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Sounds like somebody was watching 60 Minutes last night.

Here's a full article about one of the guys they profiled: http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/04/wall-str...

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I believe that guy effectively took short positions on the firms with toxic assets. His positions were pretty much insurance bets, which paid off when a lot of these firms tanked during the crisis.

Nope, coincidence. Been looking at this for a few weeks. Thanks for telling me, though: I'll take into consideration anything that looks like a spike from the media attention.

See if you can implement an improved information system if they have a really bad one. Their cause of failure: bad information. On the other hand maybe they have some good information that can be useful.

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