Bank of American moving HQ to NYC?

kw, right on sir. Couldn't agree with you more.

Disappear? Who disappeared? Here I am. Just updating an XP image I have under VMWare, but it eats up all my computer resources, making posting difficult. Plus I have a lot of work to do!

Nonetheless, this thread is ostensibly about Bank of America moving its HQ to New York. I was quoted as saying it wouldn't happen, and certainly wouldn't happen under Ken Lewis. I was right. Speculation brought out the vultures - Juicy, LICC - who based on a rumor claimed I was wrong, and that BofA would be moving here.

Not.

Then LICC tried to cover his tracks by claiming as a victory that the HQ of Quick and Reilly - BofA's discount brokerage unit - would be integrated into Merrill Lynch in New York. Well, which one is bigger, Q&R or ML?

Has nothing to do with BofA moving its headquarters to NYC, which it's not.

JuiceMan, do I have to go through (again) and quote all the predictions you made that were absolutely, positively wrong? I hope not....

hfs, I don't know about mimi, but I sure do miss spunky.

"Faced with reality steve digs deeper and deeper into a hole."

It is pretty funny to hear juice pointing out lousy predictions...

steve, your recap may be your fantasy of events, but you should try sticking with actual facts and the truth. You wouldn't appear so disengenous and loony.

"It is pretty funny to hear juice pointing out lousy predictions..."

How does somewhereelse, a relatively new poster, know anything about my predictions? Has he read 36 months of posts and come up with a silly conclusion or is he a long time poster using a different alias. hmmmmmmmm

"but you should try sticking with actual facts and the truth."

Why would steve start this type of radical behavior now?

"JuiceMan, do I have to go through (again) and quote all the predictions you made that were absolutely, positively wrong? I hope not...."

You can do whatever you want steve, no one believes you anyway. By the way steve, do you have any idea what happened to nyc10022?

"you should try sticking with actual facts and the truth"

As opposed to your virtual facts, LICC?

"You can do whatever you want steve, no one believes you anyway."

Merry Christmas!

> Has he read 36 months of posts and come up with a silly conclusion

Actually, there are tons of highlight reels.... your greatest hits alone had me laughing for hours.

If the conclusions are silly, its only because the original quotes were so out of this world.

This is spectacularly hilarious! ----

--- I just searched on "Charlotte will be the US capital of finance" and only find it in this thread.

--- The thread JuiceMan linked to: it's in your first post.
http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/7601-the-death-of-citigroup-and-new-york-as-a-banking-center

--- "Charlotte will be the US capital of finance"

And who's to say it won't be? I never said it was, but it is #2.

somewhereelse, do you know what happened to nyc10022?

"Charlotte will be the US capital of finance." - stevejhx

Does anybody know what happened to nyc10022?

juice, I know you're slow, but come on now... I moved.

oh! Didn't realize that swe, I thought you loved the UES?. You will always be nyc10022 to me :)

That was silly, you could obviously change zip codes and stay on the UES.....

JuiceMan, you forced my hand:

"JuiceMan. about 23 months ago. "No one has denied the impact of the credit crisis billshiers, I'm not sure why not being pessimistic equates to denying reality. What you and others fail to acknowledge is some positive indicators that MAY help offset some of the downturn of the economy. If you look at the issue from both the bull and bear points of view and take time to form a balanced opinion, you may gain some confidence that the "stealth softness" could be short term thing and that these clouds will eventually clear up. I think this article from the journal nicely sums up both the challenges and opportunities for 2008. WE ARE NOT IN A CRISIS."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119936944809564859.html

From the late, great malraux's famous thread - the best one ever posted anywhere: "where are all the idiots who made the 2007 doomsday predictions?!?"

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/2651-where-are-all-the-idiots-who-made-the-2007-doomsday-predictions?page=1

stevejhx
about 5 hours ago
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report abuse "you should try sticking with actual facts and the truth"

As opposed to your virtual facts, LICC?

or the verbal facts, like columbiacounty
http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/17211-legal-liability-for-sf-representations-units-sold-numbers

So Juicy, you're so worried about the few instances I might be wrong in that you posted an entire thread about it. How's about this one, that you didn't answer?

"oh! Didn't realize that swe, I thought you loved the UES?. You will always be nyc10022 to me :)"

Always be EddieWilson to me!

It is an interesting question but with all of the layoffs in NYC there is a lot of NYC natural talent and maybe it means wages get knocked down here and then it does make sense for BofA. Not that the headquarters really matters so much this is a nationwide bank and headquarter people aren't necessarily people who make the money for the comapny.

"So Juicy, you're so worried about the few instances I might be wrong in that you posted an entire thread about it. How's about this one, that you didn't answer?"

Didn't you post this on another thread steve? I did answer it and gave you an xmas present to boot.

steve, you should really keep track of your own posts. It is bad etiquette to post the same thing on multiple threads and the chastise someone for not answering them. You really should be ashamed of yourself.

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/17205-stellar-inventory-predictions

"Always be EddieWilson to me!"

Hey bjw2103, do you think nyc10022 moved from a place called EddieWilson and that's why the name was changed the first time?

"WE ARE NOT IN A CRISIS."

hee, hee.

"Morgan Stanley is consolidating the headquarters of its private bank in Purchase, N.Y., closing down a budding operation in Charlotte"

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/01/27/2012545/morgan-stanley-to-close-in-charlotte.html

jsmith9005, just a totally random question for you, but does your apartment have 80% carpeting?

totally random question, nothing meant by it at all.

My apartment in Charlotte had 80% carpeting, an unfortunately I developed asthma as a result. But luckily I got relocated back to NY, because Charlotte never materialized as the financial capital of the world. My asthma has subsided now.

"maybe one day you'll have a kid with asthma. happy days!"

I am shocked that steve was wrong on this. Really shocked.

Juice has some company. ;-)

JuiceMan, according to steve, it still may happen . . .

Yes, we are waiting for all of steve's predictions to happen

swe, yes, you.