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Sudden, se lo voy a plantear desde el punto de vista religioso, y luego desde el punto de vista seglar, racional, con el objetivo de que se vea como ambos planteamientos nos llevan al misma final.El pueblo ha demostrado su inmoralidad, su rapacidad, su egoísmo y cortedad de miras, su empeño en desclasarse del estamento obrero a costa de la esclavitud financiera de otros de su misma clase y de sus propios hijos, a base de especular, no de trabajar y obtener riqueza con el sudor de su frente, que es lo moralmente correcto . Es decir, se ha portado mal, cometiendo un delito de lesa humanidad, si hacemos una interpretación extensa de ese concepto - provocar una debacle demográfica por todos los niños no nacidos por culpa de la precariedad habitacional permitíria aplicar esa figura - Cómo se ha dicho aquí el liberalismo auténtico parte de que el ser humano es libre para actuar correctamente o incorrectamente y este último caso debe sufrir las consecuencias. En este caso el desplome de la burbuja inmobiliaria con ellos dentro del artefacto.Desde el punto de vista puramente racional, lo que no se puede esperar es que dentro del sistema economico capitalista de mercado haya activos - fíjese que estoy partiendo de considerar la vivienda como un activo financiero, como una forma de dinero, lo cual no seria correcto dado que es ilíquido, pero venga, va, aceptamos barco- y dar por hecho que, como cualquier otro activo, no está sujeto a depreciación, solo a crecimiento o mantenimiento - hasta los depósitos a plazo fijo sufren una depreciación que puede ser brutal, en caso de quiebra de la entidad financiera -. Ello más aún cuando el activo es objeto de una burbuja especulativa, en este caso de expectativas-. No admitir eso es no admitir la naturaleza del capitalismo financierizado, que es lo que ha permitido que la vivienda sea considerada objeto de inversión. No sé puede estar al plato y a las tajadas, y pensar lo contrario es ir contra la naturaleza misma del modelo capitalista financiero que se instauro en los 80 y que se basa en la inestabilidad y las fluctuaciones continuas de activos - la economía de burbujas de Larry Summers-. Si el proletariado pensó que iba a haber un activo seguro se engaño a si mismo, y eso no le exime de la perdida patrimonial.Ya no entro en que la absorcion o esterilización de capital inmovilizado en ladrillo acaba con el capital circulante que es la base del proceso de reproducción y crecimiento de capital - la generacion del plusvalor vía proceso productivo-.Lo que usted plantea es que actuar mal, tanto desde el punto de vista moral/religioso como desde el racional o desde la logica del modelo actual de capitalismo financiero o desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento del sistema capitalista tradicional, no tenga consecuencias. Y eso no es ni posible ni deseable.
Private Credit’s Angry Investors Are Showing Its LimitsRetail regrets. Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergCitarTakeaways by Bloomberg AI*Private credit managers are facing issues with investors who can't get their money out as quickly as they'd like, leading to tentative non-apologies for any misunderstandings.*The problem is that private credit funds usually lend money directly to private equity-owned companies for five years, making these kinds of illiquid investments only suitable for normal folk in very small doses.*Limiting payouts is the right move to halt the viral contagion of falling loan prices and further panicky withdrawals, but retail investors are not happy and the exit queues could be even longer next quarter.Private credit managers are feeling sheepish. Some of their investors can’t get their money out as quickly as they’d like — and some may be quite angry about that. Cue the tentative non-apologies for any misunderstandings people had about getting their cash back. “Between us, and the advisers who sell our products, I don’t think we made it clear enough,” Doug Ostrover, co-chief executive officer at Blue Owl Capital Inc., told a conference in Australia on Thursday.Upsetting customers is generally bad news. For private credit firms it will likely hurt their ability to raise fresh funds in future, but more importantly it’s when voters feel burned that politicians smell opportunity. And that rarely bodes well for finance. The best thing that could come from this troublesome spell is that the US rethinks its plan to allow many more private assets into ordinary folks’ retirement funds.Private credit funds usually lend money directly to private equity-owned companies, typically for five years. But these kinds of illiquid investments are only suitable for normal folk in very small doses and with strict guardrails. Too much retail money would be a big accident waiting to happen that would ultimately harm both fund managers and financial stability.The past few weeks has seen one firm after another frustrate requests from individual investors to get their money back. These clients are worried about recent fund losses and other potential problems such as heavy lending to AI-threatened software companies. But firms are mostly sticking to the letter of quarterly redemption limits in the face of much larger demands.The unlisted business development companies, as