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To: TobagoJack who wrote (62244)3/28/2010 4:45:38 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) of 217842
 
Am currently reading Michael Lewis's The Big Short. It is an entertaining and easily readable piece on the folks who made untold millions shorting subprime. You will learn nothing new, but will get some insight into the types who saw 'it' [the collapse of real estate] coming and did something about it. Independent thinking seems to be the common thread.

Lahde is surprisingly not mentioned. His farewell letter is a classic:

bankersball.com

A former SI poster figures prominently.

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We saw 'it' coming:

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