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A pretty decent explanation of the mortgage crisis by merlin2008-03-19 09:06:40
  I thought buying on margin by voxwoman 2008-03-19 09:18:18
became illegal after the crash of '29. I see that they (Wall Street) just redefined "buying on margin" and continued to do so.
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    Shorts are basically buying on margin, aren't they by merlin2008-03-19 09:37:49
      Wikipedia has a semi-useful article on it by merlin2008-03-19 09:42:44
      Soc-Gen blew that theory out of the water (n/t) by subbywan2008-03-19 10:03:18
    O.o Any Joe sixpack brokerage account... by esbita2008-03-19 10:10:21

 

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