Comments on: Behavior Gap Round Up, 9.5.2009 http://www.behaviorgap.com/behavior-gap-round-up-9-5-2009/ Exploring the relationship between people and their money. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MarkWolfinger http://www.behaviorgap.com/behavior-gap-round-up-9-5-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-950 MarkWolfinger Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:23:14 +0000 http://www.behaviorgap.com/?p=1316#comment-950 Is TARP profitable? Please!<br><br>That's thinking is similar to an investor with a $1MM portfolio who takes profits on his 3 smallest holdings and ignores that the value of his total portfolio is only $300M.<br><br>There will be no profits unless AIG can pay. And they cannot.<br><br>And yes, diversification is not as helpful as many hoped it would be. Is TARP profitable? Please!

That's thinking is similar to an investor with a $1MM portfolio who takes profits on his 3 smallest holdings and ignores that the value of his total portfolio is only $300M.

There will be no profits unless AIG can pay. And they cannot.

And yes, diversification is not as helpful as many hoped it would be.

]]> By: MarkWolfinger http://www.behaviorgap.com/behavior-gap-round-up-9-5-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-678 MarkWolfinger Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:23:14 +0000 http://www.behaviorgap.com/?p=1316#comment-678 Is TARP profitable? Please!<br><br>That's thinking is similar to an investor with a $1MM portfolio who takes profits on his 3 smallest holdings and ignores that the value of his total portfolio is only $300M.<br><br>There will be no profits unless AIG can pay. And they cannot.<br><br>And yes, diversification is not as helpful as many hoped it would be. Is TARP profitable? Please!

That's thinking is similar to an investor with a $1MM portfolio who takes profits on his 3 smallest holdings and ignores that the value of his total portfolio is only $300M.

There will be no profits unless AIG can pay. And they cannot.

And yes, diversification is not as helpful as many hoped it would be.

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