Comments on: 40 pages of hedge-fund letters http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/ A slice of lime in the soda Sat, 18 May 2013 23:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: BigBadBank http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-6030 BigBadBank Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:56:22 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/#comment-6030 "...better financial writing than anything you'll read in a newspaper or magazine this month." Good grief! What newspapers and magazines do you read? “…better financial writing than anything you’ll read in a newspaper or magazine this month.”

Good grief! What newspapers and magazines do you read?

]]> By: flippant http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-6011 flippant Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:58:48 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/#comment-6011 Bonus! I'll get right on these 40 pages. Lunchtime reading, to be sure. Bonus! I’ll get right on these 40 pages. Lunchtime reading, to be sure.

]]> By: dvictr http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-6007 dvictr Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:12:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/#comment-6007 "their first quarter letter mentioned that all the government spending and bailout activity could potentially make the economy worse." blasphemy@! “their first quarter letter mentioned that all the government spending and bailout activity could potentially make the economy worse.”

blasphemy@!

]]> By: Don the libertarian Democrat http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-6004 Don the libertarian Democrat Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:58:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/08/26/40-pages-of-hedge-fund-letters/#comment-6004 On page 5 of the Elliott Associates letter, I noticed that they said that the problem with Toxic Assets was not the inability to price them, but the gap between bid and ask. I've been saying this since last Nov., and was constantly being told that the problem was that no one could price them. There's a big debate about saving the System and not Individual Companies, but those of us who agree that saving AIG et al were good decisions believe that this was necessary to save the system. From Howard Marks: "In the years leading up to the current crisis, it was “as plain as the nose on your face” that prospective returns were low and risk was high. In simple terms, there was too much money looking for a home, and too little risk aversion." I thought that you believe the opposite. People wanted safety but bought risk. "One of the themes of my talk was that it wasn’t an excess of greed and speculation which led to the financial crisis, but rather an excess of overcaution" And from Marks: "Investor opinion regarding markets and the government’s actions has grown more positive, and as Bruce Karsh says, “Armageddon is off the table.” (He and I both felt 6-9 months ago that a financial system meltdown absolutely couldn’t be ruled out.)" If that's true, wasn't the system saved? On page 5 of the Elliott Associates letter, I noticed that they said that the problem with Toxic Assets was not the inability to price them, but the gap between bid and ask. I’ve been saying this since last Nov., and was constantly being told that the problem was that no one could price them.

There’s a big debate about saving the System and not Individual Companies, but those of us who agree that saving AIG et al were good decisions believe that this was necessary to save the system.

From Howard Marks:

“In the years leading up to the current crisis, it was “as plain as the nose on your face” that prospective returns were low and risk was high. In simple terms, there was too much money looking for a home, and too little risk aversion.”

I thought that you believe the opposite. People wanted safety but bought risk.

“One of the themes of my talk was that it wasn’t an excess of greed and speculation which led to the financial crisis, but rather an excess of overcaution”

And from Marks:

“Investor opinion regarding markets and the government’s actions has grown more positive, and as Bruce Karsh says, “Armageddon is off the table.” (He and I both felt
6-9 months ago that a financial system meltdown absolutely couldn’t be ruled out.)”

If that’s true, wasn’t the system saved?

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