Misled by Goldman? No, sunk by bullishness

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Misled by Goldman? No, sunk by bullishness

If Goldman Sachs actively misled investors in its Abacus 2007-AC1 CDO it deserves punishment. It’s a big if and at some point the principle of caveat emptor must apply. Whatever happens, it is perverse to hang the government’s flagship fraud cases on two investors brought low precisely because they had an excessively bullish view on subprime CDOs

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