Comments on: That Crisis http://www.suddenlysanfranciscan.org/that-crisis/ The view from here Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Thiefree http://www.suddenlysanfranciscan.org/that-crisis/#comment-7 Thiefree Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:34:57 +0000 http://www.suddenlysanfranciscan.org/?p=22#comment-7 Oh dear, I don't understand it at all. Not at all. I'm seriously considering the 'sock under the mattress' form of investment at this stage! I don't even know what £3 trillion IS in the grand scheme of things. I'd usually hazard a guess at 'quite a lot', but I'm fairly sure that military budgets tend to be quite obscene, so there must presumably be several more trillions out there somewhere. Oh dear, I don’t understand it at all. Not at all. I’m seriously considering the ’sock under the mattress’ form of investment at this stage!

I don’t even know what £3 trillion IS in the grand scheme of things. I’d usually hazard a guess at ‘quite a lot’, but I’m fairly sure that military budgets tend to be quite obscene, so there must presumably be several more trillions out there somewhere.

]]> By: Mike http://www.suddenlysanfranciscan.org/that-crisis/#comment-6 Mike Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:09:06 +0000 http://www.suddenlysanfranciscan.org/?p=22#comment-6 Sadly it was all wrapped up in yet another bubble in which everyone* claims that the world is different, and now everyone is realising that this is not the case. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. In this case, absurdly cheap debt that could be easily sold on with little to no consequence ... *admittedly not everyone, cf warren buffet, but enough to fuck it up unless your careful. Sadly it was all wrapped up in yet another bubble in which everyone* claims that the world is different, and now everyone is realising that this is not the case. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. In this case, absurdly cheap debt that could be easily sold on with little to no consequence …

*admittedly not everyone, cf warren buffet, but enough to fuck it up unless your careful.

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