Comments on: The Llama of Lame http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm We dividend our ad money to you. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Deus Ex Macchiato » Our one is better than your one http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-135800 Deus Ex Macchiato » Our one is better than your one Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:46:58 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-135800 [...] Funny, though, no? (From Long or short capital.) [...] [...] Funny, though, no? (From Long or short capital.) [...]

]]> By: Not An MBA » Long and Short Capital http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82715 Not An MBA » Long and Short Capital Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:51:01 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-82715 [...] The Llama of Lame A must-read if you suspect the Fed might be somehow behind this mess. Or at least unable or unwilling to do anything about it (that doesn’t include the words “bail out”). [...] [...] The Llama of Lame A must-read if you suspect the Fed might be somehow behind this mess. Or at least unable or unwilling to do anything about it (that doesn’t include the words “bail out”). [...]

]]> By: Pages tagged "lame" http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-67009 Pages tagged "lame" Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:56:01 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-67009 [...] online community. The best part is ... it's all 100% free! Check them out here: Join Hey Nielsen! The Llama of Lame saved by 1 others     Jelloman18 bookmarked on 01/06/08 | [...] [...] online community. The best part is … it’s all 100% free! Check them out here: Join Hey Nielsen! The Llama of Lame saved by 1 others     Jelloman18 bookmarked on 01/06/08 | [...]

]]> By: Pondering the stellar growth rate of the US economy in the third quarter » Ape Man » Blog Archive http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-52875 Pondering the stellar growth rate of the US economy in the third quarter » Ape Man » Blog Archive Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:57:51 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-52875 [...] statistics are flawed. Some of the shenanigans that go on with the inflation numbers are described here. If you don’t make the proper allowance for inflation, your real GDP figure is going to be [...] [...] statistics are flawed. Some of the shenanigans that go on with the inflation numbers are described here. If you don’t make the proper allowance for inflation, your real GDP figure is going to be [...]

]]> By: Brian Macker http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-49007 Brian Macker Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:15:35 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-49007 So true, and so very criminal. Were collectively screwed except for those with political power. So true, and so very criminal. Were collectively screwed except for those with political power.

]]> By: Why I Waited To Comment On The 50 Basis Cut on InvestorGeeks http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-48253 Why I Waited To Comment On The 50 Basis Cut on InvestorGeeks Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:27:54 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-48253 [...] The second problem I see is inflation. As Long and Short Capital pointed out. [...] [...] The second problem I see is inflation. As Long and Short Capital pointed out. [...]

]]> By: BloggerJacks http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-47849 BloggerJacks Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:48:08 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-47849 [...] The second problem I see is inflation. As Long and Short Capital pointed out. [...] [...] The second problem I see is inflation. As Long and Short Capital pointed out. [...]

]]> By: Dear Fed, you suck » ForexSpirit http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46954 Dear Fed, you suck » ForexSpirit Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:49:22 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-46954 [...] related comedy gold I don’t think it comes any better than Long or Short Capital’s response to the 50 basis points rate cut from the Federal Reserve last [...] [...] related comedy gold I don’t think it comes any better than Long or Short Capital’s response to the 50 basis points rate cut from the Federal Reserve last [...]

]]> By: Dsylexic http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46533 Dsylexic Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:55:06 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-46533 the supermarket aint selling stuff at the 'Core' rate. waaah :O( the supermarket aint selling stuff at the ‘Core’ rate. waaah :O(

]]> By: JT http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45612 JT Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:03:54 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45612 How come CNBC hasn't picked this up? Given alot of the crap OTM (for one good example) covers, this should be prime time newd for Francis... just realized my quasi-freudian slip ("newd" supposed to be "news"), w/e who'd mind a newd (or nude for that matter) Melissa Francis. How come CNBC hasn’t picked this up? Given alot of the crap OTM (for one good example) covers, this should be prime time newd for Francis…

just realized my quasi-freudian slip (“newd” supposed to be “news”), w/e who’d mind a newd (or nude for that matter) Melissa Francis.

