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You Can't Make This Up: Europe Plans Fresh Round Of "Secret" Stress Tests To "Restore Confidence"
You really can't make this up: the WSJ reports: "As market sentiment toward the euro zone sharply deteriorates, European
officials are planning a new round of bank "stress tests" that they say
will be more rigorous than the widely discredited exams conducted
earlier this year." Thank you for confirming the prior stress test, the one which found that not one Irish bank was impaired, was a bunch of bullshit. Of course, this being Europe, it will require another forceful intervention by the uber-propaganda czar Geithner to get European countries in line: "But the tests are already subject to bickering between countries. While
some European leaders are pushing for next year's tests to be broader
and more transparent than last summer's exercise, the agency that will
oversee the tests says it might opt not to publicly disclose the results
at all." And all will be proclaimed to be fine. No further comment needed.
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Everything's fine, nothing to see here. Please disperse the area. Trust us ;)
So will the phrase "All banks are fine and have adequate reserves" rank up there with "The check is in the mail" and "I won't cum in your mouth"?
Only if you are a banker. Bankers cum in each other's mouths all the time and never use checks for anything ever.
You are right! i now see why he is called:
Ben Shalom Bukkake
Ya, every kid that gets told to take a "retest" in school gets nothing but respect and confidence from the teacher and classmates.
that's a bit like drawing down on your revolver as a sign of financial strength
already "bickering" over format of tests - nothing like addressing the heart of the matter - that will really restore confidence
So who told you this?
ROTFLMAO!
WB7 Baghdad Bob Stat!
Ya know, the second time you hear a joke, you laugh just to be polite, but when someone INSISTS on telling it a third time, all they get is stony silence. I gotta agree with you though, these idjuts are completely absurd, if not downright mental patients!
They must think that people are fools. Wait a minute...
If they need to make this a secret, you know, that they know, this is gonna be bad.
More reason to buy gold and silver NOW!
Oooh, "Double-Secret" stress tests! Somehow that just does NOT make them any more believable!
Ty: This isn't Russia. Is this Russia? This isn't Russia.
Wail now...they be following The BenBernanke Template...
this should solve everything; also bernanke is now interested in creating jobs, just like obama
ben says he plans to talk to real people
I just got off the phone with my psychic, she is really talented, it suddenly came to her that all banks will pass this stress test. She is also my 2 y/o daughter.
That sounds waaaaaaay too technical. Longterm investors prefer using their Magic 8 Ball.
An for those without those advanced tools: a fortune cookie.
Where is HarryWanger to tell us this is another bullish sign?
Remeber that Harry is out selling his wares today.
Selling his wares alright.
HarryWanger stars in "Deep Throat 2 - Ponzi Style".
Harry is always on a plane going somewhere when the market drops. This explains it, I didn't know he was in show business.
Would that plane be an Airbus 380? Careful, controlled descent into terrain has been known to cause nose-bleeds! :>D
all you need to know about the HW.
http://bit.ly/gJIGk0
Ya know, I'm all for positive thinking, really! Ignoring mathematical certainties though, is not positive thinking, it's just delusional.
i guess buying gold - some people learn the hard way...well that's being optimistic...
the harry (hairy?) side of life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1loyjm4SOa0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
hahahaha. What a crock.
From Bloomberg:
Wait, when did europe start trusting eachother in the first place? Is this quote taken from a comedian?
Why bother tuning into "Comedy Central" when you can come to zero hedge for all the political humour you can stand?
Let me guess, they are fully funded through next June? Where have I heard that before...
News from the future: EU is analizing the Irish response
http://www.sitting-ducks.com/ducks/sitduck.jpg
ROTFLMAO!!! NO YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT SHIT UP! They must think global investors are stupid!
Hey, this won't be a secret for long! Thank you WIKILEAKS!
Aren't "secrets" part of the reason we got in this mess?!?!
Wonderful news....
More Transparency Bitchez!
Hi Ho Silver...awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...
