[quote=Arraya]The fact the the entire western banking system will fail if asset prices fall to low motivates a little too. Don’t ya think?
Falling prices makes all those balance sheet clogging assets worth less and the whole banking system more insolvent.
Personally, I think the bankers are more concerned with the survival of the system than voter satisfaction.
In they end, everybody may lose and that could change the politics to save my home value to put Geitner and Paulsons head on a stick.
It’s not looking good for the banksters.[/quote]
Arraya, if we chose a certain asset, or asset class, for preferential treatment, and doubled its price tomorrow, holding it forever at double its value relative to today’s prices for other assets, would that make all of us wealthier?
