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Re: Barclays caught fiddling!
Just spent 10 mins reading up on this and all i can say is wow!
If just one of the big 5 banks up to its neck in these goes tits up, there is not enough capital out there to cover it!
Rammy Blue said:Very diplomatically put, metalblue, or as I usually say, "spoken like a true banker..." ;-)
My own opinion, and one that I am sure is shared by millions of people out there, is that the whole "point" of the banking system is to make it as complicated as is feasibly possible so that manipulation of figures is easy in order to post false profits and ensure maximum bonus payments, hence the exact reason all this shit is hitting the fan now about Barclays and the libor as well as the one to come out soon about the interest rate swaps.
More important, and one that will make everyone's toes curl, is when the derivatives timebomb explodes - I'd love to hear your views on that one....iirc the derivatives market was last estimated at approx $700 trillion, and that's one hell of a lot of fresh air when the ponzi scheme collapses.
Just spent 10 mins reading up on this and all i can say is wow!
If just one of the big 5 banks up to its neck in these goes tits up, there is not enough capital out there to cover it!