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“We got very interested in them just because a broker brought them to our attention,” Chippeaux, 50, says. She says the investment is worth the risk because the fund may be able to get higher returns than it can from bonds. The council has purchased equity tranches from Bear Stearns, Citigroup (sic), Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. #Høres kjent ut? Vel, les hele posten (og alle de andre glimrende postene hos Calculated Risk). De har fått med seg hva som har skjedd i våre Nordlandskommuner også. Bare håper kommuner, og ikke minst, privatpersoner lærer at det bankene vil selge først og fremst gagner banken.The council is relying on advice from bankers who are selling the CDOs, Chippeaux says. “We manage risk through who we invest with,” she says. “I don’t have a lot of control over individual pieces of the subprime.”… #
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