tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post623821379314425203..comments2024-03-27T06:42:31.956+00:00Comments on Mark Brinkley (aka House 2.0): House 2.0 meets QI?Mark Brinkleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-55897561147659765362010-02-09T18:47:32.282+00:002010-02-09T18:47:32.282+00:00"1. HSBC is not British"
I stand correc..."1. HSBC is not British"<br /><br />I stand corrected - I had forgotten about the forced domicile to the UK after the acquisition of Midland Bank.<br /><br />"Nice rant Paul, did you want to add anything useful to the conversation?"<br /><br />About as much as you apparently.<br /><br />"3. Derivatives are worth a lot more (I presume 2 doesn't apply to them then).&Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159273748602638912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-17509438185228398342010-02-09T14:24:22.789+00:002010-02-09T14:24:22.789+00:00Nice rant Paul, did you want to add anything usefu...Nice rant Paul, did you want to add anything useful to the conversation?<br /><br />1. HSBC is not British (Traded on the UK stock market and pays UK tax. That makes it... British? No?)<br /><br />2. Value of X is meaningless (People pay what they think it is worth, I think you will find...)<br /><br />3. Derivatives are worth a lot more (I presume 2 doesn't apply to them then).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-51462859257158169272010-02-08T17:51:14.614+00:002010-02-08T17:51:14.614+00:00Since when was HSBC a British company? And all of ...Since when was HSBC a British company? And all of these "value of X" statements are meaningless as there is no intrinsic value in any of it - it's whatever the "market" thinks something is worth. Houses are no more worth X hundred thousand pounds than companies are worth X billion dollars. And don't forget the daily foreign exchange and derivatives markets trade in theUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159273748602638912noreply@blogger.com