Horst

[Fiona Shnapple]

http://blog.yardeni.com/2013/11/is-commodity-super-cycle-over-already.html


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Fiona Shnapple <fionashnapple at gmail.com> wrote:
> Horst, a stolid guy when he's with his kids, can't possibly survive,
> let alone succeed in the Chicago Pits unless he can put on a game face
> and fight. He doesn't like to lose, lose control, or lose his
> aggregates, his collections, of baseball cards, of B&J's Chunky Monkey
> Ice Cream.
>
> But he's gonna lose his seat. You need a seat to trade.  The computer
> traders buggy whip his job. His seat loses value. The bomb in the
> basement, then the planes, accelerate the inexorable force of
> technology, a force fiercer and greater than greed.
>
> It's magic. Fortune's wheel forces Horst up through the faults. His
> timing is of the essence. He is at the bottom of the wheel when the
> super cycle in commodities turns him into a super rich man.
>
> But the computer traders are fucked too. Those that are commodities
> traders. So Horst, got lucky when the planes hit in so many ways, he
> can't even count his blessings. Maybe that's Grace?
>
> That super cycle just ended.
>
>
>
>  http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324144304578619672666497416
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