tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post241775396838419578..comments2024-03-29T11:36:35.692+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: The Banks Always Knew The ScoreCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11417474438595885192009-06-25T19:20:43.498+01:002009-06-25T19:20:43.498+01:00The big guys are betting on hyper-inflation<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/5586043/Dont-believe-the-hyperinflation-hype---dare-to-make-cuts.html" rel="nofollow">The big guys are betting on hyper-inflation</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81708537714367758032009-06-25T19:15:38.347+01:002009-06-25T19:15:38.347+01:002004 was a good call, Mark.
I liquidated most sto...2004 was a good call, <b>Mark</b>.<br /><br />I liquidated most stocks in Jan '07 (well, except dammit for managed pension-plans, of course ...), a bit early but hey<br /><br /><b>Anon(2)</b> - G30, now you're talking. The G30 stuff on risk management is the bible. Note that they <i>always</i> advocated systematic stress-testing on top of the routine VaR calcs - widely ignored, as we know, but it was Best Practice from at least the early 1990s<br /><br />stupid and a liar ? <i>not our Prime Minister, surely ?</i>Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74961771193872846532009-06-25T19:05:41.696+01:002009-06-25T19:05:41.696+01:00Merv King has been a member of the "Group of ...<a href="http://www.group30.org/members.htm" rel="nofollow">Merv King</a> has been a member of the "Group of 30" for many years.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.group30.org/about.htm" rel="nofollow">It was established in 1978 to consider global standards for central bank oversight</a> They have published many papers.<br /><br />Anyone saying that this situation was not anticipated, was unpredictable, in light of Basel accords and G. S. Act repealed is either stupid, a liar, or both.<br /><br />Politicos, and banksters, - Hang 'em high, with a slow descent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-41072622725337612292009-06-25T18:54:54.571+01:002009-06-25T18:54:54.571+01:00There's a unit trust manager called Bedlam who...There's a unit trust manager called Bedlam who openly refused to invest in bank shares since about 2003.<br /><br />Even I noticed back in 2004-2005 that mortgage interest rates were lower than the better savings accounts rates, which struck me as rather odd. And I had been banging on about UK properties being overvalued since about 2004 as well. Etc.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-20658407662390533572009-06-25T18:47:06.585+01:002009-06-25T18:47:06.585+01:00dearieme - also that GB used it against Cameroon t...<b>dearieme</b> - also that GB used it against Cameroon the other day, it's obviously one of his low-intellect fixations<br /><br /><b>anon, Roy</b> - FWIW, I reckon <br /><br />(a) greed is universal (bankers, MPs, TU's, you, me ...);<br />(b) the really monstrous 1-way bonus culture started in the US; <br />(c) in flagrant breach of his duty to recognize a&b, and his desire to be <i>mainstream</i>, natch, Brown told the FSA et al to lay off; and <br />(d) to their eternal disgrace, they did what he told 'emNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10186518375599898182009-06-25T18:28:42.641+01:002009-06-25T18:28:42.641+01:00I first noticed a few years ago that the expressio...I first noticed a few years ago that the expression "not mainstream" had become a favourite criticism delivered by the dimmest of my colleagues.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-2850479301904072212009-06-25T17:21:05.687+01:002009-06-25T17:21:05.687+01:00i though Americans started it here?i though Americans started it here?roymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11259127978670529182009-06-25T16:08:17.114+01:002009-06-25T16:08:17.114+01:00So can you answer the BIG question.
Did it all st...So can you answer the BIG question.<br /><br />Did it all start in America?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com