The Goldman Grift Shows How Greece Got Got [boombustblog.com]
May 20, 2012 Leave a comment
By Reggie Middleton
Greece will burn economically because of financially engineered, grifted ways and it most definitely will not be the only country in the EZ to do so. I have made this unequivocally clear since February of 2010, over two years ago -reference the Coming Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis.
So who is responsible for such a potentially cataclysmic event and what can be done about it? Well, amazingly, I’ll answer it all in one post by combining a little reporting with some hardcore, truly objective, independent financial analysis. Ahhh, I love this new media blogging thingy! From Bloomberg:
Goldman Secret Greece Loan Reveals Two Sinners
Greece’s secret loan from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) was a costly mistake from the start.
You know, one sentence into this Bloomberg piece it already smacks of realism simply by indicating it was a mistake for an unsophisticated party to do business with Goldman. It’s a damn shame that such a statement can be so believable on its face without even an ounce of justification provided yet. It goes to show you exactly how many feel, deep down, Goldman actually manages to outperform. It takes money from the foolish, as opposed to earning it by being the so called best of the best. It is the best, but the best had marketing and grifting – not necessarily engineering the best solution for its clients. You see, most of the time the best solution for your clients are antithetical to both your bonus pool and margin expansion.
