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Federal Reserve Capital LLC; Ben Bernanke Earning Your 2 and 20 With Daily Short Covering Diligence
Will someone audit these clowns already please?
From David Rosenberg's piece today:
"When people kid around that the Fed has become another hedge fund now that it is the lender of first, second and last resort — to mention the market-maker for everyone including RVs and mobile homes — it really is no joke at all. See NY Fed in Hiring Spree as Assets Soar. The New York Fed is seeking to bolster its staffing of traders — not research staff, but traders — by nearly 70%!! When will the Fed start hiring investment bankers? That is what we would like to know."
It used to be Loeb and Einhorn scheming and cross-posting on VIC (we jest, the politically correct word here is collaborating). Now it is Bernanke and Blankfein.
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Methinks you should apply for a trading gig at the NY Fed, Tyler. Sometimes the only way to bring something down is from the inside.
I somehow doubt Tyler could pass the mustard and get hired, based on his most recent resume activity. But there no doubt are people reading this who would qualify...
This is a good idea.
Tyler's got a "bit" of a success on his hands with Zerohedge that's probably better than anything on most resumes.
Im curious what job you have that affords you all this time? Will you be able to walk away from that job soon because of ZH?
Please tell me you make soap. =)
That would be the answer. But can you find a guy who's both qualified and not for sale (if not already bought) anymore?
Conscience, adventure and real public service anyone . . . ?
Perhaps the buying on the long end these past couple days has been on speculation the Fed will increase QE.
1. (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
We just can not compete with the vast amounts of money being used to influence decisions. The Rich says"
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This gig is only for ex-Goldman traders who somehow could not turn a profit of at least $1M per day - since returning a profit on taxpayer money is not an objective of the Fed.
"Will someone audit these clowns already please?"
Now Tyler, you know the gov't doesn't want to politicize monetary policy, that could be bad for [the Feds'] Business.
It sounds like great subject matter for the next round of Congressional hearings:
"Mr Bernanke... why are you primarily hiring traders to support the growth of your institution? What purpose does it serve?"
That sir, is proprietary.
Then, perhaps, we should ask the Russian Mafia. :)
Kudos, works on a few levels....nice.
Bernanke - "blah blah blah derivatives, blah blah blah banking institutions, blah blah blah strong dollar policy. Furthermore, blah blah blah consumer and investor confidence, blah blah blah stabilization, blah blah systemic fallout. "
u forgot: "blah blah blah, remember these things are all very complicated".......
I can't speak for others...but i wasn't kidding around about this.
Maybe the Fed is gearing itself up to be the new competition for Goldman... I read that story earlier today and there are simply no adequate words to describe my feelings... perhaps Cheeky can think of a few words in his usual "cut through the BS style"... we have fallen down the rabbit hole...
More like getting ready to merge with GS
Any ideas of what to call this economic system?
Ponzinomics.
Corporate Feudalism
La Cosa Nostra
Ringling Brothers! and Ben Bernanke circus.
Paul.
We're Peter.
vory v zakone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_in_law
Madoff.
His at least was in the billions, this one is in quadrillions or some other zillions. Jailing Madoff is just like jailing the little boy taking some gum from the store, while the cashier takes the safe in the back. [if we are going to keep this system, let Madoff out, what the hell]
The Federal Reserve Incorporated works for the banksters. In this late cycle period where the banks have grown too large relative to the underlying economy, their usually symbiotic relationship is late-stage parasitic, like advanced cancer. The Fed's efforts to keep the banks (especially the major ones which control the Fed) afloat (or in GS' case rolling in clover) represent perpetuation of a simple horrible act of thievery of the national wealth; Could it be any clearer?
No, it couldn't be any clearer. Too bad this cancer continues to thrive until the host dies. And we will die before they release their grip.
Unless the principled capitalist set (not necessarily an oxymoron) mans up to what's being done in the name of their own beliefs, stops mindlessly waving the flag of American Capitalism, complaining about sharing the wealth on health care and cars for fucking clunkers (the spectre of "socialism"), and confronts the banksters on their own turf, we are divided yet all completely screwed.
The least we can do is to call them out as the bogus capitalists they are.
Capitalism is such a potent term. Why don't we exercise our right to revoke their memberships in this club?
Perhaps the buying on the long end these past couple days has been on speculation the Fed will increase QE. So far the Fed has only added to the assets it is explicitly and implicitly trying to support. It will be fascinating to see how any asset class will react when the Fed withdraws support, but the most reasonable assumption is bad news bears.
Good point, but I look at the same thing on its side.
Perhaps, we are seeing a test of another sort. If the equity markets are in "engineered selloff" mode, what is the effect on Treasury yields (and secondarily, the USD)?
It hasn't been tested as of yet, but so far the trade is working pretty good. Good enough, in fact, to take off QE for a little while.
Maybe.
Why not work for the FED? It would add valuable experience to your resume - some skills include...
- Immaculate trading record - 100% up days. The FED Never loses.
