This new scandal at Stanford Financial is the proverbial straw that broke the assholes back. For God’s sake, they’re a fuicking CD house. Unreal.
Look, the reality here is our governments incessant desire to prop up the banks, in order to protect bond holders. They know, if the banks go under, any bankruptcy court will slash and burn the bondholders, who incidentally, happen to be the biggest buyers of government debt.
Do you see the conundrum?
If you fuck the bondholders of the banks, then you fuck yourself, via wiping out the liquidity of the people who buy your Treasuries.
How big is this problem?
Well, taking a look at our larger banks/institutions, it’s hard to discern a real time number of their total liabilities. However, it’s fair to say, collectively, they owe TRILLIONS of dollars to asshole bond buyers.
WFC owes more than 250 bill
USB (Guy Adami special) owes around 100 bill
C owes anywhere from 300-700 bill
BAC owes more than 300 bill
AIG owes more than 170 bill
CIT owes more than 70 bill
MET owes more than 60 bill
COF owes more than 35 bill
JPM owes more than 250 bill
MBI owes more than 30 bill
GS and MS owe more than 300 bill a piece.
I can go on and on. The point here: the government is in an untenable position, trying to prop up these banks that are utterly and without a doubt insolvent.
Long story short: I made a dickheaded error trying to catch a bounce. I sold out of my Chinese shit and raised cash. At the close of trade, all in all, my long and shorts are about equal and my cash position is 50%.
The ultimate plan: survive this shit and eventually burn down my neighbors garage.
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