A Financial House Advantage

By Barry Ritholtz - October 18th, 2010, 7:14AM

via the NYT

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Category: Derivatives, Video.

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Shared Profits, Not Losses | The Big Picture Says:
October 18th, 2010 at 9:02 am
[...] See related video here. [...]

"Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases of U.S. Treasuries." -Bill Gross

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