Mother of all Infographics: Derivatives & Bank Exposure

[Hystckndle]

Check it out below:
If it is not good enough just to read about all of the casino goings on,
check out some of these visuals.
Interesting stuff. Have a nice day...:vollkommenauf:

http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html

[newmisty]

Holy hell! :vollkommenauf:

[TimoneX]

Kind of brings things into scary perspective. I thought I actually had a handle on what a trillion is, but then I saw that article that said something to the effect that a million seconds is 12 days and a trillion seconds is 38,xxx years.

These banks are messing with a whole bunch of paper and we're on the hook when they get burned.

[arminius]

Kinda sobers you up, doesn't it.

And the casino is still open...

[Ragnarok]

Even those impressive infographics still do not carry the full comprehension of those numbers to the human mind. :ahhhhh:

But it's a great start!:ok:

Wow.
R.

P.S. It's gonna be one helluva demolition to watch on tv one day!

[arminius]

P.S. It's gonna be one helluva demolition to watch on tv one day!


Probably all that will be on tv is muzak style "everything is just peachy keen" pabulum, if even that...

[minimus]

Now, is anyone still wondering about the derivative value of PMs (collateral) ... ?