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Late Night Thought

I have a myriad of “ass banks” worth shorting to zero.

Developing…

UPDATE: Behold ASSBANK!

In other news, I just went over the balance sheets of 75 banks and asset managers. Let me tell you, many of them will be zeroed out, within two years. For starters, sink your teeth into [[DSL]], [[FED]] and [[CLMS]].

UPDATE II: Oh, and for good measure, an old position of mine (stupid, stupid) [[CORS]] has half of its cash reserves in a portfolio of BANK STOCKS. Talk about egregious mismanagement of capital.

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50 comments

  1. Dinosaur Trader

    “Ass bank?”

    Dude… change that.

    Look, I have all this free time in the month of March since I’m not blogging. I’ll spend it here to help you become a better “Fly.”

    -DT

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  2. Woodshedder

    I have a better idea, DT. Come down here to Richmond and babysit for a couple of days. The wife and I need a few nights out. We pay 5 bucks an hour.

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  3. Dinosaur Trader

    Put these in the “ass bank.”

    Meanwhile, Shed, you bump it up to $7.50 and you got a deal.

    -DT

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  4. The Fly

    Yes, “Ass Bank.”

    In due time, you will realize how much smarter I am than you.

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  5. Dinosaur Trader

    Sounds like a bad porn flick…

    Meanwhile, I wonder if “IAssBankCoin” is available…

    -DT

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  6. Woodshedder

    DT- you got a deal.

    Fly, DT is right. “Ass bank” is weak. I’m not used to such lazy wordsmithing from you. Tighten up.

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  7. Dinosaur Trader

    DT wins again!

    -DT

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  8. Woodshedder

    DT, that video is fucking hilarious.

    Makes me wonder about Fly’s ass bank.

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  9. Dinosaur Trader

    Now you know where all the confidence and bravado comes from…

    Paypal is a good system afterall.

    -DT

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  10. CAP

    ‘Ass Bank’ sounds like a brothel.

    ” I own an ass bank. I loan out some ass and bank some coin “.

    Sounds like a good name for a strip club.

    ” Hey guy lets head over to the ‘Ass Bank’ ”
    ” I got a lap dance from a chick named Candy who works over at the ‘Ass Bank'”

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  11. Breakfast Meat

    Fly probably should go to an ass bank. He has no ass, gets no ass, and, he is totally assless, except that he is one giant sucking ass at picking stocks. hahaha!!!

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  12. The Fly

    What if the name of the company was “Ass Bank?”

    Would that make it funny?

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  13. The Fly

    MEAT:

    Sold FXP today for a, get this, 15 point profit.

    Check the archives, fuckface.

    Fly wins, yet again.

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  14. Woodshedder

    Breakfast Meat, you used to be Breakfast Taco, no? You did that post on MVIS on the old blog, right?

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  15. Woodshedder

    As long as that video exists of the dude sticking pennies in his ass for confidence, Ass Bank will always be funny.

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  16. The Fly

    mvis is for immigrants.

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  17. Dinosaur Trader

    Wood,

    It’s true, by bringing that video to light, I saved this post and with it, “the Fly.”

    -DT

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  18. The Fly

    No you did not.

    As you will soon learn, quitter, the actual name of the company is ASS BANK.

    I will short such equities on pure principal.

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  19. Breakfast Meat

    Fly, the first time I noticed you mention FXP was yesterday. I got the impression that you had just established your position. If in fact you had just sold I think that your entire post was grossly misleading.

    Woodshedder, No I am not the breakfast taco to whom you refer.

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  20. Dinosaur Trader

    I’m not a “quitter” I am a “hiatus-er.”

    Meanwhile, if there is such a company, named Ass Bank, I think it’s not worth shorting, as the information is already “priced in” to the shares.

    -DT

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  21. Woodshedder

    Fly, what the fuck are you waiting for. Lets see this Ass Bank.

    Until then, DT wins.

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  22. Dinosaur Trader

    Cajun got “assed” by Danny last night.

    Okay, enough of this shit… despite what the time stamps say, I don’t live in the Mountain time zone. Time for sleep.

    -DT

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  23. mdawsz

    Fly banks asscoin!

    HAHAAHAHAHAHA

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  24. BOOMER

    piggy bank

    blood bank

    river bank

    snow bank

    west bank

    outer bank

    first two are my favs. ass bank is…well… very ‘shed, you know?

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  25. Breakfast Meat

    The sign outside ass Bank

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  26. Cajun

    aboove link was wrong

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ass+out

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  27. BOOMER

    food bank

    sperm bank

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  28. Ferrari321

    hey fly — just curious if you were still long CMO? … thinking of shorting this thing. TMA margin calls show that nothing MBS related is safe … anyways just food for thought.

