The old adage is that a banker is someone who lends you an umbrella, then asks for it back when it is raining. The banks may find out this home truth for themselves: UBS joins the string of financial institutions looking to raise major amounts of capital to shore up their balance sheets. The institutions that are doing this are, of course, the ones who screwed up most spectacularly in the mortgage crisis. I wonder if the road shows will contain a slide reading: But this time will be different, I swear!
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Bank on it
22 May 2008 11:19 am
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I think "Past performance is no guarantee of future results" means about the same thing in this instance.
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Heh. Very good. Of course, the Fed, slashing rates in response to the bursting of a liquidity-induced bubble, isn't even bothering to make that promise.
Posted by Bill Dalasio | May 22, 2008 1:42 PM