these special funds are known, are an important subsection of the $1.8 trillion private-lending market. And they are doing the right thing by husbanding their free cash and not rushing to offload hard-to-sell loans to raise money to return to investors.Just this week, a fund run by Ares Management Corp. capped withdrawals at 5% of net assets when redemption requests amounted to 11.6% of shares in the vehicle. Apollo Global Management Inc. also stuck to the same standard quarterly limit after investors asked for 11.2% of their money back. Funds run by Blackrock Inc., Blackstone Inc., Cliffwater LLC and Morgan Stanley have seen high demand for redemptions, too. Many vehicles also reported quarterly losses because of the declining value of loans they hold after years of strong returns.Limiting payouts is the right move because it halts the viral contagion of falling loan prices, more market value losses and further panicky withdrawals. Unchecked, that could turn a credit drama into a crisis. Retail investors are not happy, though. The exit queues could be even longer next quarter.Managers insist that credits in their funds remain good even if higher borrowing costs are depressing loan values. Institutional investors are said to still be investing fresh cash even as some individuals turn tail. Still, there are plenty of worries about potential losses, especially on loans to software companies. The most bearish expectations are for 15% of private credit borrowers to default, and for recoveries as low as 20% of loan values. That would mean losses of 12% of an average portfolio, or double that if a fund is leveraged with an equal amount of borrowed money.It’s clear why investors might want to jump ship, but they should have known it wouldn’t be easy. BDC funds aren’t nearly as simple as the managers and marketing people might want clients to think, but one thing clear from a cursory look at their documents is that there was never any guarantee of getting your money back when you want.In every prospectus I’ve looked at, the second or third bullet point at the front says in bold: “You should not expect to be able to sell your shares regardless of how we perform.” Did investors bother looking? Did their financial advisers highlight this point? The comments from Blue Owl’s Ostrover suggest firms are starting to worry about the answers to these questions.At the same conference, Jim Zelter, Apollo’s president, mused that certain distribution channels in certain parts of the world might have sold the funds without ensuring investors fully grasped this risk. I’ve had plenty of emails over recent weeks that presume wealth managers and financial advisors should be blamed rather than the private credit firms.The distinction might not help if the pressure to redeem keeps growing and the disquiet becomes political. Lloyd Blankfein, former boss of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., talked about the risks of Wall Street getting involved with mom-and-pop clients on the Bloomberg Big Take podcast at the start of March. Governments don’t care that much when big institutions suffer losses in any particular product because they can afford it, he said. “But when you lose money for individuals, for consumers (ie taxpayers and citizens) people in government get very, very upset. Regulators get very, very upset.”We have seen this movie many times with complex, illiquid or structured investment products sold to individuals, even wealthy ones. It often ends badly for the firms involved. Private-asset managers, politicians and regulators should keep this in mind as the industry pushes hard to get more of their funds into the hands of ever more households. Mostly, they should just not do it.
Takeaways by Bloomberg AI*Private credit managers are facing issues with investors who can't get their money out as quickly as they'd like, leading to tentative non-apologies for any misunderstandings.*The problem is that private credit funds usually lend money directly to private equity-owned companies for five years, making these kinds of illiquid investments only suitable for normal folk in very small doses.*Limiting payouts is the right move to halt the viral contagion of falling loan prices and further panicky withdrawals, but retail investors are not happy and the exit queues could be even longer next quarter.
US said to prepare for weeks of Iran ground opThe United States Department of Defense (DoD) is preparing for a potential ground operation against Iran that could last for weeks, The Washington Post (WAPO) reported.According to US officials familiar with the matter, the potential operation would not be a full-scale invasion. It would include limited actions undertaken by Special Operations teams and infantry, and target zones such as the Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump has allegedly not yet decided whether to approve the campaign.Previously, it was reported that the Pentagon is engaged in "detailed" preparations for a ground operation in Iran, involving the US Army's Global Response Force and the Marine Corps' Marine Expeditionary Unit. Before that, it was alleged that the US is discussing new options for dealing the "final blow" to Iran, including deploying ground forces there and launching a high-pressure bombing campaign.
