Quotes by Christian Stracke

“So you put a little Jamaica in the fund, a little South Africa, a little Thailand. In a global crisis, all three will be a dog. But if youre a [hedge fund] manager, you dont care. You just want to offer as much diversification as possible, with as much yield as possible.”

“The market wants Lula to win in the first round just to get this over with.”

“Where the credit is really due is in the early part of Greenspans tenure: being faced with the aftershocks of the Wall Street crash in 1987 and dealing with that quite well. He confronted some very serious potential crises and got us to a point where we avoided them and are better off than we might have been otherwise.”

“All of this is Monday morning quarterbacking. If you or I were in there wed probably have done a much worse job. His great legacy was his pragmatism. He was cautious.”

“To Mexicos credit, they dont allow the oil windfall to get in the hands of the Treasury too much so they havent really grown dependent on it.”

“Because the economy is so strong, import growth is also very strong, and that import growth is eroding trade surpluses. Surpluses of more than a billion a month might be over.”

“In Mexico, there is too much risk priced in.”

“On the flip side, there should be more concern in Brazil.”

“Even if he doesnt win, he could be a radical voice for the left.”

“It is a perfect time for populism. It will be more and more difficult for Brazil to resist.”