Comments on: September 18, 2008: Edge of Collapse http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/ Economic News, Markets Commentary, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies. Sun, 27 May 2012 09:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jack Worthington http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-571 Jack Worthington Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:12:23 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-571 Time for a Coxey's Army or perhaps a neo-French Revolution and "the Farmer Death and the Woodman Fate." Time for a Coxey’s Army or perhaps a neo-French Revolution and “the Farmer Death and the Woodman Fate.”

]]> By: The Geithner Resignation Pool - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-518 The Geithner Resignation Pool - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:40:37 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-518 [...] money-market funds to “break the buck,” and by some accounts bringing the U.S. financial system within three hours of [...] [...] money-market funds to “break the buck,” and by some accounts bringing the U.S. financial system within three hours of [...]

]]> By: Clueless in Davos - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-471 Clueless in Davos - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:40:06 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-471 [...] they think they got a bad break: Their mathematical constructs told them that something like the September meltdown could happen only once every 500 years, and they just had the misfortune of it happening on their [...] [...] they think they got a bad break: Their mathematical constructs told them that something like the September meltdown could happen only once every 500 years, and they just had the misfortune of it happening on their [...]

]]> By: Economic analysis | Clueless in Davos - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-463 Economic analysis | Clueless in Davos - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:20:06 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-463 [...] they think they got a bad break: Their mathematical constructs told them that something like the September meltdown could happen only once every 500 years, and they just had the misfortune of it happening on their [...] [...] they think they got a bad break: Their mathematical constructs told them that something like the September meltdown could happen only once every 500 years, and they just had the misfortune of it happening on their [...]

]]> By: SWAG http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-420 SWAG Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:41:01 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-420 It would be very interesting to know who or what pulled out big chunks of money market cash? Maybe a more serious game is underway. It would be very interesting to know who or what pulled out big chunks of money market cash? Maybe a more serious game is underway.

]]> By: JACOB http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-406 JACOB Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:04:20 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-406 OR MAY BE PLUNGE PROTECTION TEAM IS AT WORK (PPT)? OR MAY BE PLUNGE PROTECTION TEAM IS AT WORK (PPT)?

]]> By: The Sim http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-399 The Sim Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:42:41 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-399 HOORAY FOR FRACTIONAL-RESERVE BANKING!! HOORAY FOR FRACTIONAL-RESERVE BANKING!!

]]> By: bbartlog http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-380 bbartlog Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:58:22 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-380 That's an awful lot of money on the move. In fact the only thing that could cause a drawdown so big, so fast seems like someone unwinding a colossal yen carry trade. Given that the yen strengthened 20% or so in the month following, I think that's probably what happened. But who would have done it with such shocking suddenness, knowing the problems it could cause? Did some of the banks that were rendered insolvent by the subprime crisis also have huge carry trade positions that they would have been forced to liquidate? That’s an awful lot of money on the move. In fact the only thing that could cause a drawdown so big, so fast seems like someone unwinding a colossal yen carry trade. Given that the yen strengthened 20% or so in the month following, I think that’s probably what happened. But who would have done it with such shocking suddenness, knowing the problems it could cause? Did some of the banks that were rendered insolvent by the subprime crisis also have huge carry trade positions that they would have been forced to liquidate?

]]> By: pagehype.com http://dailyreckoning.com/september-18-2008-edge-of-collapse/#comment-377 pagehype.com Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:21:20 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=11362#comment-377 <strong>September 18, 2008: Edge of Collapse...</strong> Paulson makes me sick. "When Bob Woodward slaps together his next instant-history book about the Panic of ‘08 (c’mon, you just know he’s going to), I imagine the book will open with the events of September 18-19, 2008."... September 18, 2008: Edge of Collapse…

Paulson makes me sick. “When Bob Woodward slaps together his next instant-history book about the Panic of ‘08 (c’mon, you just know he’s going to), I imagine the book will open with the events of September 18-19, 2008.”…

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