Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 11, 2016
Transcript:
Caller: ...and I agree with the last caller, Mark. This Boesky guy is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to insider trading! And with Boesky singing, there's gotta be a lot of guys losing sleep tonight, don't you think? Mark: I should think so. Caller: You know any traders on The Street, man? Mark: Uh... well, as a matter of fact, I do. But there's no way he'd... he'd... Slackmeyer: All I ever wanted was to make the market more efficient! Wife: Did you say something, dear?
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
The go-go 80’s; greed is good.
Argythree over 8 years ago
Was that Mark’s father?
cripplious over 8 years ago
Once something works why change it.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
That’s what they all say.
rlcooke over 8 years ago
As I recall, the old guy overreached. He had a plan for gobbling up a vulnerable firm, and when he tried to get financing to execute his plan, the guy he presented it to decided to do the deed himself, so Slackmeyer was out of a job. That was the predatory 80s, or maybe early 90s. I’d almost forgotten that Mark’s hair wasn’t always white.
tigre1again over 8 years ago
Remember? all you needed materially was a phone, a mattress to crash on, and four lines a day…and you could MAKE it.
I have a room full of interesting stock.
montessoriteacher over 8 years ago
Nice bit yesterday GT.
montessoriteacher over 8 years ago
I had trouble getting online yesterday. GT is having some fun with the combover of a certain candidate and the floppy issues.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 8 years ago
Bad enough that Madoff ruined individual investors. He also bankrupted Elie Wiesel’s foundation for Holocaust survivors. Thank you, deregulators.
cartbyjonathan over 8 years ago
As I recall, the biggest offender was Jim Andrews, not apparently Jewish.
whiteaj over 8 years ago
And the Clintons in the futures for commodities market…
Coyoty Premium Member over 8 years ago
You’re raving bonkers.
cartbyjonathan over 8 years ago
JW, Dick Davenport, featured here in the last few weeks, has if anything an even bigger beak than Mr. Slackmeyer, yet is an obvious WASP.