Re: [amibroker] Re: OT: A mathematicians guide to the news, AmiBroker Email List Archive

On 10/4/08, Ed Hoopes <reefbreak_sd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think the group of countries call "Asian Tigers" that suffered a
similar bubble-then-collapse in the '80s & '90s would be offended by
you calling them 'anglos'.

This is a problem with free market capitalism - not race and culture.

ReefBreak

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z111" <brian_z111@xxx> wrote:
>
> Good call Tomasz..... and it is worth a post to caution traders that
> it seems unlikely the root causes will be acknowledged or fixed... in
> fact I doubt some contributing factors can be eliminated (cultural
> and individual/corporate rights issues etc) ... 5-10 years from now
> we will do it all again, with a new crew on board.... be aware that
> after a sustained bull run markets won't just fall they will undergo
> leveraged deficit implosions.
>
> Some relevant factors:
>
> - anglo countries tendency to run current account deficits (big ones
> in fact)
> - incorrect and unimaginative Federal fiscal policies (I am not
> picking on the US because it is not confined to the US)
> - modern cultures tendency to run on credit as normal (in the anglo
> countries acceptance of credit is a generational change ... perhaps
> on all modern economies)
> - the theory that interest rates and property/stockmarket booms run
> in opposed cycles is incorrect ... leveraged property booms and
> leveraged market cycles feed off each other
> - democracy delivers us freedom from civil war but not necessarily
> great leadership
> - statistically speaking, brilliant people only comprise a small % of
> our community and they are unlikely to ever hold power in any field
> of endeavour (they are always outweighed by popular opinion).
>
> Traders need to adapt their methods to the dominant financial
> paradigm.
>
>
>
> Predictions?
>
> Currently 'new' Asian economies are cash based but they will emulate
> the modern western economies along with growing maturity and
> generational change.
>
> Perhaps Japan is the example in that they learnt the lesson of
> copying western economic excesses in the 90's and have returned to
> their cultural roots of being a thrifty society....but can that
> culturesurvive the new generation IT?
>
>
> Still nothing that the 'mother of all sales' of kids, boys and girls
> toys won't fix.
>
> brian_z
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@>
> wrote:
> >
> > It was known since 'the beginning of the universe' that there is no
> profit without risk
> > but there are always new generations of "experts" that say
> that "this time is different".
> > And the market proves they are wrong, and the history repeats over
> and over again.
> > The problem is that the leverage goes up and up and subsequent
> disasters getting stronger.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yuki Taga" <yukitaga@>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:50 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] OT: A mathematicians guide to the news
> >
> >
> > > http://www.slate.com/id/2201428/
> > >
> > > Yuki
> > >
> > >
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