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Eurodollar University

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The Uselessness of Capital Ratios

I'm gonna take another cheap shot at capital ratios because it's worth reminding what these things are and how useless they are. Many banks that ran into trouble during the crisis were comfortably capitalized. Lehman Brothers, for example, had a tier one ratio of 11%. I think it was actually closer to 12% up to its demise. If you're interested, Eurodale University has memberships available.

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