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Politics : Ask Michael Burke

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To: BGR who wrote (68709)10/6/1999 3:55:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
BGR, it is exactly the ivory tower nonsense preached by the likes of Merton , Black and Scholes that almost brought the global financial system to it's knees last year via LTCM.

Ballmer on the other hand is right in the thick of the business he passed judgement on. i can tell you exactly what his observations are based on: during a time when corporate profits in the tech sector roughly doubled, stock prices have increased ten-fold. it doesn't take a genius to conclude that something is seriously out of whack. it just so happens that Ballmer's voice carries a bit of authority given his position. note that WS quickly began to invent on all sorts of funny theories to explain away what Ballmer had said. no wonder, if you conclude that he simply spoke his mind, you would have to get a bit wary of a Nasdaq sporting a p/e of 158.

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