Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, worth watching?

[jon1971]

Anyone seen this? Worth watching?

 

[jon1971]

Yes. No. Seriously dumbed down and boring as hell.

Thanks, I've since found out it's all on YouTube anyway...

 

[jon1971]

That's where I watched most of it, although I'm pretty sure parts are missing.

The only interesting bit is the phone calls, which are quite funny.

Will give it a whirl, always up for a bit of comedy...

 

[bedsit]

Anyone seen this? Worth watching?

I've seen it some time ago. Good to see how media and cooked books misled the investors. Also how Enron's methods of trading energy caused the rolling blackouts in California.
Media fell for their “new business model” - lots of mambo jumbo.
IMO Good to see it if you are an investor.

 

[jon1971]

I've seen it some time ago. Good to see how media and cooked books misled the investors. Also how Enron's methods of trading energy caused the rolling blackouts in California.
Media fell for their “new business model” - lots of mambo jumbo.
IMO Good to see it if you are an investor.

Or maybe to avoid being swayed by analyst predictions if you trade short term, having a bias can be expensive...

 

[scose-no-doubt]

Worth a watch IMO. Nothing else on anyway.

 

[montmorencyt2w]

Talking of new business models, the Grauniad "Money" section was going on about a new Indian savings bank that is trying to attract savers in Britain.

Well the only way they can make it more attractive to savers in the present climate is to make it riskier, and that is just what the average person isn't going to want (or shouldn't), bearing in mind the Icesave saga. I an surprised the Graun is giving it column inches.

 

[jon1971]

Talking of new business models, the Grauniad "Money" section was going on about a new Indian savings bank that is trying to attract savers in Britain.

Well the only way they can make it more attractive to savers in the present climate is to make it riskier, and that is just what the average person isn't going to want (or shouldn't), bearing in mind the Icesave saga. I an surprised the Graun is giving it column inches.

I would imagine they're working on the assumption that unless they were severely burned in the Icelandic bank collapse then Average Joe saver probably has quite a short memory..