Cita de: tomasjos en Hoy a las 15:27:19Sudden, se lo voy a plantear desde el punto de vista religioso, y luego desde el punto de vista seglar, racional, con el objetivo de que se vea como ambos planteamientos nos llevan al misma final.El pueblo ha demostrado su inmoralidad, su rapacidad, su egoísmo y cortedad de miras, su empeño en desclasarse del estamento obrero a costa de la esclavitud financiera de otros de su misma clase y de sus propios hijos, a base de especular, no de trabajar y obtener riqueza con el sudor de su frente, que es lo moralmente correcto . Es decir, se ha portado mal, cometiendo un delito de lesa humanidad, si hacemos una interpretación extensa de ese concepto - provocar una debacle demográfica por todos los niños no nacidos por culpa de la precariedad habitacional permitíria aplicar esa figura - Cómo se ha dicho aquí el liberalismo auténtico parte de que el ser humano es libre para actuar correctamente o incorrectamente y este último caso debe sufrir las consecuencias. En este caso el desplome de la burbuja inmobiliaria con ellos dentro del artefacto.Desde el punto de vista puramente racional, lo que no se puede esperar es que dentro del sistema economico capitalista de mercado haya activos - fíjese que estoy partiendo de considerar la vivienda como un activo financiero, como una forma de dinero, lo cual no seria correcto dado que es ilíquido, pero venga, va, aceptamos barco- y dar por hecho que, como cualquier otro activo, no está sujeto a depreciación, solo a crecimiento o mantenimiento - hasta los depósitos a plazo fijo sufren una depreciación que puede ser brutal, en caso de quiebra de la entidad financiera -. Ello más aún cuando el activo es objeto de una burbuja especulativa, en este caso de expectativas-. No admitir eso es no admitir la naturaleza del capitalismo financierizado, que es lo que ha permitido que la vivienda sea considerada objeto de inversión. No sé puede estar al plato y a las tajadas, y pensar lo contrario es ir contra la naturaleza misma del modelo capitalista financiero que se instauro en los 80 y que se basa en la inestabilidad y las fluctuaciones continuas de activos - la economía de burbujas de Larry Summers-. Si el proletariado pensó que iba a haber un activo seguro se engaño a si mismo, y eso no le exime de la perdida patrimonial.Ya no entro en que la absorcion o esterilización de capital inmovilizado en ladrillo acaba con el capital circulante que es la base del proceso de reproducción y crecimiento de capital - la generacion del plusvalor vía proceso productivo-.Lo que usted plantea es que actuar mal, tanto desde el punto de vista moral/religioso como desde el racional o desde la logica del modelo actual de capitalismo financiero o desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento del sistema capitalista tradicional, no tenga consecuencias. Y eso no es ni posible ni deseable.Ni hablar. Hay personas... personas con ahorros, del tipo que sean, y otras sin ahorros o con deudas. ( No hay que hacer nada, sólo esperar a que escampe. Esas hélites estaban "predeterminadas" para comerse un mojón, por lo que se ve. Justicia divina. )[ ¿Cómo va esa definición de "pueblo"? ]
