tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post859926079481551205..comments2024-02-12T05:57:37.295-05:00Comments on Dude, where's the Dharma?: Are We There Yet?Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06849866517236034909noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-2403067684607617782010-11-08T17:11:38.360-05:002010-11-08T17:11:38.360-05:00it wasnt your error; it was mine...i was quoting a...it wasnt your error; it was mine...i was quoting a BofA figure in my previous comment and noticed i'd left the "B" off $375...rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-62987404948019615672010-11-08T16:51:56.606-05:002010-11-08T16:51:56.606-05:00rjs,
I'm not sure of the source of the BoA fi...rjs,<br /><br />I'm not sure of the source of the BoA figure to which you refer but I'm sure there are many such transcription (if not outright conceptual or semantic) errors in my writing. <br /><br />Thanks for catching the problem (if I only knew which article to edit).Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849866517236034909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-59682126240357456352010-11-08T16:00:23.045-05:002010-11-08T16:00:23.045-05:00you're right, dude, it was my poor choice of w...you're right, dude, it was my poor choice of words...and btw, the number on the BofA 10Q should be $375 billion...goes to show how anyone could leave out a critical piece of information...rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-66307081595271250072010-11-08T15:22:33.833-05:002010-11-08T15:22:33.833-05:00rjs,
It seems to me there is a difference between...rjs,<br /><br />It seems to me there is a difference between an essay leaving out aspects of an issue a reader finds crucial and a person "missing the broader picture." I'll assume you meant the former and I've written quite a bit on the problems with mortgage bonds (The Mortgage Option @ http://dharmajoint.blogspot.com/2008/09/mortgage-option.html is one such). <br /><br />I Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849866517236034909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-36891261772194366272010-11-08T13:17:19.621-05:002010-11-08T13:17:19.621-05:00i think you're missing part of the broader pic...i think you're missing part of the broader picture of what's going on here, dude; you have missed the mess the banks have made of mortgage securitization which has come to light in the past few months...they've been using an electronic system for property transfers bypassing the state real estate laws...there is now speculation that the entire RMBS<br />market could be in jeopardy, asrjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-47303965302578579542010-11-08T11:48:32.117-05:002010-11-08T11:48:32.117-05:00I agree, the world is most often enslaved by the a...I agree, the world is most often enslaved by the arrangements, monetary and otherwise, that have been previously imposed (or agreed upon, depending on perspective). <br /><br />Those arrangements all have life spans (which may or not may not be evident upon conception). My view is not so much a critique but an acceptance of such lifespans. <br /><br />We had a good run, as have many nations Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849866517236034909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14834651.post-7139656284201513922010-11-08T08:42:55.698-05:002010-11-08T08:42:55.698-05:00I ask everyone who is being critical of the curren...I ask everyone who is being critical of the current financial authorities: do you have a better plan that could be actually implemented? <br /><br />To me it seems that we are all slaves of the current arrangement. Everyone does what they have to do, including the FED whose job it is to keep the unemployment down and CPI inflation at a certain level. And so the FED does what it's role is nilyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043053724605729415noreply@blogger.com