I will be hosting the Big Picture conference today at the NYAC, and out of the loop all day. There are a few posts scheduled for later this afternoon.
Blog hosting duties today will fall upon Institutional Risk Analytic’s Chris Whalen.
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Knowing that the vote over the weekend in Greece was really a referendum on Euro membership, a majority of the Greek Parliament said yes to staying. European Finance Ministers meet again on Wednesday to solidify the 2nd bailout package for Greece at the same time hopefully a deal is consummated between Greece and its creditors this week. The Greek 14.5b euro bond that matures on March 20th is up by 2 pts. The optimism that all will be completed and contained AGAIN to Greece has yields lower in Portugal, Spain and Italy. The iTraxx Financial Index is also narrower by...
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June 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 am
Bonus! I can’t get enough C-Whale.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
Looking forward to the video version.
A pinch hitter for the web hosting duties? Am I in capable hands?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:07 am
Ritholtz, good luck on your conference today. Thanks for answering my question about Dylan “The Ladies’ Man” Ratigan. My only question is why is Whalen “blog hosting” when he should be speaking at your conference. (Schnaps – I like your application of hip hop nicknaming methodology to a pasty white bank examiner.)
Actually, Ritholtz, I had another question: What happened to last night’s Open Thread? I had introduced on that thread my new “emo or indie” meme / theme / mtheme that I will be repeating over and over mercilessly until (a) CNBC Sucks’ anniversary on June 6th, (b) everyone is absolutely sick of it, or (c) I retire from TBP for the 47th time, whichever is last. This stroke of genius is the latest in my long line of successful mthemes, following “as a registered Republican”, “Barry the Commie”, and “Republican Ritholtz” (with its “Ritholtz the Republican” variant).
Fans, watch out for CNBC Sucks “emo or indie” commentary (NEW!) on future Ritholtz posts!
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I thought you were retired CNBC S…
But its good to have you back.
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
The only way I could ever attend a conference hosted by Barry or TBP is if it is not held during trading hours… I did receive my Bailout Nation copies yesterday, btw. Won’t be reading my copy during trading hours, or cocktail hours, for that matter… hope the conference was a success all the way around.