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PIMPCO Smack Down: Gross Vs Icahn, Or Fight Of The Book-Talking Titans

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/24/2013 09:57 -0400

Because Icahn vs Ackman was so January 2013 (and Ackman was promtply crucified), here comes the great distraction of late-2013: Gross vs Icahn, aka the book-talking titans.

Gross: Icahn should leave #Apple alone & spend more time like Bill Gates. If #Icahn’s so smart, use it to help people not yourself.

— PIMCO (@PIMCO) October 24, 2013

Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.

And since the enemy of Ackman's enemy is Ackman's friend, does this mean that Allianz will now be funding Ackman's imminent AAPL short?

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Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:03 | 4085948 Divided States ...

Battle of the old senile tweet whores who both uses twitter to make money and want to have the most followers aka 'sheeps to slaughter'.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:05 | 4085981 Pladizow

Devils' advocate: If Icahn helps aplle share price, hasnt he helped others also?

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:11 | 4086015 fonzannoon

IF GS helps gold shorts, haven't they helped others also?

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:18 | 4086024 Zer0head

motherfucker Gross

in your (today's price) $80 million Beverly Hills shack

Thanks to a covert communique from Our Fairy Godmother in Beverly Hills Your Mama has learned that the deal is done done done for Ohana, the Beverly Hills, CA mansion sit-com star and rom-com queen Jennifer Aniston heaved on the market in March 2011 with a hefty asking price of $42,000,000. That's right, kids, Miz Aniston sold her luxury real estate puppy in just over three months time. (to Bill Gross)

A spin through Orange County property records reveals Mister and Missus Gross own several very posh pads in the OC that include (but are not limited to): An ocean front house in a gated enclave in Laguna Beach they've owned since at least 1989; Another, nearby house in Laguna Beach bought in December 2008 for $4,500,000; A cliff side house in Corona del Mar with panoramic ocean vistas he and the Missus snatched up for $8,100,000 in August 2006; A Newport Beach records show was purchased for an undisclosed sum in June 2007; And a perfectly ordinary tract house in an inland gated development in San Clemente they picked up in late 2006 for $1,040,000. Records show Mister and Missus Gross also own an 11,316 square foot mansion that backs up to the golf course of the Vintage Club in Indian Wells, CA, a condo in Park City, UT and a condo in Cupertino, CA. They also, as per prop records, lay claim to a spectacular 7,091 square foot house on 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, CA that backs up to one of the famous fairways of what is arguably the most famous golf course in all of the world. Although their property portfolio bulges with extraordinary properties, Mister and Missus Gross's real estate story didn't get really interesting until July 2009 when they spent a reported $23,000,000 to acquire an 11,000-plus square foot mansion on the gated Harbor Island enclave in Newport Beach, CA. The couple proceeded to demolish the 9 bedroom and 12 bathroom house but seem to have had a real estate change of heart and just this month flipped the now bare parcel back on the market with an asking price of $26,500,000.

realestalker.blogspot.com/2011/06/update-jennifer-aniston-lucky-lady.html

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:14 | 4086025 AlaricBalth

The enemy of my enemy is my next slaughter victim.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:18 | 4086049 ParkAveFlasher

If I help myself to another slice of apple pie, don't I help all those migrant workers shivering in a shack in the Oregon wilderness and don't I help all those Bangladeshi children knitting my no-wrinkle comfort-fit slacks?

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:21 | 4086064 fonzannoon

you gotta give me a minute with that one.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:26 | 4086088 CPL

Too few to matter in the grand scheme of things.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 09:59 | 4085952 achmachat

welcome to Fight Club!

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:13 | 4086023 rdenner

First Rule of Fight Club!!! What the hell are you thinking.

JUNKED 1

LOL Just kidding.

Robert

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:00 | 4085954 csmith

Gross is a hypocritical Cali libtard.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:02 | 4085965 CaptainObvious

Funny how that sentence also works when you put "is gross" at the end of the sentence instead of the beginning.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:00 | 4085958 Yellowhoard

Yeah.

Icahn should get busy culling the unwanted masses like Bill.

Time to start being a humanitarian.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:01 | 4085959 I am a Man I am...

damn, this is surprising to me from Gross, thought he was above this sort of thing, wrong

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:03 | 4085974 fonzannoon

This is why Bill Gross is a total badass. Good for him for standing up to some asshole who only uses twitter to pump his own stuff. I hope Gross stays true to himself and never tweets anything about buying bonds. Especially the 5yr. Keep it real BG!

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:08 | 4085991 Everybodys All ...

Retweeting that one.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:08 | 4085982 Grande Tetons

This is what Facebook and Twitter has done to our society.

No more in your face...all behind the back.

Icahn to Gross. Fuck you bitch.

Gross to Icahn. Cunt.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:12 | 4086005 fonzannoon

ah forget it....

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:15 | 4086017 Grande Tetons

Forgot.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:02 | 4085964 Rainman

Gold plated pot calling gold plated kettle black.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 11:22 | 4086389 robilla

You mean gold right?

Because they aren't black... they are gold plated.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:04 | 4085978 TaperProof

Right because these fed front runners are all about helping people, STFU

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:07 | 4085985 CaptainObvious

Also, the public does not need more "help" as defined by Bill Fucking Gates.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:07 | 4085988 sbenard

I agree completely with Gross. Icahn is a tyrant and financial thug!

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:10 | 4086008 ElvisDog

I notice that Bill Gates hasn't given away all his money. He's still the richest man in the world. Gross is just as much a "thug" as Icahn, except Icahn is at least up front about it.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:17 | 4086039 Waterfallsparkles

Icahn uses Financial Thugery. Should have worked for the Mafia. Or is he the head of the Financial Mafia?

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:08 | 4085993 azengrcat

Never see these bsd's shitting on uncle Warren. The leverage is strong with that one.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:10 | 4085999 oddjob

For this to happen, Carl would require a change of faith.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:09 | 4086000 ChubbNut

Hey say what you want about Bill I'm glad he's calling out Icahn. Fuck Carl Icahn. What an asshole.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:13 | 4086016 ElvisDog

Oh really, and Ackman isn't an asshole. Or Tepper. Or Gross for that matter. The only way they have accumulated their fortunes is by crony capitalism, insider trading, and basically conning other people out of their money. There is no legitimate, help-the-people way to accumulate billions in the financial industry.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:18 | 4086052 rdenner

I gave you a bump there. Zerohedge should institute a policy where you build up "bumps" to be used whenever you want.. I would have given you all I had saved. THERE IS NO WAY TO BE A BILLIONAIRE IN THIS FUCKED UP SYSTEM WITHOUT FUCKING OVER EVERYONE IN YOUR PATH.. People like them would whore out their own mother to move up 2 spots on the Forbes richest men/women issue.

Fuckers.

Robert

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:11 | 4086009 ebworthen

<<< Can't stand Icahn.

<<< Icahn is a genius.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:13 | 4086019 CaptainObvious

I hate these poll posts because they're never specific enough. Now, if the first line had read "I want to hang Icahn from a lamppost by his own diseased entrails" I'd be upvoting that and then registering several fake accounts to upvote it again and again.

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 10:11 | 4086012 soopy