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  29. Walstinvestor

    The actor, George Hamilton, on the subprime bonus compensation issue:

    http://tinyurl.com/2r2bol

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  30. The Fly

    Still long CMO, for the divi’s.

    Breakfast:

    Check my Fly Buys, then go fuck yourself.

    How’s that?

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  31. The Fly

    ASSBANK REVEALED.

    Post updated.

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  32. Woodshedder

    lol..

    Ass Bank chart looks like every other bank chart.

    I can rest easy now that I know you weren’t advocating shoving pennies in your ass.

    That FED chart looks promising. Can we get a break of 30?

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  33. Ferrari321

    I’d be careful of that long position fly — their underlying collateral is shaky at best and when its levered 10x — things could get ugly.

    FYI — Check the vol on Apr / Mar Put options on NLY. May have you 2nd guessing your bet.

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  34. The Fly

    Put the fucking charts away. Go look at the financials of the mentioned companies. They’re all going to zero.

    CLMS has 5 Auction Rate Security Funds being raped. Massive outflows of capital.

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  35. The Fly

    Ferrari:

    Even if it zeroed out on me, it would be non-material. Plus, I’m still up 3 bucks.

    From what I understand, they have very little risk. I believe the stock has been getting hit, due to an underlying current that says the Fed cannot cut rates, thanks to inflation.

    If so, CMO goes lower.

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  36. hmm

    Fly, it actually says “ASSOC BANK” when you click on it. A sock bank is not the same as an ass bank.
    But I agree, any bank with “DOWN” in the title (i.e. “DOWNEY FINANCIAL”) is a short.

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  37. Ferrari321

    Also for CLMS: check their CLMS growth fund (the biggest one) … here is a list of their top 5 holdings — what a train wreck

    Top 5 Holdings Get Price Quotes Sector YTD Return % % Net Assets
    Apple, Inc.* Hardware -37.15 4.74 %
    Google, Inc.* Business Services -35.25 4.59 %
    Research in Motion, Ltd.* Hardware -10.29 2.92 %
    Gilead Sciences, Inc.* Healthcare 6.48 2.87 %
    Nike, Inc. B* Consumer Goods -5.34 2.15 %

    http://quicktake.morningstar.com/FundNet/Snapshot.aspx?Country=USA&pgid=hetopquote&Symbol=CVGRX

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  38. DPeezy

    And this is why I don’t use pennies. Or change/cash, for that matter. Sooo 20th century.

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  39. Ferrari321

    Yea … I’m just saying plus $3 is better than a 0 or a negative right? (Plus that $3 gain on a $16 stock is probably alot more annualized) Anyways they haven’t missed a beat this year and I think the risks are rising. The underlying assets are so-called “AAA” MBS, they are levered 10x and there is tons of selling going on in the secondary for agency debt right now. If you were a lender — wouldn’t you ask for them to put up a bit more capital?

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  40. The Fly

    Hmm.

    In the industry, ASBC is abbreviated and called ASS BANK.

    So sorry you are not in the know.

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  41. calvino

    Jisum what the ass am I walking into here? Good research though Marty. It is true that BSC MS and LEH are insolvent, however all kinds of shit will be pulled before that is allowed to manifest itself. It is better to pick off the weak goats in the herd. I do liek very musch Tuco’s kill candidates though in the strip mall space. Not as good as strip club space, don’t short Rick’s if you know what’s good for you. As for me, I do not know what to say any more. My biggest short today was facefucked by JImmy Jimbo the Magic Leaping Talking Baboon. Looks like him and Benioff had a jerk party together and Benioff is now the greatest CEO in the world of tech. I know people from Brooklyn who would call him a thief by law. 550mil for Benioff 65 for shareholders.Anyhow, like Jimmy the leaping baboon says , are you diversified?

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  42. Prospectus

    FED will indeed get “ass banked”. I researched them a lot in the past. Peanut Gallery post to follow.

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  43. Juice

    Short TLT going into NFP tomorrow.

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  44. Gunners

    CMO is getting SLAMMED in the premarket

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  45. Breakfast Meat

    HAHAHA!! CMO, what a dog! Should’ve sold Fly. They’ll probably cancel the divi too. HAHAHA!!

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  46. Gunners

    Breakfast Meat,

    Why don’t you post some of your grand ideas in the peanut gallery? I would love to give you a myriad of 1 star votes.

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  47. Atlantis

    Huh… Slightly addled, but on the whole I like this post. You’ve got some fresh ideas. But please, write more lucid.

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