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To: ken21

I didn’t realize the MF collapse was that much of a game-changer. Wow.


4 posted on 11/17/2011 1:18:53 PM PST by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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To: rokkitapps
Specifically, they [regulators] froze customers out of their accounts WHILE THE MARKETS CONTINUED TO TRADE

[trading firms] will likely stand massive, unmeetable collateral calls in the coming days and weeks as Europe inevitably collapses

A shock while your capital remains illiquid - a way to lose everything.

12 posted on 11/17/2011 1:29:33 PM PST by frithguild (Restricting access to capital - Liberalism: The sharpest tool of big business, banks, etc.)
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