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AIG Needs Dissolving

Sorry Buster

AIG is an embarrassment, and should be delisted, its well working pieces parsed out and the waste written off.

Its ugly, painful and the capitalist way


On Sep 22 07:25 PM blogbuster wrote:

> Seriously, does the world need another overworked, generic piece
> on AIG calling for torch and pitchfork marches?
>
> The government support works, which is good, but the relative fragility
> of AIG bothers you so Uncle Sam should rush in with the machete and...
> do what? Dissolve the company? Lose more taxpayer money in firesales?
> Raise fear and uncertainty on the street about economic stability
> and the government's fickleness? Encourage hordes of marginal "journalists"
> to preach politics from the ill-informed blog pulpits?
>
> And of course you are qualified to attest to Benmosche's subjective,
> personal, and undisclosed views of the severity of AIG's situation.
> Same for Greenberg- surely he is just about greed, as you are clearly
> just about seeing your print on a website, gleefully counting misguided
> clicks and traffic like a school girl. Yeah, Matthew, you have it
> nailed. Clearly. And Towns? How odd indeed! To think that a Congressman
> involved in determining AIG's fate might actually be open to suggestion
> from informed parties about how to proceed so that everyone can win
> in the long term.
>
> I think Wall Street and the public have enough reminders of the perils
> of past financial problems-- we don't require fresh burnings-at-the-stake,
> rather fresh voices and views. Open-minded, balanced, fair, and
> critical voices. The only thing we really need to pitch to the ash
> heap are vitriolic tripe like your article.

An All-Cap China ETF from Claymore: Something Different?

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Unwinding the Goldman Sachs Myth

People must remember that GS vaunted "risk management " systems are basically and at the margin, all the former alumni and customers in varied and various positions of insight, power and insider knowledge- this network of information gets to gs first, before players in volved the traditional forms of distribution, and is realistically their "edge" in any market.

And as this edge gets "discovered" by the masses, new hidden venues are developed (dark pools, hidden program trading stats, etc) to retain the edge. This comes with the governments blessings, from current and former political patronage.

This skews the results and is anti competitive front running...maybe not illegal, but contrary to the mass market for sure.

Interview with eBay CEO and CFO at Goldman Conference

COME ON Power sellers, stop being so bitter...

did you ever think of your price points plus your selection of goods being off target??--i MEAN COME ON, if people would sell something of value, people would beat a path to your door and buy...regardless of where you sell it...

listing drop is welcome as there is SOOOO much crap out there that does NOT deserve shelf space--yes even virtual shelf space, and the more crap that is cleared away , the better the experience for those that ARE buyers


ANd if we on wall street were to take one or 20 seller's perspective and extrapolate from there...we would all be out of business!


On May 28 12:09 AM Patricia wrote:

> This is all smoke, mirrors and bluster! As far as core is concerned
> they are totally on the wrong track but they'd rather die then ever
> admit it. I'm a 10 year seller who can't get traffic even with perfect
> feedback and DSR's...Best Match is seriously flawed and they know
> it. One wonders just how far this merry-go-round will go before it
> comes to a halt! Listings are taking another nose-dive. Expect yet
> another gimmick to milk sellers so ebay can try to look successful.
> Wall Street is so totally fooled by these "mental giants".

PNC Financial Services: Facing the Heat

ETFC B/D biz has benefited the same way as oil ,wheat and other commodities, the flood of "retail", ETF, and other mass market investments surrounding a limited supply of commodity....while RE, stock market and bonds suffer- these groups have been artificially propped up... ETFC will not survive because their customer base has a very shalow pocketbook, and that is getting tapped right now.

Oil Bubble: How Speculation May Contribute to Recent Moves in Oil Prices

this could also happen if,"powers that be" ""allow"" the price higher,creating a pricing bubble, to sap currency from China and INdia , who subsidize large portion of cost, artifically creating currency imbalances and thus affecting those economies.

the price movement then attracts speculators, who have been chasing commodities, one to another, all year...witness the sell off in wheat corresponding to move up in Oil.

the excess liquidity the fed has created must go somewhere...Goldmans' CDS and MBS/CRE biz is gone forever...and those profit revenues need to come from somewhere, so go long, pump up the price to 140/200...and then allow your traders huge profits once they sell into the ensuing retail buyers...

what a game...

eBay: Expecting Downside as Piper Eliminates 'Top Pick' Status

BOY how obvoious are all these commenters real intentions, when they say they are boycotting and then shilling comments and recommending newer sites

ioferjustparts,etc,etc... just plain dumb sites and will never get traction,volume,and scale needed to survive.

remember ebay still does not advertise significantly and when they do, look out ..this stock will trade higher

as for piper...this is no big deal --these brokers do this for TRANSACTION BIZ....not for rank tables...

and once this round of sellers is out of the market it should move higher...

this business is primed for upside --economy slowing= more sellers/listings, paypal is a moneymaker and global growth just starting

get long!

Disclosures: The Long / Short Dual Standard

short sellers are as american as apple pie...the bet that something is not quite right at a company, and then speculating that it should be lower in value, does an important service...weeding out non-performance and saving many people from losing money in the long run...but spoiled CXO's complain rather than perform, because performance at the CXO level (or rather non-performance) tends to be blamed away on anything or anyone other than the decision makers....get a clue fxtrader, dont kill the messenger, get the answers from those glorious management teams, raking in as much as they can in quarterly option grants until the market turns those options underwater....i say god bless the shorts, and we need more...if they are wrong, the markets will correct any short term imbalance upon discovery