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11. Swaps have never forced a bank into insolvency. Never ever once in US history.

Reply to brentspeak (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 08:33 PM

Apr 2012

But CDS should be open and on an exchange like Dodd-Frank says.

People here don't understand derivatives.

Someone doing $100 million in currency swaps can be a two-man fund.

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Obama's SEC and CTFC bribed by Wall St, will reverse key parts of Dodd-Frank [View all] brentspeak Apr 2012 OP

republicans vs republican light get used to it nt msongs Apr 2012 #1

Swaps are completely benign. The market is over $450 trillion per year. banned from Kos Apr 2012 #2

The American People care Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #3

Congrats on winning Dumb Post of the Week brentspeak Apr 2012 #4

thank you for that post. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #5

Swaps have never forced a bank into insolvency. Never ever once in US history. banned from Kos Apr 2012 #11

Kind of like saying that the trigger of a gun never killed anybody brentspeak Apr 2012 #12

Its really dishonest for you to say the administration was "bribed" banned from Kos Apr 2012 #13

Was it me...or Reuters, CNN, etc. which reported that SEC/CFTC were lobbied by Wall St? brentspeak Apr 2012 #14

Sorry, but $8 billion in swaps is chicken feed. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #15

The threshold is a not-insignificant sum. Lasher Apr 2012 #17

FULL enforcement of the law would be TOO EXTREME! kenny blankenship Apr 2012 #6

Regulators Defend Derivatives Rule ProSense Apr 2012 #7

Because CNN sez so. Major Hogwash Apr 2012 #8

Gee, does that mean that "Passed Sweeping Wall Street Reform"... bvar22 Apr 2012 #9

Every day. Every day a new one. nt woo me with science Apr 2012 #10

It's just as you say. Lasher Apr 2012 #18

AllGOV: Obama Administration Exempts 85% of Energy Derivatives Traders from Regulation brentspeak Apr 2012 #16