Uncle Sam’s Growing Portfolio

By Barry Ritholtz - February 9th, 2009, 9:45AM

Perfect for today’s bailout announcement:

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One Response to “Uncle Sam’s Growing Portfolio”

tradeking13 Says:
February 9th, 2009 at 10:45 am
talk about not diversified!

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith

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