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Too much deregulation? Maybe.
Actually, that pretty much sums up my point of view.
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3/16/2008 5:58:48 PM
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So why are we always fighting?
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Too much deregulation? Maybe.
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TB
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3/16/2008 2:44:06 PM
The lack of regulation is part of the cause of the current crisis.
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Bowser
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3/16/2008 11:15:10 PM
If I owned Bear Stearns stock at last Friday's close
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TAFKASE
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3/17/2008 1:41:13 PM
Just saw the figures: market Cap on Friday was 3.5 Billion
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TAFKASE
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3/18/2008 1:31:38 AM
re: The lack of regulation
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TB
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3/16/2008 11:22:24 PM
There's no one cause for this sub-prime mess.
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TAFKASE
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3/17/2008 1:49:23 PM
re: what?
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Yeti
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3/18/2008 3:07:38 AM
Who says the bets were crappy?
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TAFKASE
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3/18/2008 3:08:57 PM
The debt swap market, wherein ultimately the instruments are valued.
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Yeti
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3/19/2008 2:43:43 AM
for some securities there is no market-place so you can't clearly establish a "market value.
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TAFAKSE
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3/19/2008 3:37:08 PM
Geez, another interest rate cut.
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TB
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3/16/2008 11:24:11 PM
Its not over... Bernake looks like he is more confused the George Bush at a Mensa meeting.
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TAFKASE
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3/18/2008 1:29:25 AM
pushing a string
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Yeti
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3/18/2008 3:05:03 AM
In this case it's a helicopter, not an airship.
(n/t)
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podrock
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3/17/2008 3:54:22 AM
Wghat happens when interest rates drop to the point...
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Lee
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3/17/2008 1:13:32 AM
The Fed Rate is the rate at which they borrow money.
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TAFKASE
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3/18/2008 9:11:32 PM
Actually, that pretty much sums up my point of view.
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ER
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3/16/2008 5:58:48 PM
The US is socialist for the favored corporations.
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Bowser
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3/16/2008 5:47:31 PM
"money to funnel to the wealthy"
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TB
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3/16/2008 7:03:24 PM
You didn't even follow the directions, did you? Why, oh why, should I bother??!!
(n/t)
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Bowser
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3/16/2008 8:12:27 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.