Comments on: Goldman Busted Again

By: mouthofthesouth

mouthofthesouth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:41:36 +0000

I have enjoyed Matt Taibbi for a couple of years now and because I watch for his posts, I just found this GREAT web site. Thanks so much!

By: azimuth79

azimuth79 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:04:30 +0000

If only there were a pattern:

http://www.deepcapture.com/sac-capital-gets-tips-from-goldman-if-only-there-were-a-pattern/

Matt, have you read any of Deep Capture’s work? They’ve been talking about Wall Street corruption and regulatory capture for years.

By: Mish

Mish — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:57:23 +0000

Just wanted to point out a typo – you accidentally wrote ‘happy’ instead of ’shocked/disgusted/very afraid.’

By: fleetlee

fleetlee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:07:01 +0000

Speaking of Goldman, David Fry wrote today on seekingalpha.com that the CFTC Commissar Gensler(an old Goldman employee once again) is taking GS’s side vs the individual investor(surprise,surprise)in the commodity markets, especially gold and silver. Many individuals are now calling for investors to take possession of gold and silver vs using the exchange because the Commissar is favoring his old firm GS over the interests of the individual. I wanted to know if you would comment on this side of Goldman in your next post.

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Daily Digest for August 25th — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:07:08 +0000

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By: tradermark

tradermark — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:09:30 +0000

Wait Matt, you are telling me it is not just skill and being the smartest people in the room that led to a 97% win percentage in Q2 2009? I’m shocked. Just shocked.

http://www.fundmymutualfund.com/2009/08/goldman-sachs-q2-winning-percentage-97.html

By: sharkdb

sharkdb — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:03:57 +0000

I got my latest issue of Time this weekend and lo and behold a spin article by Willian D. Cohan on Goldman Sachs and Blankfein. Matt, you would be glad to know that your article according to Time “has been particularly troubling to him”. I wonder if it is troubling because he is really a nice guy and GS traders are angels, or is it more that he and the rest of the crooks got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, and there is a spotlight on them and their brand.

One pet peeve I have is how mainstream media state how much money Goldman Sachs has “made”. Proper spoken or written English would use more appropriate words like “stole”, “extorted”, or maybe even a more politically correct word like “obtained”, “acquired”. They did not “make” this wealth. Someone else added value, they are just borrowing it… permanently.

By: Goldmans In the Crosshairs Again | Bankr

Goldmans In the Crosshairs Again | Bankr — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:11:05 +0000

[...] Following, The Wall Street Journal revelations yesterday that Goldman gives its best clients analysts’ tips in advance, Matt Taibbi gets stuck in. Taibbi, famous for, amongst other things, his argument about Goldman being a Vampire Squid on the U.S. economy, twists the knife again on his blog: [...]

By: misterb

misterb — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:45:49 +0000

Have you seen Larry Flynt’s call to action?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-flynt/common-sense-2009_b_264706.html

He’s calling for strong restrictions on lobbying, but, as Matt has pointed out, that won’t be enough. As long as the banks own the media, the American public will never hear the truth loudly enough to drown out the siren song of “It could be me”.

By: fleetlee

fleetlee — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:20:06 +0000

Now that you broke the story weeks ago and the WSJ is now snooping around GS too, Finra and the SEC now say they will look into the matter. Why does it take tons of national publicity to get the regulators motivated to even look into what goes on at GS. Thank you for bull dogging the story so the SEC and Finra feel they must do something now. By the way, how is that lawsuit GS threatened you with working out for them?