Comments on: Conspiracy of Optimism http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:21:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: trackerman http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146351 trackerman Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:20:47 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146351 @auden5: "To be bearish now is to bet against every major country in the world. Even if you believe you are smarter than every major government..." How can anyone not be smarter than government? @auden5: “To be bearish now is to bet against every major country in the world. Even if you believe you are smarter than every major government…”

How can anyone not be smarter than government?

]]> By: karen http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146235 karen Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:35:05 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146235 yeah, but did you see gold? : ) $960 at the moment... yeah, but did you see gold? : ) $960 at the moment…

]]> By: AmenRa http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146234 AmenRa Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:29:23 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146234 S&P futures currently $18 below fair value. Let's see if that holds up until tomorrow morning. S&P futures currently $18 below fair value. Let’s see if that holds up until tomorrow morning.

]]> By: ndmaster http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146227 ndmaster Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:36:03 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146227 @auden5- GE and WFC are not priced for bk. they still have over $180bln mkt cap between them. C, AIG, FNM, FRE are priced for bk. BAC and some English banks, too. Low price alone does not indicate bk, you have to look at shares and therefore market cap, too. @auden5- GE and WFC are not priced for bk. they still have over $180bln mkt cap between them. C, AIG, FNM, FRE are priced for bk. BAC and some English banks, too. Low price alone does not indicate bk, you have to look at shares and therefore market cap, too.

]]> By: Mannwich http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146221 Mannwich Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:02:18 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146221 GE - going below $10. Give it time. Futures looking a bit wobbly tomorrow (and Nikkei looking uglier by the second). Getting that sinking feeling again. Too late to unload WFC and back up the truck for some more SRS? GE – going below $10. Give it time.

Futures looking a bit wobbly tomorrow (and Nikkei looking uglier by the second). Getting that sinking feeling again. Too late to unload WFC and back up the truck for some more SRS?

]]> By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146220 Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:02:10 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146220 dead hobo: Roubini has another 20 years to retirement(or at least till he taps his 401k). Why wouldn't he be in stocks right now? He never said he was a market timer, right? dead hobo:
Roubini has another 20 years to retirement(or at least till he taps his 401k). Why wouldn’t he be in stocks right now? He never said he was a market timer, right?

]]> By: mitchn http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146219 mitchn Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:57:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146219 @howardo339 > I think a lot of us do whatever the one with the biggest tits tells us to do (two marriages later) and will probably continue to do so until a babe with big brains walking through a door actually appeals to us (”Wow, will you check the size of them brains on that one.”). I have Meredith Whitney's phone number if you're really serious. You know what they say: Three's a charm. ;-) @howardo339
> I think a lot of us do whatever the one with the biggest tits tells us to do (two marriages later) and will probably continue to do so until a babe with big brains walking through a door actually appeals to us (”Wow, will you check the size of them brains on that one.”).

I have Meredith Whitney’s phone number if you’re really serious. You know what they say: Three’s a charm. ;-)

]]> By: Andy Tabbo http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146218 Andy Tabbo Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:54:57 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146218 auden5: Good Luck with all that..... auden5:

Good Luck with all that…..

]]> By: dark_wader2001 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146206 dark_wader2001 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:49:10 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146206 I meant that goofball dennis something, not bill griffith. I meant that goofball dennis something, not bill griffith.

]]> By: dark_wader2001 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/conspiracy-of-optimism/comment-page-2/#comment-146202 dark_wader2001 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:27:39 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=19196#comment-146202 wow that interview was actually cringeworthy. michelle caruso and bill griffith should be hosting a daytime talk show...oh wait. roubini and taleb should boycott that channel. wow that interview was actually cringeworthy. michelle caruso and bill griffith should be hosting a daytime talk show…oh wait. roubini and taleb should boycott that channel.

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