Who Is IOZ?: Goldman 10:34

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Goldman 10:34

All I have to say about the sucker who resigned from Goldman upon discovering that its staff was not composed of peaceful ascetics whose days were spent in quiet meditation and mindful contemplation of the blooming lotus is that he's got a clear future career on the Absolut Swedish Explosive Guilt Commission, wherein he can pass all the rest of the years of his life handing out Peace Prizes to just-elected heads of state who immediately chopper in to proclaim that they come not to bring peace unto earth, but the sword.

29 comments:

C. Nihilist said...: to quote a friend, the real answer to the question of "why i am leaving goldman": "because i can afford to"; 10:30 AM
fish said...: related

My take is that Smith took the best possible approach if you wanted to poach all of your highest profile clients for your new hedge fund. "I realized my former employer didn't want to earn you money like I do."

Please.; 10:31 AM
Frederick said...: We Lost lucky Strike?; 10:45 AM
Leonard said...: fish that is astute.

Yeah I expect him setting up the Smith Sovereign Wealth fund and making a killing... ooops, not that... uh, "helping clients".; 10:50 AM
C. Nihilist said...: Frederick nailed it.; 10:53 AM
Anonymous said...: a tidbit:
"The "culture" of Goldman Sachs was, is and always will be about making money, often at the expense of a client. Do you even know where the term "wirehouse" originally came from? Let me help you out with that. In the 1920's, there was no CNBC or internet - there was only news delivered by wire and cable, stock market news and prices included. The "wirehouse" firms like Goldman would transmit stock and bond prices to their far-flung offices around the country from Wall Street where the action was taking place. it is a peculiar and yet telling fact of history that during the Crash of 1929, not a single major Wall Street brokerage firm went under. Wanna know why? Because when the sell-off began, they dumped all their holdings prior to wiring the news out to the rest of the investing public and their clientele across the country. Sound familiar, motherfucker? THAT is your firm's culture, going back a hundred and fifty years."

source: http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/03/14/how-to-quit-a-job-without-publishing-an-op-ed/; 11:23 AM
Sharkjump said...: Pity to see IOZ match the adolescent sarcasm but fail to match the wit of yesterday's most idiotic commentary on this (from Bloomberg no less).; 11:35 AM
Sorry said...: Look, dude walked away from Omelas cuz ethics & now in the sweat of his face shalt eat bread & wander over barren hills & shit. Yinz guys are cold.; 2:04 PM
druff said...: so what blogs do y'all read? all my previous faves sorta started never posting.; 2:15 PM
mp said...: when i joined the army, people shot folks to win hearts and minds. now they're just shooting. i mean, god.; 2:26 PM
High Arka said...: (IOZ, will you stop allowing people to "CREATE A LINK" to this post so that they eventually produce 40 "links" right below the commentary?); 5:03 PM
Anonymous said...: hey druff, this blog is pretty great. not a lot of reading though, lol

http://goatsonstuff.com/; 5:27 PM
The Mathmos said...: @druff

There's always zunguzungu, for massive link agregation on sundays.; 8:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Now this:

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/03/barack-obama-murderous-sociopath

This is funny.; 9:04 PM
Paul Alexander said...: I second what High Arka said. This place is really going to shit!; 12:39 AM
Anonymous said...: @ PA und HA

If only the Führer knew!

The Dull Sycophant; 8:52 AM
mistah charley, ph.d. said...: Hey druff

http://beforenine.blogspot.com/

http://pens-opinion.org/

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/; 9:02 AM
demize! said...: Hi Paul, it just got that much better seeing your punum! GOLDMAN DELENDA EST!; 12:36 PM
NutellaonToast said...: I used to be disenchanted with Goldman Sach's corporate environment, but then it got too mainstream.; 12:49 PM
Eerily Lackadaisical said...: I'm gonna write a musical based on this incident. I already have one blockbuster song title:

"Don't cry for me, Goldmanina" ...

Can anyone think of any others?

We can then get a composer and librettist and ask M'sieur's trustees to capitalize us at least thru New Haven.; 2:58 PM
Eerily Lackadaisical said...: That reminds me - we also want to get a dinner-theatre revival of "All About Eve" going chez IOZ.

I already see High Arka in Bette's part, and anne of course in Anne's part.

But who oh who could possibly be our Addison? (heh heh heh)

Nominations for the part of Addison DeWitt are hereby open.

Typecasting encouraged.; 3:02 PM
Eerily Lackadaisical said...: OK - I'll go first, since you insist.

Nutella, of course.; 3:19 PM
Anonymous said...: i want the part marylin monroe plays. i will fucking kill on those jokes.; 4:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Ira Glass' entire show is a farce. What the fuck, who cares. There's no 13 year olds working in factories in China? Bullshit. However Glass comes across as a spineless wimp and that's no surprise. Neither are the Stalinist machinations by the Marketplace Randians.; 5:51 PM
Anonymous said...: KONY 2012!; 6:00 PM
Eerily Lackadaisical said...: Consider yourself on the shortlist, nonny@4:45.

Of course, we'd have to see your tits first ....; 12:53 PM
anne said...: eer' , must i be stuck with all of the roles played by actresses with the name anne .. . that's no fun .. ,why not give whoisy a go at the role .. of eve , he seems to have an interest in the stage in a way that i don't , , , my bare footed ballet is for the streets ..; 1:54 PM
anne said...: ark a , of the links , i assume that they are somehow different than those... up over here ..where i am swimming , ,, swimmy , of in the lake .. what are you seeing ? / and paul ..as always ..i love you .. .; 1:59 PM
Eerily Lackadaisical said...: , my bare footed ballet is for the streets ..

Speaking of which, did you see they're rereleasing a new cut of "Children of Paradise" (Les Enfants du Paradis?)

You can swoon imagining youself as Garannce, played by Arletty.

There's only one downside to this product - it was produced in Vichy France, which makes all involved a little suspect ....; 2:31 PM

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