Further reading
Ron Paul
Investors still have an appetite for covered bonds, according to the European Covered Bond Dealers Association in its first covered bond survey.
Beware the green shoots brigade, says Tim Price of PFP Wealth Management. The Bank of England’s fan charts are a big danger sign.
Ron Paul explains why the Federal Reserve is dangerous and must go
Sadly defunct financial institutions
The Admiral Codrington
Among the many financial institutions that have disappeared in the last year, one in particular is to be mourned. The European Real Estate Private Equity Mezzanine CDO Group Poker School no longer meets in the Admiral Codrington.
Theories vary as to the cause of its demise – do the players have a new pastime? Do they find they are so busy losing other people’s money, they have no time to lose their own? Do they no longer have any money? I prefer to think they are simply ashamed to be seen in public.
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