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I'm backing another commenter who says the rule for permitting a particular investment should be simple: If the regulator doesn't understand it, it doesn't fly.
Also, if an untrained intern has difficulty understanding the asset, it shouldn't qualify as collateral at the discount window.
- Migeru Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
Untrained intern = bank teller, discount window = teller's station, a banker is presenting an unidentifiable object as collateral. It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
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