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The Trouble With Banks.

There is something wrong with the fractional reserve banking system. It should have become clear post 2008 but it hasn’t.
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European Distressed Assets? What European Distressed Assets?

A substantial volume of capital has been raised by various asset managers to capitalize on the imminent or eventual fire sale of distressed assets by European banks and financial institutions. Its going to be a long wait.
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How Not To Invest. How To Deal With Complexity

Diversification hides a multitude of sins. The idea of diversification is to ensure that no single investment or risk factor causes a catastrophic and irrecoverable loss. Too little diversification and you become vulnerable to being taken out by a single factor or event.
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Euro Malignancy. No Euro Breakup, Just Lots of Bumps

The Euro is a chronic disease. But you can bet on the good days and bad days in Europe as the governments and the ECB sequentially crash and revive the patient.
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Euro In Crisis Yet Again: Spain in Trouble. Italy is Potentially Worse. But Worry Not.

If anyone believed that the proceeds of the LTRO were meant to be spent buying bonds in the secondary market, they have misunderstood the raison d’etre of the LTRO.
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