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Archive - Feb 28, 2007

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Submitted by J Bradford DeLong on February 28, 2007 - 9:58pm.
Fearless Financial Markets
A number of thoughtful observers have expressed puzzlement in recent months about financial markets’ perceptions of risk. While markets have judged today’s world  – especially the dollar and securities linked to it – to have low risk when viewed in historical perspective, geopolitical risks in fact appear to be large.
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Submitted by David Roffey on February 28, 2007 - 7:13am.
Hiccup, or the start of the slide?
Over the last few years, my input to any discussions on "how would we know if this feared big crash is on us" was "when the Dow falls more than 300 in one day". Soon we'll know if I was right.
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