Wall Street Examiner Forums and Bears Chat: I Hate When Maria Says This - Wall Street Examiner Forums and Bears Chat

Besides the fact that The Money Honey Maria Bartoromo can't pronounce her S's, I feel like throwing a shoe at the TV every day at 4 PM when I don't hit the mute button fast enough. And when she is not there, her fill in says it too.

It doesn't matter if we are down 500 or up 500, we always hear her say this:

"It'sh four o'clock and do you know where your money izsh?



Sorry, that's not her. Lean a little bit more forward OK? Good grief.



Better. Hiya!

Even when Lehman was blowing up and big banks were like a giant turd getting flushed down a sink hole, Maria always barked, "Do you know where your money ish?" Are you kidding me? That was part of the problem. Billions of dollars were frozen, so back off. We still don't know where it is. Who thought of his stoopid saying? Her? Get rid of it. Something like, "It's 4 o'clock, and the circus is closed for business" would be better. I like that a lot.

Well I know where our money is. Permanently jettisoned into Greenie and Ben's 5th Dimension. Stop asking us that question!



So you think this guy's clients knew where there money was? Have a little sensitivity.



And one other thing I hate is when Maria gets all excited over an earnings call and flat out blows it. Train wreck reporting that Crapvision rarely fixes. Wrong number up there? So what?

No matter who is reporting earnings, everything is assumed bullish. A firm could miss by a mile and Maria would instinctively screech. "The scream" sends after-hours gamblers into fits of glee when the first reaction spike is up. Within seconds depression overwhelms the herd. First she reports the numbers as a "beat" and begins yelling real loud about the after-hours action, and over her shoulder the the stock in question is free falling on the flashing chart. She doesn't notice at all and hasn't looked at the estimates or comparisons yet. She's just happy.

"Look at the shctock go! Inveshtors are celebrating in the after hoursh! This really ought to put a charge into the futuresh tonight! Oh my goodnessh, we are back!!! This iszh the New Normal!!" (tailing off to inaudible noise)



Then, the Money Honey notices the stock is tanking and in a serious tone of voice we get the real news. "We have 8.5 billion in revenuesh inshtead of the 10.5 billion exshpected. Thatsh 8.5 billion and ash you can see, inveshtors are reacting to the newzsh."

No sheet. Never bats an eye and moves on to the next item of hype. Forgotten totally. Hey, what about those squirrels diving into the pile of nuts on arca? Dead.



Oops.

And that ish what shtarsh are made of.

Won't be around much tomorrow. I expect the Loch Ness/Frozen Flag with bear hell into the close again. Remember, "you just gotta be" in a lot of "names" in the right "space" and "do your homework."

Youz The Newzsh