Commercial paper uncorrelated to GDP growth

2008-09-28 Thread John Williams
Reading Casey Mulligan, it occurs to me that it will be ironic if GDP continues to grow in the near future, since the politicians will claim that they were responsible for good GDP numbers because of their bailout, when in reality they had nothing to do with it:

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-28 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
John Williams wrote: Imagine that you, me, and a few other stupid guys believe that some stock prices will go up tomorrow by 10%. What should we do? Not enough information. What probability will they go up by 10%. What are other possible outcomes and probabilities? How much money do we have

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-28 Thread John Williams
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am making it simple. There ain't no options. Just buy or (short) sell. Oversimplifying, and missing obvious ways to make money. Typical of people who think they know better how to spend other people's money.

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-28 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
John Williams wrote: I am making it simple. There ain't no options. Just buy or (short) sell. Oversimplifying, and missing obvious ways to make money. Typical of people who think they know better how to spend other people's money. Goodbye. I won't waste my time with Trolls. Alberto Monteiro

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-28 Thread John Williams
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goodbye. I won't waste my time with Trolls. Unfortunately, that is NOT typical of those who think they know better how to spend other people's money. ___

You Can't Rescue the Financial System If You Can't Read a Balance Sheet

2008-09-28 Thread John Williams
http://hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc080929.htm What the financial system has needed most has been for Congress to streamline the bankruptcy process for investment banks, so that in the event of failure, the “good bank” (assets and liabilities, ex the debt to bondholders) could be cut away quickly and

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-28 Thread Rceeberger
On 9/28/2008 7:14:14 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goodbye. I won't waste my time with Trolls. Unfortunately, that is NOT typical of those who think they know better how to spend other people's money. Yes it is.

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-28 Thread John Williams
Rceeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes it is. I wish I lived in your world, then. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Male or Female?

2008-09-28 Thread Rceeberger
http://www.youtube.com/user/17586063 This person has the 8th most subscribed channel on YouTube-Japan. But the controversy among a group of people I know is over this persons sex. Is this a cross dressing guy? Is it a 24 year old woman with great guitarist hands? In either case this person plays

Re: $10

2008-09-28 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 26, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter with his gruff posts. Dave i guess eric was before my time, but i am not the one who accused jw of channeling eric, i doubt jw is on that level.

Re: $10

2008-09-28 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 26, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Richard Baker wrote: Dave said: In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter with his gruff posts. I don't recall a list member of that name, but there was an Erik Reuter. OK, Mr. Spelling Person, I stand

Re: Books, was Proper function..

2008-09-28 Thread David Hobby
John Williams wrote: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... It could be that The Atrocity Archives is best appreciated if you know a lot of theoretical computer science, so I'll withhold comment. Did Stross come from a CS background? When you say theoretical computer science, do you mean

Re: More on the meltdown

2008-09-28 Thread xponentrob
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/09/kron-4-5-pm-sun.html Former brinneller Brad speaks up. xponent In The News Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l