]]> By: JCauto http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45595 JCauto Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:31:53 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45595 Wait, you're right. Oh shi Wait, you’re right.

Oh shi

]]> By: To The Hilt http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45587 To The Hilt Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:20:01 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45587 I thought it was 33. I thought it was 33.

]]> By: JCauto http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45578 JCauto Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:44:27 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45578 31, I think. Make that 32. 31, I think.

Make that 32.

]]> By: To The Hilt http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45576 To The Hilt Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:41:57 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45576 Out of curiosity, what is the all-time record for comments to an LoS post? Out of curiosity, what is the all-time record for comments to an LoS post?

]]> By: Methinks http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45573 Methinks Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:24:03 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45573 Awe! Now come on, SOMEBODY had to do SOMETHING to continue the illusion that Goldman's Global Beta is actually Alpha. They are, as Kramer keeps screeching, "My people", after all. Bring on the smoke and mirrors, Benny! It's inconceivable that Mark Carhart and his carry trade buddies should make less than 9 figures in any given year. Awe! Now come on, SOMEBODY had to do SOMETHING to continue the illusion that Goldman’s Global Beta is actually Alpha. They are, as Kramer keeps screeching, “My people”, after all. Bring on the smoke and mirrors, Benny! It’s inconceivable that Mark Carhart and his carry trade buddies should make less than 9 figures in any given year.

]]> By: Rant of the Week: 9/23/07-9/29/07 » The Ethereal Voice http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45452 Rant of the Week: 9/23/07-9/29/07 » The Ethereal Voice Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:30:57 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45452 [...] to witness, this rant at Long or Short Captial made our publisher laugh so hard that he almost busted a gut. He disputes the fact that he laughed [...] [...] to witness, this rant at Long or Short Captial made our publisher laugh so hard that he almost busted a gut. He disputes the fact that he laughed [...]

]]> By: W.C. Varones http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45424 W.C. Varones Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:07:01 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45424 I hope you copied Chow.Daniel@bls.gov on that e-mail. Great post. Your best ever. I linked you <a href="http://wcvarones.blogspot.com/2007/09/fed-and-inflation.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I hope you copied Chow.Daniel@bls.gov on that e-mail.

Great post. Your best ever. I linked you here.

]]> By: 1 degree of freedom http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45373 1 degree of freedom Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:27:16 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45373 Best article ever... Best article ever…

]]> By: RichL http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45334 RichL Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:52:14 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45334 One good rant deserves another. See- http://nihoncassandra.blogspot.com/2007/09/open-letter-to-mr-mrs-america.html One good rant deserves another. See-

http://nihoncassandra.blogspot.com/2007/09/open-letter-to-mr-mrs-america.html

]]> By: deloitte and toosh http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45271 deloitte and toosh Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:38:10 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45271 ba - you dont quite get it huh? underlying values of most goods havent changed that much - ie i'd still trade about the same number of onces of gold for a barrell of oil. not sure at all what you mean by negative growth. ba – you dont quite get it huh? underlying values of most goods havent changed that much – ie i’d still trade about the same number of onces of gold for a barrell of oil. not sure at all what you mean by negative growth.

]]> By: Ba http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45254 Ba Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:12:20 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45254 By your measure, i.e bars of gold, barrels of oil, ounces of copper, btu’s of natural gas, cubic feet of lumber, anything that has intrinsic value. Hasn't the world experienced a huge negative growth rate? I mean have the Arab countries have gone from being super rich to only rich? (Even though Arab countries are growing at 8% real) I think your measure is wrong. By your measure, i.e bars of gold, barrels of oil, ounces of copper, btu’s of natural gas, cubic feet of lumber, anything that has intrinsic value.

Hasn’t the world experienced a huge negative growth rate? I mean have the Arab countries have gone from being super rich to only rich? (Even though Arab countries are growing at 8% real)

I think your measure is wrong.

