[the invisib1e hand]

they had no choice. once hsbc did it, everyone had to follow.

[Stayfree]

Wall St. has a strong repuation for GREED...”if the opportunity to profit doesn’t exist, we will create it...and promote it until it kills us!”

[jiggyboy]

Citigroup will provide a "support facility" for its seven SIVs with investments totaling $49 billion and incorporate them onto its balance sheet. The bank previously said it had no plans to bring the SIVs onto its books.

Assuming these SIVs are more or less worthless, this will make for a very interesting quarterly report or two.