Cita de: tomasjos en Hoy a las 15:27:19Sudden, se lo voy a plantear desde el punto de vista religioso, y luego desde el punto de vista seglar, racional, con el objetivo de que se vea como ambos planteamientos nos llevan al misma final.El pueblo ha demostrado su inmoralidad, su rapacidad, su egoísmo y cortedad de miras, su empeño en desclasarse del estamento obrero a costa de la esclavitud financiera de otros de su misma clase y de sus propios hijos, a base de especular, no de trabajar y obtener riqueza con el sudor de su frente, que es lo moralmente correcto . Es decir, se ha portado mal, cometiendo un delito de lesa humanidad, si hacemos una interpretación extensa de ese concepto - provocar una debacle demográfica por todos los niños no nacidos por culpa de la precariedad habitacional permitíria aplicar esa figura - Cómo se ha dicho aquí el liberalismo auténtico parte de que el ser humano es libre para actuar correctamente o incorrectamente y este último caso debe sufrir las consecuencias. En este caso el desplome de la burbuja inmobiliaria con ellos dentro del artefacto.Desde el punto de vista puramente racional, lo que no se puede esperar es que dentro del sistema economico capitalista de mercado haya activos - fíjese que estoy partiendo de considerar la vivienda como un activo financiero, como una forma de dinero, lo cual no seria correcto dado que es ilíquido, pero venga, va, aceptamos barco- y dar por hecho que, como cualquier otro activo, no está sujeto a depreciación, solo a crecimiento o mantenimiento - hasta los depósitos a plazo fijo sufren una depreciación que puede ser brutal, en caso de quiebra de la entidad financiera -. Ello más aún cuando el activo es objeto de una burbuja especulativa, en este caso de expectativas-. No admitir eso es no admitir la naturaleza del capitalismo financierizado, que es lo que ha permitido que la vivienda sea considerada objeto de inversión. No sé puede estar al plato y a las tajadas, y pensar lo contrario es ir contra la naturaleza misma del modelo capitalista financiero que se instauro en los 80 y que se basa en la inestabilidad y las fluctuaciones continuas de activos - la economía de burbujas de Larry Summers-. Si el proletariado pensó que iba a haber un activo seguro se engaño a si mismo, y eso no le exime de la perdida patrimonial.Ya no entro en que la absorcion o esterilización de capital inmovilizado en ladrillo acaba con el capital circulante que es la base del proceso de reproducción y crecimiento de capital - la generacion del plusvalor vía proceso productivo-.Lo que usted plantea es que actuar mal, tanto desde el punto de vista moral/religioso como desde el racional o desde la logica del modelo actual de capitalismo financiero o desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento del sistema capitalista tradicional, no tenga consecuencias. Y eso no es ni posible ni deseable.El pueblo ha sido empujado, animado, adoctrinado, obligado a esta inmoralidad ladrillil o caseril. Prueba de ello es que antes no lo era y nunca un pisito, alquiler o habitación fueron la estafa que es hoy día
Era una de las peticiones que más han hecho los clientes de estas tiendas, después de que se popularizaran los cajones de títulos seminuevos de PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 y otros sistemas retro. A partir de ahora, los juegos de GAME van a dejar de llevar las tradicionales pegatinas adheridas al lomo de las carátulas. En su lugar, habrá etiquetas de papel sin pegamento. Todo los que hayan comprado alguna vez un título en alguna de sus tiendas conocen bien lo difícil que resulta retirar esos adhesivos con el precio y el código de barras. [ ] Ahora que han realizado este cambio, el problema va a desaparecer y los jugadores ya han empezado a celebrar. La información que se incluye en estas etiquetas es fundamental porque es ahí donde está indicado el precio y el código de producto de cada título de segunda mano. A pesar de ello, los jugadores siempre han reclamado que se quitara por un motivo. Y es que para eliminarlas, es necesario extraer la carátula de cartón y confiar en que no deje marca.
