tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250387991720860996.post6640506544012531777..comments2023-05-15T07:54:01.876-07:00Comments on Bathos on Econ and Trading: Where We Are Now; How We Got There - Morality and Geopolitics@ElpinorFollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00158477037189661959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250387991720860996.post-88074596554296712192009-01-26T02:43:00.000-08:002009-01-26T02:43:00.000-08:00Hi! I'm an editor for Seeking Alpha. Please contac...Hi! I'm an editor for Seeking Alpha. Please contact me at your earliest convenience at acarmel@seekingalpha.com. AbbyAbby Carmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273034969312184910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250387991720860996.post-42278583190949220222009-01-25T13:42:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:42:00.000-08:00Hear hear!I have always said the Chinese do not ow...Hear hear!<BR/><BR/>I have always said the Chinese do not own US Treasuries, they are counter parties on a fixed for floating swap. They have the wolf by the ears as the saying goes. I can only assume Mr. Geithner's bloviating was for show, but then this is a man who hired Bear Stearns' risk management chief to fill the same role at the NY Fed. We can always inflate away the value of Chinese owned treasuries, it is the most brilliant tactical maneuver since that foggy morning at Austerlitz. <BR/><BR/>P.S. Am I the only one who noticed Nail Ferguson doesn't know what the Gaussian distribution is? There was a blatant mis characterization in his PBS documentary....oh HBS.Kurt Osishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042381588992676210noreply@blogger.com