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To: dennisw

Derivatives?

But I thought the world-wide economic crisis was caused by naive bankers who were bullied into giving loans to inner-city minorities because of political correctness.

Kool-aid drinker sarc off/


7 posted on 10/12/2008 11:35:25 AM PDT by Natchez Hawk (What's so funny about the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments.)
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To: Natchez Hawk
But I thought the world-wide economic crisis was caused by naive bankers who were bullied into giving loans to inner-city minorities because of political correctness.

Part of the problem to be sure and Democrats are 100% to blame for the Fannie Mae mess
But the entire sub prime mortgage crisis involved people of all incomes.
The mortgage mess is somewhat containable. Expensive but containable

It's the credit default swaps from AIG and Wall St that are the killers. And they are derivatives also known as financial weapons of mass destruction as Warren Buffet called them six years ago

8 posted on 10/12/2008 11:46:12 AM PDT by dennisw (Never bet on Islam! ::::: Never bet on a false prophet!)
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To: Natchez Hawk

The subprimes were easily manageable. It’s the derivative issue that bites hard. Those are what have the potential to and have caused the real damage.


10 posted on 10/12/2008 11:54:30 AM PDT by cw35
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