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To: TigerLikesRooster

There was a rumor reported in today’s Barrons that a number of hedge funds had lost serious money on credit swaps they had used to bet on a big oil hit in Hurricane Gustav.

Does this mean that the investment banks who took the other side made a killing? Maybe some lucky trader made back all he lost on subprime.


3 posted on 09/06/2008 6:44:41 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user
Does this mean that the investment banks who took the other side made a killing?

It's a zero som game - someone's making a killing.

14 posted on 09/06/2008 8:24:07 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Vegetarian" - Old Indian word for "bad hunter")
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Does this mean that the investment banks who took the other side made a killing?

It's a zero sum game - someone's making a killing.

15 posted on 09/06/2008 8:25:19 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Vegetarian" - Old Indian word for "bad hunter")
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