For everything else …

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 30th, 2008 posted in: Humor

A BUGATTI VEYRON:

£899,995

BUYING AMBAC AND MBIA AT CURRENT MARKET PRICES:

$3 billion

CREATING A GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO BUY UP DODGY MORTGAGE DEBT:

$10 – $20 billion (Yeah, right)

BAILING OUT AN OVER-LEVERED MORTGAGE LENDER:

£25 – £55 billion

WRITING DOWN YOUR HOLDINGS OF STRUCTURED CREDIT TO PROPER VALUE:

$120 billion (and counting)

BEING LONG GAMMA THIS WEEK:

PRICELESS

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MONEY (ALMOST) CAN’T BUY. FOR EVERYTHING ELSE …

THERE’S BEN BERNANKE

Hat tip: Macro Man, Blocman, January 24, 2008.

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