Re: Nikkei 225 BELOW !!! Dow Jones Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxDestroyer Germany is working on a plan to prop up its major banks that could include taking government stakes and measures to guarantee banks' access to liquidity. WSJ
Global nationalization of banks ... hmmmm ... |
Really, really wonder how that is going to play out.
I mean the bankers obviously caused this mess and need some regulation, but a couple of bureacrats calling the shots ?
Hmm.
Not really clear yet to what extent they are going to run or not run things, rules being invented as we go along.
In the US the guy in charge of the 700 bill bailout is a 37 year old, right hand guy of Paulson.
I mean I'm sure he's a whizz kid and all, but wouldn't Buffett, who was also being touted, have been a better choice ?
A guy with not only intelligence but also far more important wisdom and good old common sense, who called out the tremendous dangers of derivatives gone wild years ago ? Buffett On Derivatives: 'A Fool's Game' - Seeking Alpha
HE would have been a great signal for markets psychologically I believe.
Nothing succeeds like success, and he's certainly at the top of the pole isn't he.
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