tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post3369296463411710561..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: Bernie Comes Out of the Closet"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-85219987753171012842011-11-28T03:20:04.715-08:002011-11-28T03:20:04.715-08:00It was a pretty well written articl until the auth...It was a pretty well written articl until the author decided that it was "blame it on Reagan" time. If you can find any instance where Reagan advocated "something for nothing" let me know and I's send you a bottle of whiskey. 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It was sufficient to suggest blind faith was not enough on this one."Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-9162598339816759932008-12-28T09:58:00.000-08:002008-12-28T09:58:00.000-08:00Cassandra, great piece (which I stumbled across th...Cassandra, great piece (which I stumbled across through another article I've already forgotten that linked here).<BR/><BR/>I'm curious as to whether you read Arvelund's article in Barron's in 2001. For me, the existence of the article really drives home the idea that Madoff was supplying a real market demand: dreamily consistent returns to those who were content to stick their heads in the sand.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-53483446595589721612008-12-22T06:21:00.000-08:002008-12-22T06:21:00.000-08:00Cassandra: I loved your post. I'm sorry I don't h...Cassandra: I loved your post. I'm sorry I don't have anything perfectly appropriate for the occasion, but I offer something related to a topic raised here, by you, and mentioned by Collie O'Donnell.<BR/><BR/>I pity the millionaires who got fu**ed by Madoff, but he is just the tip of the sh*tberg. Who are all the angry, unemployed factory workers and laid off service industry drones going to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-70896338551219447062008-12-20T14:25:00.000-08:002008-12-20T14:25:00.000-08:00Way too many people give credit to Reagan. VOLCKE...Way too many people give credit to Reagan. VOLCKER...he's the one who laid the groundwork for all the growth that Reagan got credit for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-28904075551349900542008-12-20T03:29:00.000-08:002008-12-20T03:29:00.000-08:00Thanks ur information it ve...Thanks ur information <BR/><BR/>it very usefulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-33049633499395156172008-12-18T07:02:00.000-08:002008-12-18T07:02:00.000-08:00You have a job!Now do tell, what is it??You have a job!<BR/>Now do tell, what is it??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-37488226206754000532008-12-17T15:17:00.000-08:002008-12-17T15:17:00.000-08:00RE: 8:01 12/15, it's NOT a market crisis.(thought ...RE: 8:01 12/15, it's NOT a market crisis.<BR/><BR/>(thought I sent this but did not go up on the board) <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the explanation. It's good its not a crisis. We've had too many crises to deal with lately. But a sudden disappearance of $50 billion it would seem has to have an affect on the economy longer term if not immediately. Wikipedia shows M1 at 1.5 trillion in 2005. A 3% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-63680091239176537282008-12-17T14:23:00.000-08:002008-12-17T14:23:00.000-08:00I was a clerk for broker/dealer 0739 for 10 years ...I was a clerk for broker/dealer 0739 for 10 years and taught myself how to trade when, as and if issued stock splits with a 90% success rate (of any 10 trade pairs, 9 pairs gained, 1 pair lost). Various portions of government kept close enough tabs on ME to audit 5 separate returns. If they can "know" when a $20k/yr clerk is "up to no good" earning an extra $3k/yr, do I have to ask why it was so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-82150812664122133792008-12-17T14:20:00.000-08:002008-12-17T14:20:00.000-08:00"Nor, do I argue that something-for-nothingism is ..."Nor, do I argue that something-for-nothingism is not alive and well today (as it seemingly will be tomorrow - at least for the immediate moment). The difference is, marking my words as a "Cassandra", is that for the first time in 25 years, reality will confront something-for-nothingism and something-for-nothingism will lose - either by mega-crisis, destagflationession or by a resurgence of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-18654827797148725532008-12-16T08:59:00.000-08:002008-12-16T08:59:00.000-08:00JCYou are too close too see it. Pause, get some al...JC<BR/><BR/>You are too close too see it. Pause, get some altitude, then look down from high above. You too are also looking at it through a rather partisan lens. I am not positing that Repubs are bad and Dems are good. But you are being defensive as if I were. I am saying there was a genesis and evolution of The Great Leveraging and the baggage that came with it. It had a beginning. And "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-70583140547745922462008-12-16T07:59:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:59:00.000-08:00It is very sad we allow criminals to run America. ...It is very sad we allow criminals to run America. What will happen to the tax payer when they can't pay the tab? I really can't help but feel for these charities that lost a great deal of money. I feel the fiduciary should have done a better job like your thoughts, it boils down to people being greedy, even if it's for charity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-45757481371414301552008-12-16T07:05:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:05:00.000-08:00sorryI am J and JC.sorry<BR/><BR/>I am J and JC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-43544037823985442412008-12-16T07:04:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:04:00.000-08:00Cassthe new administration is talking about spendi...Cass<BR/><BR/>the new administration is talking about spending $1 trillion. The Dem congress is going to be his enabler. the dems make the GOP look like kids in comparison.<BR/><BR/>And it's not true that Mondale was the only good guy around.<BR/><BR/>Gingrich's republican congress ran on a 10 point plan part of which that was to balance the budget. Clinton ran a surplus on their coat tails.They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-81979122113500012432008-12-16T06:28:00.000-08:002008-12-16T06:28:00.000-08:00J -Politics are inherently intertwined with econom...J -<BR/>Politics are inherently intertwined with economics. There is no understand in separation. <BR/><BR/>Clinton and Blair both rode the coat-tails because it suited. I do not dispute that. But there was no miraculous conception of the "something for nothing" mentality I juxtapose with the Madoff affair. It has roots. And in my opinion the roots began in earnest with post- Volcker "The Great "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-63632512075760434472008-12-16T05:52:00.000-08:002008-12-16T05:52:00.000-08:00High interest rates have a way squezing leverage o...<I>High interest rates have a way squezing leverage out of the system</I><BR/><BR/>Huh ha. And what exactly do you think happened during the first two years of Reagan's fist term?<BR/><BR/>didn't overnight rates go to 21%?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-10090094883610914322008-12-16T05:50:00.000-08:002008-12-16T05:50:00.000-08:00What angers me is the nonsense your spouting that ...What angers me is the nonsense your spouting that somehow it was Reagan's fault. Your wrong.<BR/><BR/>The leveraging process occurred primarily because of interest targeting and the Feds behavior over this decade.<BR/><BR/>Reagan actually wanted to go back to the gold standard and one stage.<BR/><BR/>It would be good if you were able to stick to the economics rather than trying to blemish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com