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To: djf

makes me think of the 1929 margin calls


3 posted on 06/26/2007 10:04:59 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I had heard about the Bear Stearns stuff... it wasn’t talked about alot, but when it was, there was definitely an underlying current of fear and uncertainty.


4 posted on 06/26/2007 10:08:56 PM PDT by djf (Bush's legacy: Way more worried about Iraqs borders than our own!!! A once great nation... sad...)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

And that it could be big. Much bigger than nominally stated.


6 posted on 06/26/2007 10:09:50 PM PDT by djf (Bush's legacy: Way more worried about Iraqs borders than our own!!! A once great nation... sad...)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
It's the same thing, hopefully not as bad.

Collateral aint what it used to be:)

there are now multiple layers of collateral that could come crashing down. From first, mortgages...then financial institutions (Bear Stearns)...the pension plans and the equity market as a whole.

25 posted on 06/26/2007 10:46:50 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Margin calls are an ugly thing and there’s always a hard lesson to be learned therein.

MM (in TX)


38 posted on 06/27/2007 12:51:03 AM PDT by MississippiMan (Behold now behemoth...he moves his tail like a cedar. Job 40:17)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
makes me think of the 1929 margin calls

The rhetoric makes me think of the Penn Square Bank fiaso. I'll have to wait and see if the reality matches it.

51 posted on 06/27/2007 4:35:15 AM PDT by Puddleglum
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