Comments on: All About Picking Losers as Winners: Interview With Bob Feinberg http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Posts about Forbearance as of August 6, 2009 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/comment-page-1/#comment-207175 Posts about Forbearance as of August 6, 2009 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:46:10 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=34860#comment-207175 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Jason G. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/comment-page-1/#comment-200895 Jason G. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:21:33 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=34860#comment-200895 Great interview/conversation. However, I'm confused about one of the lines in this... "And the banks are giving back their TARP money to qualify for bonus season - this so that they can become political targets next year. You really have to be impressed with the political acumen of the largest banks, especially Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS)." How is it smart to become a political target next year? Am I reading this statement wrong? Great interview/conversation. However, I’m confused about one of the lines in this…

“And the banks are giving back their TARP money to qualify for bonus season – this so that they can become political targets next year. You really have to be impressed with the political acumen of the largest banks, especially Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS).”

How is it smart to become a political target next year? Am I reading this statement wrong?

]]> By: emmanuel117 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/comment-page-1/#comment-200826 emmanuel117 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:54:37 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=34860#comment-200826 "phoenixes"... God, let CNBC not hear that one. “phoenixes”…

God, let CNBC not hear that one.

]]> By: clawback http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/comment-page-1/#comment-200713 clawback Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:36:21 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=34860#comment-200713 We have to keep cheering on people like Bair and Schapiro because most Americans don't understand these issues at all. I heard a relative of mine say the other day that there was "anarchy" on Wall Street and "we need SOME kind of regulations..." Yes, we will certainly get "SOME kind" of regulatory reform, and simply calling it "reform" will placate most people. @Chris Whalen I don't know if you get tired of reading comments that praise you to the stars or not (I wouldn't - LOL), but count this among them. People who pay attention really appreciate everything you've been doing over the last year or so (that's when I started paying attention, at least). My own cynicism would be about 9 times worse were it not for people like yourself (and Josh Rosner and Barry Ritholtz and others). As your Irish ancestors would have said, Go raibh míle maith agat! (Thanks a million!). We have to keep cheering on people like Bair and Schapiro because most Americans don’t understand these issues at all. I heard a relative of mine say the other day that there was “anarchy” on Wall Street and “we need SOME kind of regulations…” Yes, we will certainly get “SOME kind” of regulatory reform, and simply calling it “reform” will placate most people.

@Chris Whalen

I don’t know if you get tired of reading comments that praise you to the stars or not (I wouldn’t – LOL), but count this among them. People who pay attention really appreciate everything you’ve been doing over the last year or so (that’s when I started paying attention, at least). My own cynicism would be about 9 times worse were it not for people like yourself (and Josh Rosner and Barry Ritholtz and others). As your Irish ancestors would have said, Go raibh míle maith agat! (Thanks a million!).

]]> By: willid3 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/comment-page-1/#comment-200697 willid3 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:12:26 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=34860#comment-200697 i think we have a real demand for real regulatory reform. not so sure that the FED is the super regulator that we need. so far their results are promising. the new agency makes more sense in that it is more focused on consumers, which isn't the main focus of the current ones. and a panel of regulators make sense in that each has their own specialization. and maybe it can keep capture effects tamped down (or at least we hope for it). i think we have a real demand for real regulatory reform. not so sure that the FED is the super regulator that we need. so far their results are promising. the new agency makes more sense in that it is more focused on consumers, which isn’t the main focus of the current ones. and a panel of regulators make sense in that each has their own specialization. and maybe it can keep capture effects tamped down (or at least we hope for it).

]]> By: Transor Z http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/all-about-picking-losers-as-winners-interview-with-bob-feinberg/comment-page-1/#comment-200668 Transor Z Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:05:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=34860#comment-200668 Two very powerful women drawing a line in the sand against the Old Boys' Club. That's the storyline here. Timmy loses. Completely. Two very powerful women drawing a line in the sand against the Old Boys’ Club. That’s the storyline here. Timmy loses. Completely.

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