-3 pts · April 4, 2018
For context, he bought even more shares in March, BEFORE these meetings. There’s nothing out of the ordinary about this. Relax.
The stupidest thing about this is that they think someone will type that url in
The market is a reflection of uncertainty. Are things more or less uncertain today than 2 mo’s ago? I’d say less.
2/2 The banks that did rebound were mostly those helping the gov’t doing the bailing out, not those which received bail outs.
1/2 Had the gov’t and healthy banks not stepped in to bail out rotten banks, the crisis would have been far, far worse.
These were almost all small regional banks. Failed large banks were mostly acquired, so common stockholders became owners of the new entity.
2/2 money after bank stocks rebounded. Retail investors should always buy equities with a long term outlook.
1/2 Paper losses are not true losses. People who did lose money did so because they sold at the bottom, and many likely ended up making
3/3 recommendations. I get that finance is a black box, but there is no need to vilify decent people who are simply doing their jobs.
2/3 interests are aligned by restricting the SP from trading the stock, and then basing their compensation on the accuracy of their
1/3 How would a transaction work under the rules I described where a stock picker is enriched by “duping” investors? SP’s and investor’s
2/2 Example: if an SP owns AAPL and falsely recommends a buy so the price increases, they enrich themselves at the expense of investors
1/2 Sell side stock pickers (most stock pickers we tend to hear from) are paid to give stock tips but can’t trade to avoid conflicts
They either do, or they are not allowed to by law.
This may be true, but how are Goldman Sachs and this particular research analyst to blame?
There is plenty of blame to go around regarding healthcare costs, but try assigning it to the actual guilty parties. 2/2
It is the job of a research analyst to provide insight to investors, doing so does not mean they find their business model ethical. 1/2
For context, he bought even more shares in March, BEFORE these meetings. There’s nothing out of the ordinary about this. Relax.
The stupidest thing about this is that they think someone will type that url in
The market is a reflection of uncertainty. Are things more or less uncertain today than 2 mo’s ago? I’d say less.
2/2 The banks that did rebound were mostly those helping the gov’t doing the bailing out, not those which received bail outs.
1/2 Had the gov’t and healthy banks not stepped in to bail out rotten banks, the crisis would have been far, far worse.
These were almost all small regional banks. Failed large banks were mostly acquired, so common stockholders became owners of the new entity.
2/2 money after bank stocks rebounded. Retail investors should always buy equities with a long term outlook.
1/2 Paper losses are not true losses. People who did lose money did so because they sold at the bottom, and many likely ended up making
3/3 recommendations. I get that finance is a black box, but there is no need to vilify decent people who are simply doing their jobs.
2/3 interests are aligned by restricting the SP from trading the stock, and then basing their compensation on the accuracy of their
1/3 How would a transaction work under the rules I described where a stock picker is enriched by “duping” investors? SP’s and investor’s
2/2 Example: if an SP owns AAPL and falsely recommends a buy so the price increases, they enrich themselves at the expense of investors
1/2 Sell side stock pickers (most stock pickers we tend to hear from) are paid to give stock tips but can’t trade to avoid conflicts
They either do, or they are not allowed to by law.
This may be true, but how are Goldman Sachs and this particular research analyst to blame?
There is plenty of blame to go around regarding healthcare costs, but try assigning it to the actual guilty parties. 2/2
It is the job of a research analyst to provide insight to investors, doing so does not mean they find their business model ethical. 1/2