Jag fick ett brev med posten idag. Lite överraskande var det allt - kanske någon här kan hjälpa mig tolka det?

“Dear David Johansson,

it has come to our attention that you are seemingly the last optimist on earth regarding the long-term value of equity, and we urgently demand you to stop.

For the last 14 months, we and our international colleagues, e.g. the Bank of Japan, Bank of England, ECB and so forth, has fought the international downturn in the financial markets with all the resources we possess. We have created programs, injected liquidity, lowered rates, fostered confidence and worked around the clock to keep critical financial systems functional under extreme stress.

However, all this has been in vain. At this point in time, everything we have thrown at the problem has not made a difference. After careful cause-and-effect we have analysed the problem and found the root cause. It’s you.

We’d like to draw your attention to some of the strong evidence pointing against you.

1) You made your first ever stock purchase in February 2000, triggering the so-called Dot-Com Collapse that lasted for 3 years. The company you bought subsequently collapsed, costing hundreds of workers their jobs.

2) In October 2005 you willfully bought an apartment, thus triggering the start of the subprime crisis. The costs of this crisis has since been estimated at well over $1 trillion.

3) In August you, by turning your attention to the commodities markets, triggered their collapse at the expense of thousands of american farmers and oil companies.

In your most flagrant terrorist attack on the international finance system yet, you “snittade ner dig” in several stocks, thus offsetting any positive effects of the largest financial bailout package ever.

We demand that you urgently

1) Stop making positive comments on the state of financial markets or the value of equity in general, or any stocks in particular

2) Sell all your holdings to the lowest bidder at the open of markets tomorrow

3) Wipe that silly optimistic smile of your blog profile picture

and in doing so return our global financial system to stability again.

Should you not answer to our demands immediately, let us reassure there is a special place set aside in Guantanamo Bay for monsters like you.

Sincerely,

B. Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve

H. Paulson, Secrerary, Treasury of the United States of America

PS. Love the buys you made in Russian stocks though. Give Ivan what he deserves. DS