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" Margin is a customer concept. "
Paul Singer
Customer
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" I know people who are always freeriders and will never get into a fight. "
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" In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate. "
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" The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. "
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" Stability is not the way of the world. "
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" Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system. "
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" I'm rarely optimistic. "
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" So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay. "
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" Check out London, Manhattan, Aspen and East Hampton real estate prices, as well as high-end art prices, to see what the leading edge of hyperinflation could look like. "
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" I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.' "
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" Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank. "
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" 'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity. "
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" There is no safe haven in today's markets. "
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" While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake. "
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" A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge. "
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" What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including end-users, including every institution, including sovereigns and multilateral institutions, then the system would be safe - if people were margined the way customers of investment banks are margined. "
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People
" America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. "
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" Capital is kind of a banking concept. "
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Concept
Kind
" Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger. "
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" If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange. "
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" Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft. "
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" Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear. "
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Financial
Difficult
" Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state. "
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American
Society
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" What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. "
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" Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system. "
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" It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. "
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" My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments? "
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" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "
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