- Access to inside information with soon to be newly granted super powers on every corporation
Blah. More insider preference. Capitalism is dead.
Maybe then you should apply with the Treasury:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVY5gFyU_mSk
How did they come up with Maiden Lane as a title?
Maiden Lane is from the Fed's address in Manhattan.
Oh and all this time I thought the name Maiden Lane was intended to symbolize the FED's pure and chaste modus operandi!
STICK IT TO THE TAXPAYER
this all could not be more flagrant
F*ck you, IMF
Robot Trader, if you are here...
"we" would love to see your intra day market commentary .
Tyler, is your last sentence about Loeb and Einhorn cross posting on VIC from credible sources? I always had the impression that Einhorn was a straight shooter. Were they sandbagging (pumping positions they wanted to exit) or merely talking about how wonderful each other's ideas were? I know both alternatives have the same effect of getting the stocks or bond ideas higher, but the former is obviously a lot more objectionable.
it was a joke of course. As I have exactly 0 equity interest in Gotham, I have no clue who is behind the ids. Merely meant to indicate how useful a medium like VIC is to intelligent posters (and Bernanke) who may or may not have an interest in the movement of a certain stock.
Got it. I guess I am so jaded at this point that every suggestion of manipulation seems more likely than not to be true.
WTF? Are we going to attempt daytrading our way to prosperity now? I guess that beats raising taxes.... good luck, Ben.
Maybe, just maybe, they're getting ready to unload some toxic waste on an unsuspecting public in the middle of a bull run. No, that couldn't be it. That would be nasty. Sorry, edit out my comment please...totally unfounded.
I deserve a spanking.
Tthere are essentially two systems: 1. capitalism 2. everything else. Feudalism is effectively an early communism. Even ancient Rome's Maximus implemented an early form of communism which led to its ultimate demise.
Look wo controls the government: axelrod, ram emmanuel, summers, volker, geitner, orszag, rattner, bloom, feldman, shapiro, bair, cass summstein, pelosi, schumer, franks. Not one Muslim or christian amongst them. What happened to separation of Church and state? When one religion controls the government it is called....Theocracy! we have a Theocracy!
Every traders dream?
The ability to control any givin market in conjuction with printing presses in the back room. Give me a flippin break.
But these traders have no incentive to make money. Are they going to be paid based on PnL? No, because the profits should go to taxpayers and everyone would complain if the traders got huge bonuses. So most of these traders will have no incentive to make profitable trades. Even worse, some of them may be private sector cast-offs, looking to get back in the private sector. In that case, they have a huge incentive to trade with private sector firms to develop relationships, even if that means doing marginal trades.
I am beginning to suspect that Bernanke has always dreamed of running an investment bank.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic
"...banana republic also typically has large wealth inequities, poor infrastructure, poor schools, a "backward" economy, low capital spending, a reliance on foreign capital and money printing, budget deficits, and a weakening currency."
4 out of 5 ain't bad.
Is it possible to run out of wood to print money with,..in that case,..what would we buy it with? me just don´t understand anymore.
You should watch "The Money Masters". During the attempted indebting portion of the german screw over money was a play toy. Kids would actually take big piles of it and make forts and stuff out of it. It would literally litter the streets.
http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/106
The Fed should hire Sergey, oh wait, then he'd still be working for Goldman. I guess he wouldn't have to worry about violating a non-complete clause.
We assumed "forwarded" firewall ad hoc swf for the context that government given is the most unethical people in business are goverment, I will check notes when we observed but it is obvious. It's not that government has lacked information needed to fix the problem. It is institutionally incapable of bringing about the desired result, since the principles of profit and loss, private property and contract, enterprise and entrepreneurship, do not exist in government. Any Government operates with an eye to its own short-term survival, and those of its connected interest groups, and nothing else -mises- . And we are building value in what area to be discerned by end 3qtr. Really, it would not matter who is in the white house imo overall to debt mining industries and looting the public simply since avarice in any context of time is debased. When will it change? With the voter base walking in circles we can only watch the looters until total collapse now. IMO
Meanwhile, Uncle ben is trying to get the Kids to set up a bonafide SWF. It really starting to get painful given the scope of the issue we face gentlemen. I wrote my Senator and it was such a waste of time but we taxpayers must bring them so much joy in there cool aid party's up high. Sat May 16, 2009 2:28 am
First blush at PPIP and thought that ' the banksters will be able to launder legacy/toxic/crappy assets back to themselves and in doing so they will pump up the value of them'.
Now I'm realizing that's the Federales strategy with their leveraged JV between Fed and the Treasury... with the dollar as the crappy asset.
Of course the irony through my lens is that cash will be over the near term the best appreciating asset , its' fiscally bubblicious.
You deign to use the words Paulson, Goldman, and ethics in the same sentence? Sir, that is a profane abuse of your protected right to free speech.
1. (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
We just can not compete with the vast amounts of money being used to influence decisions. The Rich says"
good articles; good reading for slow news day ..http://...