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Can banks save the planet? 3:53pm on 16 Dec 2009 #27 Ben wrote:
"Speculators and traders outside of banking had nothing to do with the crisis, so why should they punished for the mistakes of bankers, mortgage lenders, regulators and governments?"

Even if I agree with your point that speculators have nothing to do with the current crisis, I still don't see the benefit a speculator produces (this is actually a good way to define speculation: it is good for the speculator only). And don't tell me that the speculator balances out the nasty action of the hedge fund. This is pure speculation in the first place, so if the first is banned, the second is not needed.

We need to keep greed under control and if this means putting out of business guys like you I'm sorry. I'd rather see the type of business you do go than seeing all the people unemployed today through no fault of their own.
Can banks save the planet? 1:55pm on 16 Dec 2009 #7 Ben, you should copy and paste the Side effects of speculation from Wikipedia as well. Are you one of the "heroes"?
Can banks save the planet? 1:25pm on 16 Dec 2009 Robert, we need to discuss more about speculation. Too much of the economy has become speculative. We need to find an acceptable definition for speculation and then ban the negative aspect of it.
Dubai: Wholly avoidable crisis 1:39pm on 30 Nov 2009 Robert, are you suggesting that those causing this "avoidable" mini-crisis have anything to do with the handsome returns the hedge funds must have done last week?
No?
Neither do I.
Nor mini-crisis number 2 in the cards. Everybody is confident that the big-brother in Abu-Dhabi is there whenever needed.
New name for a new economy? 5:05pm on 13 Nov 2009 SPECULATISM
Who'll be shot when banks misbehave? 12:16pm on 31 Jul 2009 I left a banana country to live in the UK mainly because I was fed up with the media highlighting corruption cases at the top with nothing following up. It is very sad.
Bossing bosses' pay 5:42pm on 11 Jun 2009 May I suggest that those complaining about Robert being obsessed with the size of the pay packet should start their comment by admitting whether they are in the "senior executive" class.
Docking bankers' pay 1:31pm on 08 Feb 2009 This storm in a glass regarding bankers pay only scratches the surface of the problem - "limit their pay and bonuses over the next couple of years"?!

"luckiest bankers may turn out to be those who were sacked last year for their incompetence and managed to walk away with payoffs and fat pensions"?

I don't believe this is such a strong case neither the "it's in their contract" nonsense. I'm pretty sure their contract says something about the consequence of their actions influencing their company future.

To see confidence returning to the banking industry and the stock market there is no other way but make the ones responsible for this mess pay.
The long and short of banks 1:30pm on 23 Jan 2009 Short-selling is only the tip of the aisberg. There are more fundamental problems with the stock market (and the global economy that is linked to that). The problem is GAMBLING. Global economy based on gambling. Make investment separate from speculation, stock market separate from casinos. Simply build in a delay, if one buys shares in a company today, they must wait for their investment to produce some yield. This is the healthy investment, anything else is just speculation and gambling.
Made off with $50bn 6:11pm on 12 Dec 2008 "regulators have taken long, hard looks at Madoff over many years, and failed to detect fraud."

I really hope somebody with more power then ordinary blogs readers here ask themselves how this was possible.

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