The Iran war will cement China’s superpower statusBeijing’s industrial prowess positions it for economic and diplomatic gainsChinese premier Li Qiang last week convened more than 70 global chief executives to tout China’s stability and supply chains in the wake of the Middle East conflict © BloombergAs the world’s biggest oil importer, the Iran war poses a significant threat to China. But Beijing has been preparing for a crisis like this for years and is well positioned to turn the conflict into an advantage in the race for global economic supremacy.Last year, China imported about half of its crude oil and almost one-third of its liquefied natural gas from the Middle East. But it has aggressively built up strategic stockpiles of fossil fuels. China is estimated to hold the world’s largest emergency reserves of petroleum, totalling 1.3bn barrels.Even so, Iran has said vessels linked to “non-hostile” partners — which includes Beijing — can traverse the Strait of Hormuz. Almost half of China’s imported gas is piped from Russia and Turkmenistan on long-term contracts. Moreover, the Chinese Communist Party has already leveraged its centralised power to restrict exports from the country’s refineries, and could use it to hold down prices and pivot to alternative energy sources too.Besides, China has made significant investments in electrification. Electricity accounts for 30 per cent of the country’s energy consumption, about 50 per cent higher than the US or Europe, making it more insulated from rising global oil prices. (With its rapid solar and wind build-out, it already accounts for roughly one-third of renewable energy generation capacity worldwide.)A diverse energy mix, multiple suppliers and access to routes that bypass the Gulf mean only about 6 per cent of China’s total energy consumption is directly exposed to disruptions in the strait, estimates Goldman Sachs.In sum, China could weather a conflict that lasts for several more months, while greater protection from global energy prices will make its exporters more competitive.Beijing’s bet on cleantech and end-to-end industrial independence means it can make lasting economic and diplomatic gains from the war, too.First, the conflict has underscored the importance of reducing reliance on hydrocarbon imports. Chinese firms account for at least 70 per cent of global manufacturing capacity for major green technologies, including solar, battery and electric vehicle components. The country also dominates the extraction and refining of the rare-earth elements that go into them.Reflecting this, investors have rushed into the country’s green energy stocks in anticipation of rising global demand for renewables. China’s top battery makers have gained more than $70bn in market capitalisation since the US and Israel attacked Iran.Next, with nations relying on resources via the Middle East, China can position itself as a supplier of last resort given its stockpile of fossil fuels and industry-critical materials. It is also a net exporter of refined petroleum. (Taiwan, for instance, has already rebuffed Beijing’s offer of energy support.)China is the world’s second-largest exporter of fertiliser. Though it has restricted exports to bolster domestic security, it could act as a buffer to nations facing agricultural distress. It also has strategic reserves of sulphur, a key element in plant feed and metal processing, which is widely sourced via the strait.Likewise, the country has made progress in reducing its dependence on helium imports, with the recent discovery of a large domestic reserve and reported breakthroughs in purification. As outlined in last week’s edition, supplies of the chemical from Qatar are vital in Asia’s chip industry. (I spoke to CNN and The Tech Report about this.)A lengthy war could also give Beijing leverage ahead of a proposed meeting in May between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, notes Agathe Demarais, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. “Many of the missiles, fighter jets and other weapons that America needs for its war effort run on Chinese-made rare earths. But the US has only about two months of stocks,” she said.China’s strong relations with Gulf nations and its record in developing infrastructure mean its companies are in pole position to rebuild the region after the war, added Demarais. “They can provide finance and the materials to revive ports, energy facilities and desalination plants.”Beijing’s efforts to raise the renminbi’s global standing might get a boost from the war as well. A shift away from dollar-denominated oil towards domestic energy and Chinese green tech will play a part. Iran is also reportedly negotiating with some nations to permit the passage of ships, provided payments are made in yuan.“The conflict could be the catalyst for an erosion in petrodollar dominance and the beginnings of the ‘petroyuan’,” argues Deutsche Bank strategist Mallika Sachdeva. In other words, Trump’s war could normalise non-dollar energy sales.Finally, the conflict boosts China’s image as a more stable partner relative to the US across the developed and developing world. Just last week Chinese premier Li Qiang convened more than 70 global chief executives at the China Development Forum to tout the country’s reliability and supply chains. China’s favourability compared to the US is indeed rising, exclusive survey data from Morning Consult shows.China’s economy won’t emerge unscathed. As the war goes on, the country will face rising costs, tighter supplies and the risk of further rationing. In a prolonged conflict scenario, a deep global recession would hurt demand for its exports. Foreign partners will also remain wary of trade imbalances and becoming too dependent on the nation.But those expecting the war to undermine China’s superpower status — a view common among Maga types — are badly mistaken. Beijing’s long-termism, diversification and nimbleness make the country uniquely resilient, and well positioned to exploit new openings.
