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Comment on I CAN HAS JOBS? OR IPOs? OR CROWDFUNDZ? by Christoph Auer-Welsbach

Christoph Auer-Welsbach — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:12:31 +0000

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Comment on CONFUCIUS WEIGHS IN ON DODD-FRANK by Tom

Tom — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:07:51 +0000

For those that did not grow up with this iconic broadcast.

http://youtu.be/P2AZH4FeGsc

Comment on CONFUCIUS WEIGHS IN ON DODD-FRANK by Tom

Tom — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:06:34 +0000

Nice pivot, from Italy to China.

“Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of rhetoric
The thrill of new laws, and the agony of bureaucracy!
The human drama of the regulator and the regulated.
The is CapCap’s wide world of macroprudential supervision.”

Comment on ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: VADA A BORDA CAZZO EDITION by Sara Hanks

Sara Hanks — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:04:42 +0000

But then how do we adjust the number of red zombie bears, who are no doubt being recorded as carried interest?

Comment on ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: VADA A BORDA CAZZO EDITION by Tom

Tom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:38:37 +0000

Your titles are a stitch. After reading about Mitt and his taxes, here:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72313.html

I think it may be time to expand the franchise and create the Zombie Bear Index, Red Edition and Zombie Bear Index, Blue edition.

Comment on WHO WON 2011? HONEYBADGER DON’T CARE by Sara Hanks

Sara Hanks — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:59:21 +0000

Cage fight: Bankers versus honey badgers.

It’s the only way we move on.

Comment on WHO WON 2011? HONEYBADGER DON’T CARE by Tom Davis

Tom Davis — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:24 +0000

“BANKER ANGER – Lots of sputtering outrage over the SOTU. Here is one response from a local banker who works NOWHERE NEAR Wall Street: “This continued attack on banks is complete hogwash. When is someone in the political media going to point out that over the past 2 years the Fed has returned over $70 billion to Treasury as a result of the profits gained from BAILING out those onerous banks?”

Hmmmmm, and maybe those profits should be netted against the losses at the FDIC?

Comment on WHO WON 2011? HONEYBADGER DON’T CARE by Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:42 +0000

Bet honey badgers could rout any number of Zombie Bears! Hire honey badgers at SEC, FDIC, FINRA, CFTC, CFPB (oooh, look at all the BLOOD!). Election year? Big money donors? Honey badger don’t care, honey badger don’t give a sh-t. Maybe Geithner can take a few honey badgers to Brussels on his next fly-by…Who says we’re leaving Europe defenseless?

Sara, I love your blog. Thanks for the points well made, as well as the much-needed laughs.

Comment on ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: OCCUPATION EDITION by Sara Hanks

Sara Hanks — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:19:02 +0000

I’m not sure which meme you’re referring to, but asset purchase rather than capital injection was certainly what Paulson was going for at the time. On page 337 of “On the Brink” he describes the shift from asset purchase to capital injection, which he later confirmed to the Congressional Oversight Panel. Or am I missing the point?

Interesting point about the banks who truly didn’t need the money and yet played along. I have a friend at one of the banks who were in this position (the second round of banks) and to this day she feels betrayed by what she feels was a double cross; her bank took the money because it was told it was its duty to do so and then it was told that it was limited in what it could pay its people because it had been “saved”.

Comment on ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: OCCUPATION EDITION by Thomas Esmond Knox

Thomas Esmond Knox — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:13:51 +0000

“Use EFSF to buy sovereign debt from Euro-banks, same way TARP was originally envisioned.” I remember this meme from the time. The meme arose from (verbal)speculation from commentators & politicians, but not from Paulson.

An interesting counter-factual is to contemplate what would have happened if the strong banks (e.g. Wells Fargo) who did not need the capital infusion had not played ball.