Comments on: The Cause of Bubbles =Investment vs Financial Engineering

By: pire ilaçlama

pire ilaçlama — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:03:06 +0000

the CLO’s and CDO’s that were structured and created this mess are offshore, and many are not even paying taxes!!

By: Justin MacArthur

Justin MacArthur — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:09:08 +0000

Great post. The issues surrounding the current crisis are complex,
and powerful leadership is needed. Don’t expect any quick fixes.

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jimbomel — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:56:21 +0000

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Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:57:48 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:20:58 +0000

You are EXTREMELY naive. This is a planned event by the new world order to create One World Government under Socialism. Machivelian politic’s at work. Government creates a major problem, then comes in as the great savior. Getting total control in the process. One needs look no further than the take over of AIG (worlds largest insurance company)where the PRIVATELY OWNED federa; reserve gained 80% control as part of the deal. DUH! Pay attention and follow the money or lack thereof. Also keep in mind the US dollar is FAKE money, and has nothing to back it other than the tax’s Americans pay.
Blessings to all and welcome to Global Depression.
Tom

By: David

David — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:27:49 +0000

Mark, brilliant observation re: investment vs. financial engineering. I’ve had this same feeling for some time now and made this exact arguement (although with no solution) in coversation with a friend earlier this year. This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone else articulate this same observation. Why is there such limited discussion on this topic? Please help keep this conversation going as I feel like our leaders are missing the “bigger picture” lessons re: the direction of our economy and the role of Wall Street.

By: drjupitor

drjupitor — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:04:43 +0000

Although the crisis has not yet directly effected any company directly
in my country as of now – it is creating havoc in the stock market
with hedge funds and FIIs pulling out of the market. Hopefully, it is
shortlived.
Anyway, thanks for such an insightful post. It was a pleasure reading
it.

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By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:05:58 +0000

Mark,

i dont disagree that the tax code should be changed, but i disagree with the idea that IPO’s should get some special treatment. most individual investors cant find quality fundamental information on a company going public until they are already being traded. so essentially, youre proposing that individual investors should A) hand all their money over to the people that leveraged themselves 40:1, or “invest” based on an idea, and not a sound company.

as for the cause of bubbles, it often involves leverage, and to that end we can agree. but this goes beyond financial engineering and to the heart of human nature. people speculated in housing, and have done so since people have been building homes. they did it with dot-com stocks, they did it with the “nifty fifty” in the 1950′s/60′s, they did it with railroad stocks in the 1800′s. hell, they even did it with tulips.

we can make the system better, and i do appreciate the ideas floated around by you and others, but this has just as much to do with the fact that humans have done this since as long as financial history has been written.