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I would not mind seeing these banks go down the tubes tabatha Jan 2012 #1
Don't worry. Those banks won't go down until the day OffWithTheirHeads Jan 2012 #3
Gawd I hope Obama does not do something about this that would blow Nov. NAO Jan 2012 #2
What will happen? BlueToTheBone Jan 2012 #4
see my new boildown post below. Either way ISDA calls it, there will be huge ramifications, & Greece stockholmer Jan 2012 #8
Your analysis could use a bit of work jeff47 Jan 2012 #10
A further boildown: It will be the big banks (who control ISDA) vs everybody else (pension funds, stockholmer Jan 2012 #5
Reading some European blogs over the past several months, this is not a surprise really. sabrina 1 Jan 2012 #6
Doesn't it have to be a forced 'haircut' Owlet Jan 2012 #7
the creditors (just about every conceivable type, including massive pension funds, etc) are balking stockholmer Jan 2012 #9
The quadrillion dollar question.... Cartaphelius Jan 2012 #11
yes, shred the derivatives, have a general debt jubilee,nationalize ALL the central banks, which are stockholmer Feb 2012 #12
amazing information and thank you xiamiam Feb 2012 #13
thanks so much for the kind words, Im just a student of what Peter Dale Scott calls 'deep politics' stockholmer Feb 2012 #16
tack sa mycket! Demeter Feb 2012 #15
varsågod! stockholmer Feb 2012 #17
Holy shit! Thank you Stockholmer. Well done. n/t Hotler Feb 2012 #14
Canada's National Bank PDJane Feb 2012 #18
What does it really mean for the guy on the street. Badsam Feb 2012 #19
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