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Deleveraging Continues

As leveraged assets go down in value, the leverage multiples go up. Adding to that multiple is the falling dollar and the fact that these assets are in reality debt deposits, not cash deposits, that were passed on in different forms to be leveraged over and over.

-Minyan Jim

American Slacker

Minyanville Staff Feb 04, 2008 8:53 am


	Slackers get a bad rap, but an emerging school of thought believes it's possible to relax your way to the top. In keeping with the slacker spirit, the 'Ville deconstructs the trend so you don't have to.

You Don't Know Slack
Working hard or hardly working? In defense of punching out at 4:59.
By Cory Bortnicker

Slacker or Square?
Take our quiz, and test your work ethic or slack thereof.
By Minyanville Staff

Slackology
Which breed of slacker are you?
By John Hoover

No Country for Some Men
Some global economies cut more slack than others.
By Cory Bortnicker

The Upside of Unemployment
Slack your way to an exciting new career.
By Cory Bortnicker

Slacker Index
Slacker stocks for a laid-back portfolio.
By Kevin Depew

Counterpoint: Confessions of a Workaholic
Dark days spent willfully chained to a desk.
By Scott Reeves


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