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JamesGRickards

  1. "Gold..has no nationality" - #CharlesDeGaulle Feb 4, 1965 19 minutes ago via web
  2. I'm tired of people complaining about lack of a #gold standard. Go out today, buy some gold, put it away. Voila, you're on a gold standard! 26 minutes ago via web
  3. Where can you get @JamesGRickards @Nigel_Farage @maxkeiser @chris_monckton & @PaulNuttallMEP all in one place? Here: bit.ly/Jou2m9 30 minutes ago via web
  4. In Byzantium, a banker who counterfeited (issued money not backed by gold) had his hand cut off bit.ly/KI7xfA. #Redux #JamieDimon about 3 hours ago via web
  5. @fbonacci @graemehein There's this thing called "jump risk." There's this other thing called "nonperformance". Funny how they correlate 7:20 PM May 26th via web in reply to fbonacci
  6. #VaR supporters know flaws, say "it's better than nothing." Actually, no. "Nothing" forces you to think, a significant improvement for banks 6:18 PM May 26th via web
  7. @surfsk8sno #VaR = Value at Risk, basically a covariance matrix of risk factors using regressions. Flaws too numerous to name. Past ≠ Future 12:39 PM May 26th via web in reply to surfsk8sno
  8. To distract from econ hard landing & #BoXilai, #China starts bashing foreign "snakeheads." nyti.ms/LEbX7t. Lucky me, going next week 9:49 AM May 26th via web
  9. "The central question is why #JamieDimon was able to...convince...regulators that there was nothing to see" nyti.ms/KqTJFh. Exactly 8:50 AM May 26th via web
  10. Another beautiful weekend, another week when #Greece did not leave the #Euro. #GreeceNotLeaving #EuroHereToStay 7:59 AM May 26th via web
  11. A seasoned trader tweeted me "every..trader..knows VaR is used to fool upper management." Then mgt. uses it to fool #Fed #SEC. Great system! 7:52 AM May 26th via web
  • Name Jim Rickards
  • Location Darien, CT USA
  • Web http://www.tangen...
  • Bio Author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, a New York Times & National Bestseller http://amzn.to/qjAqtP http://currencywarsbook.com
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