Percy Ranks Bill Gross Metaphors: September 2007
Bill Gross calls for a massive bailout of U.S. homeowners in his September 2007 "Investment Outlook." He also cuts back on his use of metaphors from last month. This month's top 5 metaphors:
- "And for those who would still have them eat some Wall Street cake as opposed to Midwest meat & potatoes . . . look at it this way: your stocks and risk-oriented levered investments will spring to life like the wild flowers in Death Valley after a flash flood."
- "Waldo morphs and becomes a man with a thousand faces."
- "70% of American households are homeowners, and now many of those that bought homes in 2005-2007 stand a good chance of resembling passengers on the Poseidon – upside down with negative equity."
- "The food chain in this case is not one of predator feasting on prey, but a symbiotic credit extension, always for profit, but never without trust and belief that their money will be repaid upon contractual demand."
- "They are wizards of complexity. I, however, having just turned 63, am a professor of simplicity."
Ouch ! Does not go well with my thinking voice.
#2 and #5 were actually meant for the N&R cartoon caption contest.