Its been all quiet on the hedge fund front for a while now.
Anybody hearing about anything brewing?
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Aaron A-Bomb
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I dunno. Some recent moves look like last minute deck chair re-arranging.
BOA bought a stake in CFC. That looks like a bailout and vote of confidence, because BOA stands to lose much more if a crisis in the CDO market continues or deepens.
Then there is Citadel buying eTrade's toxic sludge at 11cents on the dollar. That has got to scare some on the Street.
Then there is GS declaring an additional $2B in w/d's on top of the $3.7B in Q4 that was guided.
The PPT and the GWB administration are trying to forestall Judgment Day for another 49 weeks, but I don't think the markets will be controllable. Some Black Swan event will occur at the worst time, someone will liquidate, and the M-LEC will go tips up. Then all bets are off as everyone unloads at 20cents on the dollar.
When I can spare a minute and watch CNBC, the guests who aren't short looked like they all just crapped their pants. When one fund manager after another goes on and looks scared witless, that gets my attention.
The Market is playing all Happy Happy Joy Joy with BB upcoming rate drop, but that doesn't alter the basic fundamentals that no one - Still! - nows how much of this sludge is out there and what value it has, or not.
Am I missing something here? Did WS just find out how much of this is out there and now everyone is all cool with it? Or are they just smoothing over Dec so they get their bonus for '07?
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