With Thanksgiving already upon us, I've started thinking about cranking out my annual Christmas ditty and I thought I'd try something a little different this year. I'd like you guys to help with it.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, I write a poem every year entitled "The Street Before Christmas" which recounts all the big Wall Street stories of the preceding year. Here is The Street Before Christmas 2008 and The Street Before Christmas 2009 for reference.
I'm looking for suggestions about what should be included in The Street Before Christmas 2010. Obviously, the Greek crisis is in, quantitative easing, gold's run, etc... Hit me with the stories or jokes you'd like to see worked into this year's poem and we'll make this thing a collaborative effort. I got the idea last year when bstef pointed out that I'd omitted the Jeffrey Chiang story. I don't want to make that mistake again.
Use the comments below to give me some ideas.
-The SEC fucked with Goldman.
-Fab owes le gouvernement francais a couple Euros.
-We waited over 20 years for a Wall Street sequel only to have it be a burning disgrace.
-Bernie Madoff's shit went up for sale.
-Let's see how these FBI raids go...
Ireland going bellies up
Forex had some big stories this year, AUD/CAD-USD parity, Renmimbi/USD arguments and such... something to do with a 'world leader summit as the dollar did plummet!'...
...Egad, I apologise!
HAHA. Nice.
Forex had some big stories this year, AUD/CAD-USD parity, Renmimbi/USD arguments and such... something to do with a 'world leader summit as the dollar did plummet!'...
...Egad, I apologise!
Incorporate following St. Nick reference:
ASX and Singapore stock exchange merging. Largely under the radar, but very important.
Definitely gotta incorporate "currency wars" in there somewhere. Run-up in commodity/gold prices. Throw in the Goldman SEC case, Fed printing $$$
There's also a lot to write about on the non-wall street front if you need stuff to rhythm with . LeBron takes his talents to South Beach, Tiger Woods is a horn dog, Obama approval ratings nosedive, republicans take back the house.
Best of luck Eddie, really looking forward to the finished product!!
You know you have to include the TSA. I don't care if it has nothing to do with Wall Street.
GM
Health care reform
Financial reform
All the PIIGS, not just Greece/Ireland
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Tea Party
I'd throw in a line about how the Hindenburg Omen didn't blow the markets up like we all thought
This is what I came up with on my ipad while on a long boring conf. call
'Twas the Street before Christmas 2010 The Fed pumped in liquidity, the FBI agent picked up his pen, Wrote down a list of hedge funds, so to keep track, Of all those cheating scoundrels that tried to ransack,
LBO funds, getting ready to put money to work, Before their LPs flip, and go berserk Sky-high unemployment, what is Obama a' changing? More debt, for our kids future, he thinks is worth exchanging
Go to the Keurig machine and grab a hot cocoa, And laugh about how your socialist government outlawed 4-Loko Then go laugh at your friends with MBA debt, You are richer than them, even if you aren’t a billionaire yet
North Korea thinks its so tough, because it has a nuke, But its leader S’s more D, than that cheap whore who left Duke, Roiling our markets, Ireland go have a drink Time to bankrupt your country; throw in the whole kitchen sink
China is on fire, there is an OTC medication for that, Please keep interest rates low or we’ll buy none of your crap Consumption drives our economy, so spend your whole bonus Stay close to your banker brethren but don’t act like a Jonas
Should we survive 2010, 2011 will be a hell of a year Keep the printing presses running, inflation is nothing to fear God bless our small island and all of its hoods, In 2011, may you crush more V than Tiger Woods
LIBOR joined WSO. Nuff said.
I haven't seen Flash Crash on this thread (although I only glanced through).
Obviously got to throw the Fabulous Fab in there when talking about the Abacus case.
Maybe mention David Tepper... his CNBC interview blew the QE 2 hype out of the water.
Haha this is a great idea by the way. Now I can look forward to Art Cashin's Raven Poem (A finance poem done near Halloween each year to commemorate the '89 crash), Gartman's Rules of Trading (Released each year on Black Friday), and Uncle Eddie's Christmas Poem. I love the holidays.
Wow, jbs. Just...wow. Nicely done. +1
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