Comments on: Whalen: Banks, Regulators Make “Deal with the Devil” http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/whalen-banks-regulators-make-deal-with-the-devil/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Simon http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/whalen-banks-regulators-make-deal-with-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-181837 Simon Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:17:48 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=28684#comment-181837 Unfortunately for me after reading about the side letters of AIG etc I sold some stuff thinking that this HAS to come out, there will be blood, I'd bought mid March. I only saw a fraction of the subsiquent movement. Luckily I kept some too. It's like the end of the 8th round and the "champ" is unconsious on the mat but he's saved by the bell. Then he gets injected with some stuff...you know, stimulus... and hes just up and at em and fighting hard and even though the ref saw them do it he doesn't care... You'd think that there's got to be repercussions for that kind of activity but I'm not so sure. In nature an overwhelming advantage gets rewarded not punished. Unfortunately for me after reading about the side letters of AIG etc I sold some stuff thinking that this HAS to come out, there will be blood, I’d bought mid March. I only saw a fraction of the subsiquent movement. Luckily I kept some too.

It’s like the end of the 8th round and the “champ” is unconsious on the mat but he’s saved by the bell. Then he gets injected with some stuff…you know, stimulus… and hes just up and at em and fighting hard and even though the ref saw them do it he doesn’t care…

You’d think that there’s got to be repercussions for that kind of activity but I’m not so sure. In nature an overwhelming advantage gets rewarded not punished.

]]> By: leftback http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/whalen-banks-regulators-make-deal-with-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-181723 leftback Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:18:07 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=28684#comment-181723 Excellent. Really helpful to hear this while we are living in Bizarro World. Thanks. Excellent. Really helpful to hear this while we are living in Bizarro World. Thanks.

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