i've been fond of posting the CDS/derivatives images
the proliferation is scary BUT how much of these heretofore unregulated derivatives positions are 'counterbalanced', cancelling, to a significant extent, each other out.
i think we could get a big boost when we discover that not all these financial institutions are total greedy idiots that never counterbalanced their counterparty risk situation. Obviously some of the largest investment houses didn't handle their risk management very well. But they were at the center of the most lucrative and risky crappy collateralized obligations. it's pretty gloomy but i think there's cause for hope
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