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Learn to lean

22 May 2008 By Robert Cyran

Banks happily accepted fair value accounting when flush times brought writeups. Now they are whining as asset price declines cause paper losses. Goldman is right to distance itself from the moaning. Using historical prices only in down markets is a bad idea.

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