Thursday, January 22, 2009

Strangeness

I thought the world was ending ...

AAPL reports good numbers, profit gains year over year. Yes, I said "gains".

Lately, IBM, UTX and BNI all had good numbers. The "real economy" seems OK for well run companies.

For poorly run companies though, the pain is great as prior sleaze and fat now bear on them.

By the way, why are British stock analysts so much more reasoned and well-spoken ? They seem to be able to do better analysis and articulate their opinions better. They provide plenty of facts to buttress their cases. Quite puzzling ...

Sleaking of sleaze, Merrill Lynch paid out $4 billion in "bonuses" just before the sale to BAC closed. So the firm loses untold billions and no one is responsible. Amazing greed and sleaze - sheer looting. Why is John Thain still at the firm ?

Word of the Day

"Dissentient" - noun and adjective [$10]; A Mencken word.
Dissentient means (adjective) disagreeing with the majority or official view; (noun) a person who dissents.
Sentence: Bunkerman seems to be quite the lone dissentient with his conclusions that hedge fund rapine bear raids and subsequent panic selling caused the recession that began strongly in midsummer and accelerated in October. The principle problem was the massive concentration of monies in unproductive hedge fund speculation instead of productive investments.

43 comments:

mfl59 said...

Merill Lynch....scum of the earth indeed....just pitiful

Bud said...

wow.......terrific article by meredith whitney in the ft..........she is right............american banks are a joke

Bud said...

i'm right here bob........i don't play with minor leagures



PS........ever find that jerbel ????

Bud said...

anyone here worried about our future?? i haven't had a good night sleep in forever

this stupid transactions tax is a real possibility............put me out of business for sure

Spin-em said...

Norma Rev,,,,,,,UNION!!!!

mfl59 said...

what makes you think such a tax is a "real possibility"?

Spin-em said...

http://www.ambiencr.com/

Bud said...

no empirical evidence...........just from the mood in the congress against wall street.......the dems have the votes in both chambers......and i am sure Obama will not veto the stimulus bill over a traders tax..........if the congress gives him his 850B .....he'll sign it in a second


the mainstream media also relentlessly pounding wall street........liberals have never had this much power........they been waiting years to enact their liberal agenda



maybe i'm paranoid..........i hope i am.......but this tax talk scares me

mfl59 said...

I agree its scary...but Wall St helped Obama get elected....herds of beefers gave him hundreds of thousands of dollars....

Wall St has been decimated already....I can't believe Congress is that dumb....must be my naivete ($10)

of course John Bogle a proponent of such a tax...

Bud said...

ambien don't work on me no more...........i taken so many over the years i built up a huge tolerance


i need somethin much stronger......like xanax.........my f'ng brother won't write me a prescription...."you'll become an addict!!!"

he doesn't realize i'm already a f'ng junkie


pffffffffffffffffffffft




PS....... i used to have a guy who could get me any pill in any amount i ever wanted.......where is he ?? he a guest of the florida state penetentiary system these days

Spin-em said...

sounding like mern and now, posts getting almost as long....call the cops bob

Bud said...

lmaooooooooooooooooo

Frosty said...

must have hurt Bud's feelings bad....Sorry Sal...I'll call off the dogs.

Bunkerman said...

"terrific artcile" - uh ... who is to buy thsoe "crown jewels" ?

I supose she wants her beefer masters to get them at a fire sale price. Typical know-nothing analyst.

Bunkerman said...

uh, Bud: exercise, good diet ... no caffeine after Noon.

Spin-em said...

and a coupla bunktinis dont hurt..lol

Bunkerman said...

yes, true - certain to cause sleep. But drink a large glass of water before sleep.

mfl59 said...

won't water have you up peeing in a few hours?

Spin-em said...

good idea.....hey pillpopper!! why do you drink a large glass of water??

Bunkerman said...

not really - the alcohol dries you up.

Spin-em said...

alcohol tells your kidneys ya gotta pea...takes the water out of your brain...thats the headache you feel....drink water bunkerboyz..no big head

Spin-em said...

lol...sorry bunk

Spin-em said...

that was your last freebie patrick...vto send 6k to bunker

Frosty said...

no wonder Bud's so nasty...dr pill doing hard time...nonono ruffies for date night...friday night grocery shopping indeed, ground beef $1.99 lb.

Frosty said...

Shark Bites: The Financial Sector Must Stabilize

thanks jim...to think we sat here wondering what the problem was...your the best

Spin-em said...

whats with all these fla pill poppin azzholes......whats sooo bad down there??? the weather??

Frosty said...

"no empirical evidence"..."relentlessly pounding"..."i haven't had a good night sleep in forever"

domestic violence among gays on the rise.

Bud said...

lmaoooooooooooooooooooo


you are so gay

Bunkerman said...

hmmm I must be rubbing off on Bud - his use of "no empirical evidence" proves it. That sounds like me.

;)

Bud said...

sorry Bman

i'm an electrical engineering grad......i've taken 400level math and physics.......proved alot of theorems in college


MIT pffffffffffffffft

Bunkerman said...

OK, my memory must be off ... I thought you said you majored in animal husbandry and wrestling at Iowa State.

;)

Bunkerman said...

too many bunktinis, I guess.

;)

Frosty said...

Bunky...LMAOOOO MVP wrapped up indeed.

mfl59 said...

wrestling....pfffttt....if he were a wrestler he'd have smacked "jim" by now...

Bud said...

mvp ??? are we givin guys with 7.4 era's awards now ???

pfffffffffffffffffffffft

Bud said...

can anyone here borrow SKF today ?? if yes.......what broker

Frosty said...

we are FAS men...didn't ya get the private email...oohhh that's right, "never understand what you saying"...SORRY

Bud said...

yeah.........thank god i don't get those f'ng private emails anymore.......they were so annoying


'look at my ops expo open interest spreadsheet'

Frosty said...

"electrical engineering grad"...210-220 what ever it takes....FAS, your welcome azzzhead.

Spin-em said...

looooool....bunky rubbing off on frosty too..azzhead straight from his new CPO Sharky insult book

Frosty said...

Mark...what are you 5 favorite dead songs....compare and contrast...nonono skimp on the details.

Bud said...

Bob............who are your 5favorite chippendale dancers



PS.......find that jerbel??

Frosty said...

chippendale dancers...LMAOOOO...a lil OT and new material...impressive.