Where the economies are strong and all the banks above average: Loch Wobegonnengen.
Whoa... bold font indeed. Ridiculous.
Another round of stress tests! WTF So this is the answer? Is there anyone else really thinking this will fix the circus? Sorry, everybody threw their tickets on the ground and heading for the door.
They better hurry up or it's going to be a postmordem. Oops, forgot... not allowed... must... pretend... patient... is... alive.
Zombies are plenty dangerous too. Brrraaaainnnnzz ...
They just had a 'stress test' it was called Ireland. The Euro banking system failed!
I'd say it worked wonderfully... from the central banker point of view of course. Now with a belly full of Guiness, it's off to grab some pasta! Party on... Rothschild style!
Sweet - I wonder if these are the same people who came up with the U.S. Credit Reporting scheme - we need three (3) disparate organizations with three TOTALLY different approaches to calculating creditworthiness - this will create a bureaucracy that would make ANY government proud!
This is as close to full retard one can get, knowing full well, like approaching the speed of light, one can never truly reach it.
Certainly this post is entirely in jest.
I dont think its in jest, they seem serious. And dont call me 'Certainly'.
Bureaucracy. Looks. like the finally caught up with with every aspect of goverment work. A test for EVERYTHING. and when one test doesnt work, give it another test. A Bureaucrat knows of no other solution, other than another test, checklist, or procedure.
Here is an idea. Let them rot on the vine and then bail them out when it is obvious they are going to die. I mean they are going to get bailed out anyway. Why waste your time with a test when the end is the same. Bureaucracy.
It's like this:
Two people have named each other as beneficiaries in their will. One will of course get the whole enchilada, whoever lives the longest. Each are really hoping the other guy dies first and are actively poisoning each others' food. Yet both have been diagnosed with terminal cancer, either could die any day now. They continue to poison each other because ... they both want to get the whole enchilada before they die.
The two "people" are really the US and the Eurozone, with China being the dark horse nephew who actually stands to make out either way and need only wait until both are dead and is enjoying the show for the time being. The "inheritance" in question is nothing less than world domination.
Did I miss anything?
Good analogy, but the nephew is a meth head.
Oh that really makes it interesting; the nephew might start poisoning the rich uncles himself to hurry things along if his junky-monkey starts to scream.
Say, is it still considered patricide if you murder an elder relative? I want to be sure I have the terminology straight.
Reminds of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-UgYHEnWxc
I truly wonder how many people actually buy this PR garbage . If it is decided that they will be conducted in secret and the results withheld then they will be discredited long before any bank is assessed . I'm sure Julian Assange will be monitoring the situation closely . Jesus Christ , all people want is honesty and transparency .
Yeah, really, what exactly is the point of this excercise? Most people aren't paying attention, and those who are see through it and laugh. Those who are cognisant and posess a memory for what happened last summer laugh and get angry. Why do anything? Why not just waste the money on bad art or hookers? I don't understand.
Done (http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1231937224.08/) and done (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/31/hooker-offered-seat-in-eu-parliment/) !!!
If she can't get a seat, she can sit on my lap (we'll talk about whatever pops up!) :>D
I feel safer already.
Yes, exactly....
Perhaps if the person conducting the stress test gropes the banks, we'll all feel safer. And if that doesn't work, we can x-ray them -- that will prove everyone is safe.
The last stress test was good... but to be honest, fellas, we could have used just a little more cowbell.
+11 lulz
The markets got a fever and the the only prescription is more stress tests, baby.
Secret stress test. Good idea. Could they apply that to airlines?
No stress test needed, once the ECB starts buying debt directly all will be good.
If you touch my bank's junk I'll have you arrested!
If they would just arrest the bank's "junk", we'd all be feeling better!
So secret they just had to tell me, didn't ya.
They're now on double secret probation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0cF2piwjYQ
This has gone from the surreal to absolutely ridiculous.
What's next? The dog ate the results?
