Yes, which were part of the cavalcade of events that led to the crisis. Once people got away with MBS, they pushed the envelope further.The small banks were largely unaffected by this crisis. Only the big banks did all this shit.Doesn't mean the small banks are lending much. Credit is still largely frozen. Until it starts to thaw, we're not getting out of this recession anytime soon.

What do you know about derivatives trading and credit default swaps?

Haha, I just realized your calculator was also your telephone

what the freak is going on? lol

The unemployment rate is high. The income in employment is low. It therefore makes immense sense to try hands in freelancing.I recently joined EZDIA and I am able to offer my financial advices to my clients. Not a great money but few hundreddollars a month does not hurt.

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awesome

Is that a lil Brudder T-Shirt I spy?

Sorry folks, you have been had, peed on, scammed and lied to.WallStreet bailouts were rigged and a fraud, market manipulations,high freqency trading, flash orders, naked short selling by:Goldman, JPM, Cit, MorgStanley, Aig, stay away from this scum.The Fed, Comex, ETF's, Govt data: frauds. Your labor devalued to Zero. Pull your money out, walk away from your mortgage and CC card debt, We can beat them at their own game, buy pure silver bullion,buy local mom and pop. Starve The Beast!

The only thing that would make it funnier would be to include AIG's Credit Default Swaps!We all seem to have forgotten that the very words mort and gage in French mean death gamble. If the borrower died first, the debt is due on death, which is usually what happens.Once in a while, the lenders all die enmasse, and the borrowers win the death gamble. Whats fair for the one is fair for the other. Just let the laws of economics take their course. My personal opinion? Let THEM die!