Quote Originally Posted by Butterfly
a link to the data and the methodology would be nice, not sure if this chart is really kasher
Kosher? I don't have a link sorry, all I know is that when I read a report that comes from a paid-for subscription service, whey they quote numbers they always mention the "BIS" Bank for International Settlements as a source.

Most news items parrot their numbers for their news releases, for example,

"According to estimates from the Bank of International Settlements, Greece owes French banks $75.5 billion (€55.3 billion), Swiss banks $64 billion and German banks $43.2 billion. In total, Greece owes foreign financial institutions $302.6 billion."

Source

Here's another example

The BIS is like a "central bank" for central banks, but they could be lying bastards for all we know!

Quote Originally Posted by Muadib
What assets??? Oh, you mean the CDO's they all invested in and have since turned to vapor
Sadly, I think you're right here.

Quote Originally Posted by Muadib
I rolled the dice last night and bought GS at $141.35.
Steel balls!!!!, I might grab some more for my thread, a few daytrades might put me back in the black.