16 January 2009

Perspective from Satyajit Das

1) Flat is the new up.
2) Debt is the new equity.
3) Dividends are the only return.
4) If you’re looking for the bottom of the market there’s a special offer - buy one you get the next one free.

His full article is very interesting:
http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/satyajitdas/index.cfm/2009/1/16/2008--Look-back-in-Horror

His book, "Traders, Guns and Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives" is a quite informative and a shockingly hilarious read.

I'd add one correllary to #4.
"Early is the new wrong." -Peter Clarke, CEO, Man Group

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