Uh, no. Einhorn probably has risked like 2 or 3 basis points of his firm's capital on these options. They're stuck in a drawer somewhere, and if he's right, he'll pull 'em out and cash 'em in. If not, he's lost a couple of percent.
I haven't been calm since the day I realized how big the subprime mess really was.. and that it was just the tip of the iceberg.. calm, that's for losers, you know, the people without the facial tics....
Zimbabwe is isolated i guess. If it happened overall would not oil skyrocket and create deflation anyway?