A Wall Street Trader Draws Some Subprime Lessons: Michael Lewis

[AngryAmish]

"Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- So right after the Bear Stearns funds blew up, I had a thought: This is what happens when you lend money to poor people.

Don't get me wrong: I have nothing personally against the poor. To my knowledge, I have nothing personally to do with the poor at all. It's not personal when a guy cuts your grass: that's business. He does what you say, you pay him. But you don't pay him in advance: That would be finance. And finance is one thing you should never engage in with the poor. (By poor, I mean anyone who the SEC wouldn't allow to invest in my hedge fund.)

That's the biggest lesson I've learned from the subprime crisis. Along the way, as these people have torpedoed my portfolio, I had some other thoughts about the poor. I'll share them with you..."

[bryant69]

1. That's depressing - that guys an asshole

I really like some of his books in the past - Moneyball, Next, The New New Thing, but I guess he's always had more love for the wealthy and successful.

Bryant
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[Laughing Mirror]

2. At first I was reading this as satire

And then I realized it isn't.

It is hard for me to believe that anybody could write this way, seriously, and that it could be printed in a paper I think is owned by the mayor of New York City.

[Neecy]

3. I thought it was satire, too

Then I realized there wasn't a punchline.

What an ass.

[fed-up]

4. satire-"By poor, I mean anyone who the SEC wouldn't allow to invest in my hedge fund" nt