Mutant: Many of these developing markets are very, very corrupt
Does this apply to ETFs? Or is Brazil past this? I'm thinking of EWZ.

same company tracked the Class A's consistently and regularly - but WITH A LAG.
Don't you get rich when you find a stock that consistently lags another?
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 2:41 PM on July 17, 2008

Mutant: We saw this happen before: OPEC got uppity, curtailed production and these reductions, in concert with excessive speculative pressure, saw per barrel prices skyrocket to historic levels.

It's different this time
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 4:15 PM on July 10, 2008

I do not appreciate your ATTACKING ME with helpful suggestions!

My girlfriend will rue the day I first heard this phrase, which was today
Thank you
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 7:37 PM on June 19, 2008

A witty saying proves nothing.

A witty saying proves nothing.
-- Voltaire
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 12:52 PM on June 17, 2008

I'll wait for Gannon's book
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 10:43 AM on May 28, 2008

Isn't this how oil is traded? the New York and London markets create the price, then Iran sells oil to China at that price, without going through markets.

I'm not understanding why this is bad.
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 7:35 AM on May 21, 2008

RE: XYZ

OK, I'll buy that
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 12:35 AM on May 22, 2008

So what would be the legal theory here, intentional tort? Wouldn't we be past Statute of Limitations?
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 5:04 PM on October 31, 2007

mek: This thread is fucking bleak. I scrolled through 100 F U NADER!!!1!!11 posts

I disagree. As I intimated upthread, this isn't a lawsuit (it is well beyond its SOL), its a PR announcement during the democratic primary by someone who is angry at the DNC. That is bullshit, and should be treated as such.

On preview, Spiderwire beat me to it.
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 7:05 PM on October 31, 2007

Malor: Greenspan, Clinton, and Bush.

Your argument is interest rates have been too low (Greenspan) and too much debt (Bush, but not Reagan?). Where does Bill come into this?
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 11:20 AM on October 30, 2007

When I was dating, I had a rule. The first time the thought "She might not call" came into my head, she was gone, she would not call. I imagine being scammed is the same way.

Enjoyable read, thank you.
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 10:57 AM on September 10, 2007

While I am a fan of Lewis (I read Liars Poker and the Left Tackle book), I think there needs to be a licensing program for comedians. It seems to work for dentists and accountants.

It would make MeFi a much faster read, with little loss
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 9:35 AM on September 8, 2007

Does the US government have standing?

The first requirement of standing (from Lujan through Wikipedia):

There are three constitutional standing requirements:

1. Injury: The plaintiff must have suffered or imminently will suffer injury - an invasion of a legally protected interest which is concrete and particularized. The injury must be actual or imminent, distinct and palpable, not abstract. This injury could be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 5:03 AM on July 26, 2007

I'm not understanding "standing"

The Constitution says "Federal-court jurisdiction is limited to actual “Cases” and “Controversies." (quoted in Hein)

But to my eye, Scalia has changed the phrase "Cases and Controversies" to mean "Cases." “

Whenever the court talks about this issue

(quoted in Hein)
"A plaintiff must allege personal injury... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 11:19 AM on June 25, 2007

fiction
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 5:00 PM on June 1, 2007

The skeptical optimist counts the Federal Reserve twice, unless "US Monetary Authority" means something else. This chart

http://www.bondmarkets.com/story.asp?id=1215

breaks down the 2006 Q:2 Holders

413b 9.6% Individuals
255b 5.9% Mutual Funds
165b 3.8% Insurance Companies
766b 17.8% US Monetary Authority
225b 5.2% State and Local... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 11:37 AM on March 24, 2007

Woops, math error.

Like the US government holdings, I am unwilling to count the Fed either time. So estimating 2007 numbers:
2240b Foreign and International
1888b US Citizens
4128b total
putting China's ownership of US debt at 8.6% (if you buy the estimated numbers)
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 11:46 AM on March 24, 2007

I disagree with both sides of the court on this one. My thoughts on this are closest to jedicus'.

First: Thomas' view that campaign finance should be a First Amendment right is ridiculous. The First Amendment was passed in 1791, at a time what much of the population was not part of the political process (the most important part, they couldn't vote). Does Thomas really believe what Congress intended with the First Amendment was that people had to have a voice in the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 3:51 PM on June 26, 2006

I think the idea that they would have wanted Jefferson restricted from participating in political discourse outside Virginia is sort of silly (i.e. incorrect).

Jek, you are equating political discourse with campaign financing, I think they are two different things. One is speech, one is advertising. This is the core of what the Supreme Court has been arguing about since the 1970's, is money speech?

Again, I think... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rakish_yet_centered at 7:19 PM on June 26, 2006