“Why were they prepaying so fast? Vinny asked himself. “It made no sense to me. Then I saw that the reason the prepayments were so high is that they were involuntary.”
― The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
― The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
“market leader in interest rate swaps. There was a natural role for a blue-chip corporation with the highest credit rating to stand in the middle of swaps and long-term options and the other risk-spawning innovations. The traits required of this corporation were that it not be a bank—and thus subject to bank regulation, and the need to reserve capital against risky assets—and that it be willing and able to bury exotic risks on its”
― The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
― The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
“bizarre flatmates and all-night pirate-themed parties are part of the package of student life. But when she meets Aquila, a reckless party-goer with a secret, Ash learns that there’s something else that drew her to the small village of Blackstone: the presence of the Venantium, gatekeepers of the barrier between our world and the Darkworld - the source of magic and the home of demons.”
― 18 Things
― 18 Things
“illuminated the canopy trees in a blaze of blinding”
― Fire Mage
― Fire Mage
“This next house is a classic. It was built in 1908.” Ms. Knight was a realtor trying hard to sell us a house, and my parents thought that the one she just showed us had stunk. My mom made a note on her clipboard”
― The Mystery of the Hidden Jewels
― The Mystery of the Hidden Jewels
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