Comments on: When politics and markets supercollide… http://www.footnoted.com/sec-stuff/when-politics-and-markets-supercollide/ Morningstar's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wealth for Investors http://www.footnoted.com/sec-stuff/when-politics-and-markets-supercollide/comment-page-1/#comment-6320 Wealth for Investors Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:40:56 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=2597#comment-6320 It's hilarious on how the us just crumbled and back all there boys in the market place. Mr and miss tax payer has to bail out FRE and FNM riddiculous..this mess is. It’s hilarious on how the us just crumbled and back all there boys in the market place.
Mr and miss tax payer has to bail out FRE and FNM riddiculous..this mess is.

]]> By: Remain Nameless http://www.footnoted.com/sec-stuff/when-politics-and-markets-supercollide/comment-page-1/#comment-6275 Remain Nameless Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:05:23 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=2597#comment-6275 Michele, I think the political frenzy is getting to you! First, you don't do your homework on which Wall Street bigwigs donate what to whom. LEH CEO Richard Fuld gave over 90% of his political donations to Democrats, so we need a bigger sample than just you selecting Einhorn and me selecting Fuld. http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=Fuld%2C+Richard&state=NY&zip=&employ=Lehman&cand=&c2008=Y&c2006=Y&c2004=Y&sort=N&capcode=g7t99&submit=Submit Also, after the close Friday the SEC acknowledged the futility of the short-sale ban by acknowledging that hedging activities will be allowed. So if you buy a put on MS, the market maker will still be able to hedge her book by shorting MS common. This still means shares will be shorted! http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-213.htm Lastly, the WSJ has never liked McCain much, and McCain has been consistent on opposition to Fannie and Freddie and "no government bailouts" for years. The political protections for "too big of a donor to fail" like FNM and FRE should make you cringe. McCain has opposed the perversion of FNM and FRE's mission for years. They guaranteed affordable housing, once, but now they make so much money as giant hedge funds that there's a lot more to pump into Barney Frank's and Chris Dodd's districts. Michele, I think the political frenzy is getting to you! First, you don’t do your homework on which Wall Street bigwigs donate what to whom. LEH CEO Richard Fuld gave over 90% of his political donations to Democrats, so we need a bigger sample than just you selecting Einhorn and me selecting Fuld.

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=Fuld%2C+Richard&state=NY&zip=&employ=Lehman&cand=&c2008=Y&c2006=Y&c2004=Y&sort=N&capcode=g7t99&submit=Submit

Also, after the close Friday the SEC acknowledged the futility of the short-sale ban by acknowledging that hedging activities will be allowed. So if you buy a put on MS, the market maker will still be able to hedge her book by shorting MS common. This still means shares will be shorted!

http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-213.htm

Lastly, the WSJ has never liked McCain much, and McCain has been consistent on opposition to Fannie and Freddie and “no government bailouts” for years. The political protections for “too big of a donor to fail” like FNM and FRE should make you cringe. McCain has opposed the perversion of FNM and FRE’s mission for years. They guaranteed affordable housing, once, but now they make so much money as giant hedge funds that there’s a lot more to pump into Barney Frank’s and Chris Dodd’s districts.

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