Wall Street Gecko's August 2007 comments on the: Global Liquidity Crisis

Wall Street Gecko comments on Quant Funds (and Hedge Funds) Hedge Funds more detailed information on Quant Funds is available on Suzi Quant's website: SuziQuant.com be sure not to miss out on the full quant view

for a fundamental overview of the mathematics upon which the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is based see: Quant Alphabet

September 27, 2007 well, "Helicopter Ben" Bernanke would seem to be making progress on earning the title his Harvard, MIT, and Princeton credentials were substantiated in 2002 when he explained how a fiat currency based government can spend its way out of trouble by dropping money out of helicopters stated more academically: "inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt" last week FED Chair Bernanke slashed interest rates twice as much as reasonable followers had expected; putting an end to the predictable reputation which had been built up Gecko's view of history of such actions seems to predict an immediate upswing in the markets upon the news, followed by a sobering market downturn over the next year or so FED rate cuts are official recognition of economic recession, however at first glance it appears to be a saviour of the housing market problems (see the Gecko's previous liquidity video) however in the longer term: recession tends to erode international confidence in the American economy research of foreign exchanges might indicate the U.S. dollar being devalued relative to foreign currencies oil, which is priced in U.S. dollars, rises in price well, dropping money out of helicopters might indeed tend to erode the U.S. debt obligations remember though, that effect is spelled "inflation"

on April 15, 2008 the gecko offered some helpful hints for those whom might try to understand government inflation mathematics

the gecko's March 14, 2008 posting establishing opinion of: $100 oil and $1000 gold pricing becoming the new norm

the gecko explains options pricing (and includes golf tips) Options Pricing gecko's explanation meanders around Dow Theory to offer some reptilian perspectives

WallStreetGecko offers some overview perspectives on: Oil Pricing

the "gecko" totally discounts altruistic motivations, and instead offers: Energy Pricing Conspiracy Theory

archive of the gecko's continuation of commentary about liquidity "alcoholism", subprime financial engineering, and the associated collective market intelligence, which fueled the recent housing bubble with reference to the infamously historic Tulip Bulb frenzy oh, and also criticism of the fed's recent drastic interest rate cuts, asking what fed stimulation will be possible from zero interest rates? Tulip Bulbs

in the first explanation of "reptilian" stock market tactics the "gecko" offers "reptilian" commentary about: "Pump 'n Dump", sub-prime debt liabilities, and even includes an awful joke Reptilian Tactics

hmmm, too bad David Copperfield isn't a Wall Street'er, would seem to be some nice "reptilian" source material there: David Copperfield cannot make warehouse raid disappear Times OnlineOctober 20, 2007

Reuters reported (October 15, 2007) that: the U.S, Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Microsoft and Best Buy which sought to bar lawsuits from customers who had alledged that Best Buy employees activated "trial" accounts for MSN services, (which automatically converted to billed accounts) and transmitted customer credit card information to Microsoft, without knowledge (nor consent) of the customers hmmm, would seem that the lawyers failed in their "un-questionable monopoly is good" argument a gecko would have to admire the legal attempt though

on September 6, 2007 the Financial Times reported that "Goldman Sachs made $300 million last month from the rescue of one of the investment bank's troubled hedge funds, even as external investors lost more than a fifth of their money" "Goldman makes $300m from fund rescue" at FT.com the Gecko was unable to form a quip which could top the actual news

research reports substantiate that significant technological progress has transformed both and the work environment, and also consumer oriented industries; where it used to require an extended lunch break to accomplish shopping, modern consumers are now able to get their shopping done while at work: "About 40% of consumers with Internet access at work plan to shop online using their office computer" USAToday "In a survey of 852 employees ... 72 per cent indicated that they had shopped online at work" book abstract

on Altria's decision to spin-off of the international segment of Phillip Morris (the world’s largest cigarette maker) WallStreetGecko noted that the international market has been more immune from legal actions from addicted customers adversely effected by their products; Gecko also noted that the addictive stuff is quite profitable (please realize the reptilian nature of a Gecko's brain) oh, and Goldman Sachs has announced that they expect Apple to announce new versions of iPod on September 5, 2007; I guess a Gecko can expect kids who just spent hundreds of dollars to update their original music only iPod to video capability; will now discard their recent hardware upgrade and spend another few hundred dollars for new widescreen version technology trends might be as addictive as tobacco

Wall Street Gecko was asked what best described last week's (August 13-17, 2007) market activity? "leveraged fear" was the "street talk" description which Wall Street Gecko heard which seemed to best describe last week's trading

please note: these quips only present a (reptilian brained) "gecko's" perspective, its up to the reader to decide whether such concepts will (and/or should/should not) prevail in the market

September 4, 2007 its "after Labor Day" quite a few of the migratories of Wall Street have headed back west, well, those pertaining to the theme of this website migrate as far west as back to Wall Street; my understanding is that some non-marketeers actually migrate south to Palm Beach for the winter well anyway, question: what redlines at 7750 rpm? and the car is quite hot also aah come-on, I was referring to the computer ... in the words of the great philosphers T-Rex: "she got a hubcap diamond star halo" a new Suzi Quant brief vacation animation has been posted: Suzi Quant's Vacation 2007 animation

oh, by the way, the Bling Bling Twins also have their own website: BlingBlingTwins.com

WallStreetGecko has some comments, and an animation, about the technological emergence of 3-Dimensional Virtual Reality "Metaverse Worlds"

the Associated Press reported on September 20, 2007 that: in the first major public appearance of Kazuo Hirai, the new chief executive of Sony Corp.'s video game business, it was announced in a keynote speech at the Tokyo Game Show that Sony (SNE) will delay until next spring start of its "Home" virtual world (metaverse) services for the PlayStation 3 the European launch of PS3 itself was delayed for several months due to production problems.

there has been much hype about the September 25, 2007 release of Halo 3 for the Microsoft Xbox 360 console Halo 3 is one of the first console titles which features social networking and user-generated content; and allows players to collaboratively create and swap content as well as keep tabs on opponents and teammates remotely from the Web Bungie Software Products Corp (Halo 3) is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.

according to the September 24, 2007 issue of Business Week, as of August 2007: Nintendo's (NTDOY) has sold 403,600 Wii console units Microsoft (MSFT) has sold 276,700 Xbox 360 units, and Sony's (SNE) has sold 130,600 PlayStation 3 consoles

I remember Louis Rukeyser once advising on "Wall $treet Week": if your wife is wearing it, or your kids are buying it, you might be wise to consider investing in it; if you want "professional" technolgy advise ask your kids whats happening Wall Street Gecko comments about the financial problems with Microsoft's Xbox 360 hardware including some perspectives on the entire computer video game industry

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