Counterfeits redux

A gas chromatograph might have served them much better than RP, if they really wanted to learn something.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Or Serena Sutcliffe.
You know, the sell-side faces certain conflicts of interest.

Some handle those better than others.

But the conflicts are always there.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Or Serena Sutcliffe.
You know, the sell-side faces certain conflicts of interest.

Some handle those better than others.

But the conflicts are always there.

How about the ratings agencies?
 
originally posted by Yixin:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Or Serena Sutcliffe.
You know, the sell-side faces certain conflicts of interest.

Some handle those better than others.

But the conflicts are always there.

How about the ratings agencies?
The appraiser wasn't impartial. He gives values and then makes an offer to buy. That's a bigger conflict than the sell side, at lease you know a broker might screw you.
 
quote: "because Sutcliffe isn’t as widely known as Parker, doing the tasting with her wouldn’t have garnered as much attention. "

but... wouldn't that be a good thing?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Yixin:

How about the ratings agencies?
Have I got some AAA subprime mortgages for you!

"How can we take seriously a rating agency that is compensated by the issuers of securities? This system has long outlived its usefulness and should be discontinued."

If we discontinued this system, companies would also have to stop paying for external audits, another conflict. Ratings agencies and outside accountants should be forced to adopt the Wine Advocate honor system and be paid by subscribers. Then we would live happily ever after. Wait...
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Yixin:

How about the ratings agencies?
Have I got some AAA subprime mortgages for you!

"How can we take seriously a rating agency that is compensated by the issuers of securities? This system has long outlived its usefulness and should be discontinued."

If we discontinued this system, companies would also have to stop paying for external audits, another conflict. Ratings agencies and outside accountants should be forced to adopt the Wine Advocate honor system and be paid by subscribers. Then we would live happily ever after. Wait...

And outside accountants would meet CFOs in a restaurant in Baltimore to review their results
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
I'm 99 points on AAA subprime securities!

nah. i'm an 89 on them, with (98+) [in teh fucking brackets] on a go-long suggestion that is so totally made-up-out-of-no-where that we both hope to have forgotten all about it when the chickens come home to roost...

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