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Re: Distorted IEA Oil Reserve Figures Create Biofuel Opportunities In Central Asia

sharon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:15:01 -0000

This is the kind of stuff I love to read....thanks james..

sharon
India

Re: FII Inflows and Indian Rupee

sharon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:13:34 -0000

awesome pic.....I believe that India will always be a dollar story. the dollars flowing will be reflect a higher GDP and IIP and analysts in india go ga ga overs its potential....

sharon
India

Re: Shaniya Davis Funeral Video and Pictures Gallery

sharon — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:28 -0000

it is so sad that someone will do that to a precious little girlit so tragedy

Re: Podcast Episode #2: Paul Hannam

sharon — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:40:57 -0000

I saw him speak in SanDiego, very engaging.

Re: Oymyakon - The Coldest Permanently Inhabited Place On Earth

sharon — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:31:51 -0000

OMFG!!

Re: Daily Home - Husband shoots wife, then himself

sharon — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:12:06 -0000

I'm sorry to hear about this.. My daughter acutally goes to school with one of the children. It is a shame they will never see their son graduate in two weeks.

Re: Bloomberg's Vendetta With Geithner/TALF Continues

sharon — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:00:14 -0000

I believe the previous posts are missing Tyler's point, or are simply drifting into blog trot and rambling on about it.

This isn't about blogs and Google. Clue in.

Mega wealthy, by the way, seldom bother with Bloomy terminals. Way too busy making and trying keep their money.

Re: Gettelfinger Does Not Expect GM Warrants To Ever Be In The Money

sharon — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:49:02 -0000

"We need to do anything for jobs?.................

Come on, please.

The private sector job market is in such bad shape that it is hopeless; it is trashed for quite some time .....unless you actually believe in those phony unemployment stats.

This is Ideology friend, pure and simple. Nationalization of everything for the greater good of the state (er, god).

Re: Gettelfinger Does Not Expect GM Warrants To Ever Be In The Money

sharon — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:56:13 -0000

I apologize.

"we need to do anything for jobs" is the spin.

Joe 6 pack at the local Dollar Tree is shaking in his boots with these 2 BKs.
He can't understand either BK and its complexity, but he can understand that these BKs are somehow significant.

Re: Gettelfinger Does Not Expect GM Warrants To Ever Be In The Money

sharon — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:59:20 -0000

Treasury stepping up to the plate and swing for the fence in a brave attempt to stop the slop from slopping.

What?

You mean they didn't announce it to the entire world so everyone would know? Even Zero Hedgies?

My goodness. I am truly shocked.

Re: Gettelfinger Does Not Expect GM Warrants To Ever Be In The Money

sharon — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:02:18 -0000

I realize you weren't.

The only way GM is ever, ever, ever going to get to $69 billion in value is to INFLATE.

I can see it now. Historians actually claiming Rattner and Obama paid back the American Taxpayer in full.

Re: Gettelfinger Does Not Expect GM Warrants To Ever Be In The Money

sharon — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:30:50 -0000

"Announced" plans?

Clue in.
When they announce something it means they have been doing it for ages, and it has become so egregious to anyone with a brain, that they decided to let even the media in on it.

Why do you think Gross was continually on the "pimp'?

Re: Frontrunning: June 12

sharon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:00:50 -0000

My personal opinion is FinViz's filter is too simplistic to draw any meaningful conclusions about inside trading.

As an example, I would contrast the SEC's investigation of unusual option volume prior to 9/11 in certain stocks with the current situation. I just don't see any similarity.

Perhaps you can point out in more detail why you feel the way you do.

Re: Is The VIX Too Low?

sharon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:56:38 -0000

DME,

Sraffa was a communist (of course you know that), and Mussolini was a fascist ( of course you knew that as well).

So, you also know that communists and fascists don't see eye to eye on how to control the State for the good of the serfs.

Therefore, it is understandable that Sraffa was critical of Mussolini's efforts.

Of course, we all know you left that convenient fact off the table to provide your philosophical insight into a topic that has no philosophical context.

But hey, don't let that stop you from posting again.

In plain English, your historical perspective of Italian fascism (or German fascism for that matter) really has no place in a discussion of the predictive ability of the VIX in current US equity markets.

Re: Mike Kirby Of Green Street: "CRE Down 40%, To Drop More"

sharon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:06:09 -0000

Green Street has got its head handed to them since 2007 as real estate has headed into uncharted territory which was not on their road map (including the Great Depression).

IMO, if Kirby said what you are implying he said, we are hearing that no one who is a serious money manager in this sector knows when and where it will all end.

I don't find this surprising given the amount of attached derivatives.