The Mother of Forever Defeats, James K. GalbraithA mere three months before launching a war against Iran, a major Middle Eastern power that has no intention of folding, US President Donald Trump had signed a National Security Strategy that expressed a "clear preference for non-intervention in the affairs of other nations.” What happened?AUSTIN – The National Security Strategy that US President Donald Trump’s administration published last November was remarkable, far-reaching, and unlike any other NSS that has appeared since George H.W. Bush “kicked the Vietnam syndrome” in the early 1990s. In the cover letter that bears his signature, Trump described the document as a “roadmap to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history.”Trump’s NSS anchors America’s greatness and success in its founding ideals. “In the Declaration of Independence, America’s founders laid down a clear preference for non-interventionism in the affairs of other nations.” But, alas, “our elites badly miscalculated America’s willingness to shoulder forever global burdens to which the American people saw no connection to the national interest.” They “allowed allies and partners to offload the cost of their defense onto the American people,” and “sometimes to suck us into conflicts and controversies central to their interests but peripheral or irrelevant to our own.”Until last month, Trump’s policies seemed to be working toward disengagement from the Middle East. The NSS had laid this out clearly: “As this Administration rescinds or eases restrictive energy policies and American energy production ramps up, America’s historic reason for focusing on the Middle East will recede.”There were, of course, qualifications: “America will always have core interests in ensuring that Gulf energy supplies do not fall into the hands of an outright enemy, that the Strait of Hormuz remain open.” But “we can and must address this threat ideologically and militarily without decades of fruitless ‘nation-building’ wars.”Moreover, the era when the “Middle East dominated American foreign policy in both long-term planning and day-to-day execution” has ended, in part because the region “is no longer the constant irritant, and potential source of imminent catastrophe, that it once was.” Israel’s security was mentioned, of course, but only in passing. Instead, the authors proclaimed, the Middle East is “emerging as a place of partnership, friendship, and investment – a trend that should be welcomed and encouraged.”Yet despite these stirring words, the United States on February 28 attacked Iran, a country 4.6 times the size of Germany, with more than 90 million people. The two Iraq wars may have been larger (so far), but they were against a rather puny opponent. Iran, by contrast, is a civilization-state with a deep reserve of missiles, drones, and patriotic and religious commitment. To attack it is to launch the mother of all forever wars.Of course, one could dismiss Trump’s NSS as yet another dishonest statement cooked up to mislead the American public – and many commentators did exactly that. But what purpose would this have served? If the goal was to get through the 2026 midterm elections by reaffirming Trump’s commitment to the promises he made during his last campaign, it makes no sense to expose the fraud just three months after the document’s release and eight months before Americans head to the polls.Moreover, the quality of the document suggests that those who composed it were serious people. This is no typical Trump campaign speech or press gaggle. Because such documents must be crafted and reviewed, written and rewritten, their importance lies precisely in the fact that they must overcome internal opposition before a president’s signature is added. This NSS was a largely coherent articulation of a distinct and important worldview: it set out a new direction for America, renouncing the NATO-centric, global-policeman, Pax Americana rhetoric of every administration since the collapse of the Soviet Union.Yet here we are, at war again in the Middle East. It is not going according to plan, if there even was one. The Strait of Hormuz is closed to US, European, Japanese, South Korean, and Israeli shipping. World oil supplies have fallen, and there will be severe shortages of gas, fertilizer, and, in due course, food. US bases in the Persian Gulf region have been partly destroyed or rendered unusable.As matters stand, America will never be able to return to those bases, because Iran shows no sign of bending before the bombs, nor will it run short of drones and missiles. Nor is there any chance that a few thousand Marines will turn the tide. To put it more bluntly, the US has already been expelled, once and for all, from the Gulf – though this may not yet have dawned on US officials or the public.How can we explain the vast gap between strategy and policy? One possibility is that the US government is no longer really a government, being unable to devise, announce, implement, and execute a strategy – something that real governments are supposed to do. A second interpretation is that the government the US did have, until three months ago, has since been replaced, through a silent coup d’état, with a different regime that is using Trump as a figurehead. Something like Venezuela, without the helicopters.The third possibility is that the US will eventually end up where the November 2025 NSS wanted it to go. That is, it will be forced out of the Middle East, obliged to recognize the limits and obsolescence of US power, and made to respect the sovereignty and autonomy of other nation-states. This would not be the worst result. But it would have been much easier to arrive at it directly, without the humiliation of a brutal military defeat, the elimination of allies, and the lasting damage to the global economy.