In my opinion, LIBOR is up, due to banks extorting Congress for the cheese. This is something they are able to control. So, it makes sense to give an appearance of doom, in order to get that cheddar, if you know what I mean.
I remember back in late 2002, Buffett made a big investment in Level 3 Communications, Inc. [[LVLT]] convertible bonds. The deal, similar to today’s Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [[GS]] deal, nearly marked the bottom in the 2002 market maelstrom.
It’s not the money that’s important to Goldman, but symbolism.
The reason why I am bullish, at least in the near term, is because sentiment is about to change. If this 700 billion dollar fuck you goes through, the market discussion will switch from “who’s next to die?” to “how much liquidity did Citigroup Inc. [[C]] just free up, courtesy of the tax payer?”
Frankly, I see no reason to keep downside hedges on, with the market at these lowly levels. With my money, I will continue to allocate capital towards banks and basic materials/resources.
Indirectly, the basic resource trade will hedge my bank longs, or not. It’s entirely possible that both banks and commodities can boot stomp some fucktarded bearshitting old guys into and down idle manholes.
Keep that in mind when betting against me.
Top picks: Synovus Financial Corp. [[SNV]] , Citigroup Inc. [[C]] , [[ROM]] , Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. [[FCX]] , Walter Industries, Inc. [[WLT]] and [[UYG]]
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