]]> By: The Businessmen | Providing class for the classless » Interest Rate Cut Digest http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45228 The Businessmen | Providing class for the classless » Interest Rate Cut Digest Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:37:37 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45228 [...] a new cycle, one without downturn by manipulating interest rates.  It is a dangerous line to walk, and some argue that such policy will ultimately lead to one big recession.  The word for that? Depression.  [...] [...] a new cycle, one without downturn by manipulating interest rates.  It is a dangerous line to walk, and some argue that such policy will ultimately lead to one big recession.  The word for that? Depression.  [...]

]]> By: bfellows http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45133 bfellows Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:06:06 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45133 si si si si si si

]]> By: chris http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45129 chris Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:41:51 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45129 Homeoweners - as long as you have a fixed rate mortgage and are up to your eyeballs in debt you should thank Ben for inflating your debt away. Homeoweners – as long as you have a fixed rate mortgage and are up to your eyeballs in debt you should thank Ben for inflating your debt away.

]]> By: bfellows http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45045 bfellows Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:12:49 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-45045 Count me a homeowe-ner. Count me a homeowe-ner.

]]> By: Ignatius http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44979 Ignatius Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:30:37 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-44979 Count me a homeowener. Count me a homeowener.

]]> By: EJS http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44957 EJS Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:17:08 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-44957 This post may never be topped... Great work This post may never be topped… Great work

]]> By: Charlie McDanger http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44947 Charlie McDanger Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:59:51 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-44947 #16: you just coined the most appropriate misspelling I've seen in my several decades of looking for appropriate misspellings. "Oweners" indeed... Really, LongOrShort might here launch a term that enters the lexicon. Jugs, JD, et al: figure out if you want a hyphen and then propagate this nugget. #16: you just coined the most appropriate misspelling I’ve seen in my several decades of looking for appropriate misspellings. “Oweners” indeed…

Really, LongOrShort might here launch a term that enters the lexicon. Jugs, JD, et al: figure out if you want a hyphen and then propagate this nugget.

]]> By: miami http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44935 miami Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:41:41 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-44935 'The majority of adjustments remove price increases with much less frequent adjustments for price declines.' Wahhhh! Simply not true. For the past 5 years the gold bugs whined how Oweners' Equivalent Rent did not properly reflect the huge increases in housing price inflation. Now that housing prices are plummeting, OER is positive and rising! Rent is a much bigger portion of most people's expenses than cheese. Where's all the comments about OER now? 'First of all, as far as I can tell food and energy are the only two items you should NEVER exclude from an inflation index. ' They are not excluded from CPI or PPI. Use those instead, if you like. ‘The majority of adjustments remove price increases with much less frequent adjustments for price declines.’

Wahhhh! Simply not true. For the past 5 years the gold bugs whined how Oweners’ Equivalent Rent did not properly reflect the huge increases in housing price inflation.

Now that housing prices are plummeting, OER is positive and rising! Rent is a much bigger portion of most people’s expenses than cheese. Where’s all the comments about OER now?

‘First of all, as far as I can tell food and energy are the only two items you should NEVER exclude from an inflation index. ‘

They are not excluded from CPI or PPI. Use those instead, if you like.

]]> By: Brilliant Rant from Long or Short Capital Long or Short Capital » The Llama of Lame - Paying Dividends Since Q1′06 « Ruminations on Russia http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44932 Brilliant Rant from Long or Short Capital Long or Short Capital » The Llama of Lame - Paying Dividends Since Q1′06 « Ruminations on Russia Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:24:59 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/lame.htm#comment-44932 [...] Long or Short Capital Management [From Long or Short Capital » The Llama of Lame - Paying Dividends Since Q1′06] [...] [...] Long or Short Capital Management [From Long or Short Capital » The Llama of Lame - Paying Dividends Since Q1′06] [...]

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