obama will be seriously embarrassed when nobody signs up for this circus.
Entry: Jimmy Cayne Still Holding Out For Something Better
posted by PatrickBateman
Apr 06, 2009 11:39AM
Minimum investment for Matrix is $1,000.....that...is...awesome
posted by PatrickBateman
Apr 07, 2009 2:45PM
No surprise BNY was involved. The whole place is full of gerbils on wheels.
Entry: Vikram Pandit Rallying Hard For Castle-Dweller To Get Bonus
posted by PatrickBateman
Apr 29, 2009 2:00PM
Only a matter of time before Citi turns into the DMV. Not to say that I agree with paying this guy....
Entry: The National Spotlight Emits UVB
posted by PatrickBateman
May 06, 2009 4:11PM
I'm glad these guys are standing up to the White House. By refusing to cooperate with a bully government they are forcing these liberal central planners out from the dark conference rooms and into public courtrooms giving everyone a transparent look into what socialism means.
Scary stuff my friends...
Entry: Dimon: Billion Or Beat It
posted by PatrickBateman
May 12, 2009 9:48AM
This isn't really all that ground shaking. Virtually any prime broker that's still in business will be itching to handle any new accounts. Granted, those 200 accounts are pissed...
Entry: Totally Unfounded Rumor Of The Day: Renaissance Emergency Investor Call At 1pm Today
posted by PatrickBateman
May 13, 2009 11:49AM
Reading about RenTec, GS etc only reinforces my unfortunate stereotype that the Jewish guys pulling the levers at the top control more than you know. It's a conspiracy I tell you!!
-Totally Ignorant Ass
Entry: The Trouble With Dubai
posted by PatrickBateman
May 19, 2009 11:32AM
Interesting parallel between Dubai's removal of the finance minister and a certain CEO being removed at GM. Where's the legal precedent for that one??
Entry: Presented Without Comment: Nature Of Bid
posted by PatrickBateman
May 22, 2009 3:17PM
Nature of Bid: Friendly
I imagine those boardroom discussions were just that: friendly.
Entry: A Citi Shareholder Is Born
posted by PatrickBateman
May 22, 2009 3:41PM
The irony is killing me....she runs a charity for children that are orphaned and abandoned and then sleeps with a married man that has kids.
WTF is she thinking?
Entry: NBC Cracking Down On CNBC Obama Bashing?
posted by PatrickBateman
May 27, 2009 1:01PM
I heart Dick Cheney. Rumsfeld even more. You liberal wingnuts had this coming.
Entry: Barney Frank Will Walk Out That Door And Not Come Back, Is That What You Want?
posted by PatrickBateman
Jun 11, 2009 11:27AM
Thanks, I have a SPLITTING headache now.
Welcome to creeping socialism. You'd swear Frank never heard of voting rights, a board of directors or shareholder activism.
He wants in your pants and he wants it NOW!
posted by PatrickBateman
Jun 11, 2009 12:54PM
Some of these congressmen are unbelievable. Asking questions that are WAY out of their depth and then trying to pin Lewis to the wall with a Yes of No answer. Go back to the kiddie pool...
Yes, $12B in accelerating losses stung. Yes, we still thought it would work. No, I don't know what I would have done in December with the knowledge I have now.
Tell me congressman/woman, did you know the market would tank BEFORE it actually tanked??
posted by PatrickBateman
Jun 11, 2009 2:46PM
Actually #1, I'm definitely not the smartest guy in the room.
The politicians asking these questions is the thing that bothers me. They're trying to pander to voters by asking stupid questions they could never hope to understand the answer to. THEN, when they don't get the opportunity to make an executive look silly they ask another stupid question like, "Did you really think taking a $12B hit was a good idea?"
Entry: See You At The Guillotine
posted by PatrickBateman
Mar 19, 2009 4:22PM
@17
That's awesome