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joeham santino's picture

Who is winning?

by joeham santino (Chimp, 0 Banana Points Points) on 9/21/08 at 10:42pm

Hey guys,

If the finance world is generally a zero-sum game...who is winning as a result of the rapid decay we have seen over the past year?

I am far from an expert as you can see, and its clear that greater minds than mine are very perplexed, but I still cannot get my mind wrapped around this question...

If there are so many losers right now, who is winning?

Thanks.

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Cornelius's picture

the ceos with golden parachutes

by Cornelius (Senior Orangutan, 384 Banana Points Points) on 9/21/08 at 10:55pm

u heard me

Virginia Tech 4ever's picture

Holders of short-term US

by Virginia Tech 4ever (Senior Monkey, 74 Banana Points Points) on 9/22/08 at 12:31am

Holders of short-term US Treasuries or Treasury Notes or Bonds with maturity dates coming up. Think duration/convexity. Yields went negative at one point last week.

stevenbn's picture

Greenlight Capital

by stevenbn (Senior Baboon, 245 Banana Points Points) on 9/22/08 at 12:33am

Greenlight Capital

Alphaholic's picture

Haha

by Alphaholic (Orangutan, 372 Banana Points Points) on 9/22/08 at 1:20am

I'd say that's about right. Restructuring advisory shops will see/are seeing plenty of action. Bear markets like this need cleanup crews.

CatMan's picture

Finance/economics isn't a zero sum game

by CatMan (Monkey, 46 Banana Points Points) on 9/22/08 at 8:53pm

Some may be winning, but probably a lot more are losing than winning thanks to systematic risk.

Juwanna Mann's picture

What?

by Juwanna Mann Certified User(Senior Baboon, 202 Banana Points Points) on 9/22/08 at 11:46pm

Who says finance is a zero-sum game?