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Whirled Peas? Cliche'. Visualize Speculative Excess



"My favorite story of the day so far, though, is the Australian real
estate holding company that bought no fewer than 700 American shopping
malls - I have a hard time imagining a better image of speculative
excess than that one fact - using funds from the commercial paper
market. They've got $3.4 billion in loans due for repayment on
February 15, and their chance of finding a lender to roll those loans
over just now ranks down there with the proverbial snowball in
Beelzebub's back yard. So the entire company is up for sale.

I don't imagine any of my readers cherish a lifelong ambition to own
700 shopping malls, but if I'm wrong, here's your chance."



http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2008/01/future-that-wasnt-part-two.html



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