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Niall Ferguson on Planet Finance and the Age of Leverage
paul.kedrosky.com - 11/7/2008
Niall Ferguson on Planet Finance and the Age of Leverage
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Great new Niall Ferguson article over at Vanity Fair (!) on the rise and fall of what he calls "Planet Finance", where everyone's ten CDOs tall, and the transactions outnumber the people. It is lucid, lengthy, provocative and historically grounded, as you might expect from Ferguson.  ...

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Abnormal Returns — ... diversification has been so disappointing.  (Market Blog) The government cannot solve every financial problem through easy money.  (Aleph Blog also breakingviews.com) Is the domestic auto industry a “lost cause”?  (Dealbreaker) The rise and fall of Planet Finance.  (Vanity Fair via Infectious Greed) Who knew there was so much money in index ...

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