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As the credit crisis commenced in 2007, paradoxically, nobody actually defaulted. Outside of sub-prime delinquencies, corporate defaults were at a record low. Instead, investors in high-quality (AAA-

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Stocks gained again with the Dow now on a winning streak of eight straight, its best run since April of ‘08. The ‘e’ in Dell’s (DELL) logo, eerily echoing Enron’s,

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Since I first learned about Minyanville nearly 2 years ago, I've been amazed by the quality of the community. Not surprisingly, many of these high-quality folks have opinions that differ from my own.

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Pay attention, all you wannabe white-collar crooks: With a 150-year sentence for Bernard Madoff, US District Judge Denny Chin has given new meaning to the cliché “Don’t do the crim