Re: Forward Volatility Differential Plunges To 2008 Lows

sharon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:12:21 -0000

Nice application of this synthetic indicator, but I would imagine it is basically hindsight for the last 2-3 years.

Re: Forward Volatility Differential Plunges To 2008 Lows

sharon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:18:06 -0000

Luby correctly points out that the historical data for this indicator is rather limited.

Therefore, buyer beware.

Re: Barack Obama Chimes In On Coercive Government Actions, Quotes MLK

sharon — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:12:48 -0000

I agree with both of you...to a point.

To suggest or believe that Obama is a puppet is making the same mistake the German Industrialists did in the early 1930's with Hitler. They felt they controlled him; he was their puppet.

Besides, Obama is a fascist idealogue, so I don't think he needs anyone to do his fascist thinking for him.

Re: Treasuries Still At Negative Repo Rates

sharon — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:19:14 -0000

New York FED translation: "when junk debt is totally worthless in the "mark to mark" moment and everyone knows it, some may be willing to embark on an excursion into negative rates for the sake of safety (i.e. bank failures across the board).

The flip side of this reality is what happens when US Treasuries become (are) junk?

Let's not go there.

Re: Market Neutral Quant Deleveraging Comes Full Circle

sharon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:02:57 -0000

"When the crutches are removed...."

Get serious.

Re: Goldman Sachs Analyzes Its Risk Exposure

sharon — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:08:39 -0000

I don't know what housing has to do with Goldman's position paper, but what the hey?

Back to the topic that TD posted, the critical and all important comment he made is what GS "left out".

Re: Goldman Sachs Analyzes Its Risk Exposure

sharon — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:49 -0000

"remotely close to reality?"

Give him a break?

I'm sorry. This is not "Sponge Bob". Although I have to admit, as this blog gets popular it is starting to attract some of that audience.

Re: The "China Decoupling" 7th Derivative Just Turned Again

sharon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:23:21 -0000

Looking at the longer term here (forgive me), it appears that the Baltic Dry Index is beginning to turn down after its extensive rally off its lows (663) in late 2008.

If it is a top here for the BDI (4291), then the China stimulus and its commodity push is about over globally.

If so, we might conjecture that the inflation everyone is so concerned about might not be the dragon to slay.

Re: Intraday Observations

sharon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:46:41 -0000

Orange Juice,

I believe, like many others, that the issue is "bad assets". It might be better to eliminate the word "assets" so as to make it explicit that these "paper things" have no value. Period.

Re: Some More Forward Risk Arbitrage

sharon — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:07:34 -0000

Your last sentence pretty much nails it. In plain English for the newbies.......almost all of these synthetic risk measures are worthless in attempting to actually trade the market.

Re: And Here Is Why VaR And Liquidity Risk Are Kinda A Big Deal

sharon — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:11:28 -0000

First two comments here IMO are very good and very relevant to this issue particularly the 2nd.

Re: The Authority On Bonds Is Reason Why Treasuries Did Not Crumble As Equities Popped

sharon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:06:49 -0000

"WHO HAD THE SAND TO STEP UP AND STICK IT IN"............

Get real. You haven't a clue. A local is always totally liquid "in the moment".

Go back to reading juvenile novels.

Re: Barnett Gershen of Associated Building Services - The BusinessMakers Radio Show

sharon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:12:04 -0000

I have heard this story many, many times over the years that I worked with Mr. Gershen. I never tire of hearing it. He and his family are wonderful people to work with and I feel very honored to have been a little part of it for 13 years. Thank you Barney.

Re: WebXtra - Barnett Gershen - The BusinessMakers Radio Show

sharon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:13:05 -0000

This was and is a great success story. I know Mr. Gershen personally from working for him 13 years. I left the company 3 years before they sold and moved to Germany. I’ve stayed in touch with the family through email and visits when I come home. Barney was a wonderful person to work for. His mothers strength and determination was an inspiration to us all and his wisdom and drive helped push the company forward.

It is always great to hear the story again and again. I smile when I hear it, thinking of the wonderful (and maybe not so wonderful) experiences I’ve had working with him and the company.

Thanks for airing this and making it available on the internet.

Sharon

Re: Congressman's Heckling Of Obama Prompts Twitter Rage, Downs Official Website | AHN

sharon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:42:21 -0000

Racist people still exist and the low down dirty jockers are not going anywhere. Bush told more lies then truth in 99% of his addresses, and not one democrate or republican made any outburst like that during his entire term.But, because our President is half black these bigots can not stand it, had we not gone to war and spent all that money, which we continue to spend,everyone could receive free healthcare. So everyone that can not get over the point that we have a black man for President you are mad with the wrong person, because GOD purposed this plan, get over it.