Comments on: Words from the (investment) wise 2.1.09 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/words-from-the-investment-wise-2109/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: How the Common Man Sees It http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/words-from-the-investment-wise-2109/comment-page-1/#comment-143211 How the Common Man Sees It Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:03:32 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=17759#comment-143211 It has taken a while but finally the word 'buy' has entered your word cloud. I think it was about four months ago that I last saw 'sell', the evil twin of those two most important words. I've often thought about making word clouds of all the articles in the WSJ or Barrons to get what is on the business minds of 'leaders' that are in front of so many people. I wonder what are they subconsciously telling others to do. I believe a word cloud would pick that up and be useful in data mining. Since I'm too lazy to do the work and profit from it myself I thought I'd 'open source' the idea for others out there It has taken a while but finally the word ‘buy’ has entered your word cloud. I think it was about four months ago that I last saw ‘sell’, the evil twin of those two most important words.

I’ve often thought about making word clouds of all the articles in the WSJ or Barrons to get what is on the business minds of ‘leaders’ that are in front of so many people. I wonder what are they subconsciously telling others to do. I believe a word cloud would pick that up and be useful in data mining. Since I’m too lazy to do the work and profit from it myself I thought I’d ‘open source’ the idea for others out there

]]> By: Alex http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/words-from-the-investment-wise-2109/comment-page-1/#comment-143106 Alex Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:29:52 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=17759#comment-143106 We have precedent on how to handle this problem. Step one, complete a viability analysis that is fully transparent. Step two, transfer nonperforming and impaired assets to an asset management company, step three, close the unviable and recap the viable. Here is a fed article on this historical precendent: http://www.frbsf.org/publications/banking/asiafocus/2008/Asia_Focus_AMCs%20_Sept_08.pdf We have precedent on how to handle this problem. Step one, complete a viability analysis that is fully transparent. Step two, transfer nonperforming and impaired assets to an asset management company, step three, close the unviable and recap the viable.

Here is a fed article on this historical precendent:
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/banking/asiafocus/2008/Asia_Focus_AMCs%20_Sept_08.pdf

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