This is like listening to a wife caught cheating trying to talk her way out of it. It just gets more and more ridiculous and unbelievable.
Honestly, this is way past reasonable now. I don't know anyone that would do anything but mock this garbage now.
At some point self interest will motivate the first member to pull his hand out of the fire...
My money is on Ireland. I don't think they like their new gift from the Germans.
I wish I had this option when I was at primary school when I had to bring my grades to my partents for signature
I could tell you my grades, but then I'd have to kill ya! :>D
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http://mfc.elmberg.net/files/images/bryssel_trichet.jpg
We are winning, speculators are losing
Euro is dropping again. Guess they can't take a joke.
"This time we're gonna grab the bull by the balls and kick those banks OFF CAMPUS"
"But what do you intend to do sir? They've already been stress tested..."
"Oh... they have? Then as of this moment they're on DOUBLE-SECRET stress tests!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0cF2piwjYQ
Is this to restore confidence in the Banks,Markets,Bailouts,EU,Pigs + Italy or the stress tests themselves,or like everything else is it totally irrelevant.
Remain calm.. all is well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAmPIq29ro
Time for "Double Secret Stress Test"
(there is a little known codicil in the Basel Treaty . . . )
Only a moron would think that a "secret" stress-test would instill confidence. EU = lobotomy continent.
You just cannot fix stupid!
Everyday I find myself having to get actual actionable financial news from ZH instead of "all the other liars." Does the media even care if sovereign defaults occur in the first place? i sense the "language issue" since "how can one have bailouts without first discussing the failure and therefore the need of said bailout"? without this "how can we possibly have a discussion of whether the bailout is a success or not?" in short "what if the bailout is wrong"? needless to say "we'd rather report the news than try and understand it." how this passes for "actionable intelligence" such that money managers can make responsible decisions vis a vis "other people's money" is beyond me. this sell off in Europe is totally predictable but goes unreported since "those European officials cannot possibly be wrong because it would mean too much wealth destruction if it were true." Of course "generally speaking" all that's happening is a general rise in interest rates worldwide with particular emphasis on Europe. What's the problem in saying it? The fact that "that too big to fail thing is in fact failing"?
You're in a room, with twisty passages leading out from it -- there's a small bottle in here...
What BS!
Sureal
If you cannot baffle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
I always heard it- "If you cannot dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit!."
Sorry to nitpick.
Wow, thanks. This made my day I laughed so hard.
"You can't be serious!!" -- John McEnroe.
Because the last stress tests worked so well.
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My gut feeling is that TPTB has done this intentionally to bring down BoA. Bob Chapman has stated for months? now that BoA is totally bankrupt and will crash. Even pulsescan72 got information a few weeks ago that BoA has huge problems. Could it be that Goldman Sachs, JPM and the other big boys want to get rid of BoA? Just a thought...
Oh noe's it's a mysterious 5 gig hard drive from a year ago. This shit is stupid.
The stress tests I would like to see are the ones from the doctors of Weber, Trichet, Merkel, etc. Those would tell me everything I need to know about European banks.
Got stress tests, Wikileaks?
Europe is totally bad at BS people, unlike the US. When the US does it, it works but only buys time until they figure out they where hoodwinked. But in Europe, they try to be like the US and it not only shows up as BS but it shows their panic.
@..." Round Of "Secret" Stress Tests To "Restore Confidence" ".
i feel better already. ... i love secrets, until i forget them.
... but , wait, .. but, but but ...
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Augghh!! The Stupid, it burns!!
Hmmm ... secret ... AFAIK, the first stress test was a fictional book of derivatives, fixed income and treasury assets that the banks put through their risk systems (i.e. value the book, calculate the VaR and expected shortfall), plus a series of shocks to the yield curve and IR vols on their existing book.
Not sure why they even bother running these special stress tests. They are supposed to be monitoring economic capital on a monthly basis, if the regulators had even half a clue they would have noticed the signs in 2006. Fortunately for the GFS, the regulators have less than a quarter of a clue.