28JAN09:
Q1-09 DOW: 8900
Q2-09 DOW: 7250
Q3-09 DOW: 5810
Q4-09 DOW: 3960
CITI NATIONALIZED
OBAMA GETS SICK 27AUG09:
Mini Crash 21SEP09 Predicted correctly:
Bailout=Bonuses
Demise of Bear Stearns
Demise of Lehman Bros.
Demise of AIG
Subprime would cause problems
Date of 2007 crash
CRAs were to blame
G20 riots were a party
Northern Rock run
Northern Rock Nationalization
HBOS and RBS demise
UBS really was Useless
So Goldman, JPM et al who were saved from bankruptcy have lobbied Obama to avoid comp caps and instead thrown BoA, ML and AIG into a cesspit where country club membership will be banned and a few top earners will not get paid. Savings? I reckon less than 100m. Pathetic.
I am therefore on strike.
###19NOV09 Update### For the next few months I shall be blogging on fintag.blogspot.com. Having decided I need to go to the gym 6 days a week to keep my six pack as hard as rock, I shall be blogging about the current shocking state of the financial media's reporting of the impending world end when the news warrants it.
Please use fintag.com as a history lesson until I come back from the gym.
For those who thought Finbar Taggit had done a Belle de Jour, you will be pleased to know I am not a scientist. I am a hedge fund manager who is between hedge funds. My new venture will be launched early next year and shock horror may well be a private equity venture.
If you cannot beat them, join them...
37 comments
aoab said ...
Fintag you rock!
19 Nov 09 - 12:33 gmt
Top Cat said ...
You can't become a Pirate!
19 Nov 09 - 12:45 gmt
Cranky Yankee said ...
fintag: welcome back. well, sort of. dag nabbit, i can't read blog sites from work. stupid IT dept.
also, shouldn't that be "Belle du Jour"?
19 Nov 09 - 13:20 gmt
anonymous said ...
Yes people but he is not blogging here anymore...fintag.blogspot....is where the news is
19 Nov 09 - 14:24 gmt
anonymous said ...
Cringeworthy teacher's pet aoab, the boring tool, is back. Was hoping someone had slaughtered that dog. His own cruddy blog not updated for weeks. Still no comments.
19 Nov 09 - 15:12 gmt
aoab said ...
@15.12 as you seem interested in my activities...well I decided to study for some exams, but then got offered a role on a trading desk at a IDB, seems like having GS and JPM contacts does pay off.
19 Nov 09 - 17:47 gmt
anonymous said ...
A 'role'. Getting the coffees in for the real traders. I take it you failed your first set of ACA exams?
20 Nov 09 - 07:25 gmt
Top Cat said ...
I am a worthless tool!!
21 Nov 09 - 15:12 gmt
Top Cat said ...
urm - thanks for that whoever you are.
23 Nov 09 - 07:14 gmt
anonymous said ...
check out aoab's 'blog'. No comments, then mysteriously 5 people, all with different names, commented today, all within the space of 5 minutes. aoab how dumb do you think people are?
23 Nov 09 - 14:15 gmt
2nd prize said ...
@ 14:15 anon my favourites...
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24 Nov 09 - 07:21 gmt
anonymous said ...
@2nd prize You mean the ones where these chaps are telling aoab how right his calls have been? Yes, fantastic. And once again the phrase "clearing some mint" has been used. You couldn't make this stuff up
24 Nov 09 - 12:29 gmt
2nd prize said ...
I enjoy sharp objects in my a-hole 12.29 please comply
24 Nov 09 - 13:54 gmt
2nd prize said ...
@anon 12:29 what about the "oh-so convincing" imaginary babes suddenly exchanging text messages on aoab's site instead of their mobile or other social media sites. @13.54 gmt. aoab obviously hasn't started work yet.
24 Nov 09 - 14:13 gmt
howie said ...
toppat @ 15:12 ... is really "moron" who actually is a tool......
30 Nov 09 - 01:17 gmt
howie said ...
I am a worthless tool!!
30 Nov 09 - 10:18 gmt
howie said ...
moron hanging on to the bottom rung....Monsieur Wannabe..
30 Nov 09 - 17:12 gmt
anonymous said ...
Where is aoab...miss that guys posts on here
30 Nov 09 - 21:38 gmt
Moron said ...
attack kill destroy.....!!!!..howie is a dead man!
01 Dec 09 - 00:42 gmt
howie said ...
Moron aka "His Toolness" knows well, that there's no tool like an old tool....
01 Dec 09 - 20:42 gmt
GalwayBoy said ...
Requiescat in pace
02 Dec 09 - 16:13 gmt
anonymous said ...
AOAB has a new blog...undercover-broker.blogspot.com...Is quite informative and witty
03 Dec 09 - 14:57 gmt
anonymous said ...
AOAB you are a pathetic, deluded sociopath. You make up commenters on your blog that says nothing and congratulate yourself. Don't you get it? You are a fool, a serious stupid fool and should be put down forthwith.
03 Dec 09 - 21:21 gmt
anonymous said ...
If you want an expose of the shenanigans on a IDB desk...keep reading. If not don't bother...expect the first instalment out soon
04 Dec 09 - 13:30 gmt
anonymous said ...
Thanks you idiot but I think you'll find except for your pretend friends..Chris?? that nobody wants to read you. Fool
Read that fool aoab's blog. As much as he annoyed me, must say his new post is quite good
09 Dec 09 - 19:17 gmt
2nd prize said ...
@Anon 19:17 I agree. No obvious spelling errors. Held back on using word/phrase… Mint …Hit by Wall of Money. He’s not the Sucker in the wolf pack… for sure. I want to be him.
10 Dec 09 - 03:16 gmt
anonymous said ...
aoab - writing two posts here pretending to be someone else is still not convincing. You posted as "2nd prize" a while ago. Tool. Just give up with your blog - nobody is ever going to read it except to laugh at what a muppet you are.
10 Dec 09 - 07:52 gmt
aoab said ...
7.52 you prat neither of those comments were by me. Bet it burns you up that people actually like the new blog. cheerio ar*e wipe!
11 Dec 09 - 20:25 gmt
anonymous said ...
Keep telling yourself that bozo
11 Dec 09 - 23:13 gmt
CFD said ...
aoab when is the next blog update?
15 Dec 09 - 19:38 gmt
anonymous said ...
Yes - when is it aoab? Can't wait to hear more from His Douchebagness
16 Dec 09 - 16:34 gmt
howie said ...
u losers still don't get it...the site is dead. even moron kows it and he is dumb as they come...
19 Dec 09 - 01:07 gmt
Moron said ...
I AM GOD!!!!!!!!!!......and Howie is Brittany Murphy reincarnated:))))))..............
23 Dec 09 - 20:46 gmt
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