Wednesday 22 July 2009

Investment banking perverse casino model



Dr Vincent Cable, a Member of the British Parliament and ex-Chief Economist of Shell, compared investment banking to a casino. Respectfully it seems to me that he holds too benevolent view upon the financial industry. In fact the modern investment banking business is operated like a casino whose owner lends tokens to punters at a very high interest rate. However the punters’ loans and interest become only payable to a casino owner out of their winnings.

No sane casino owner would have ever accepted such a self defeating business model. Yet the banks are such casinos. Banks’ stakeholders (shareholders and depositors) are such casino owners. And bankers are the punters.

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, I think too that the financial system was turned into a pyramid. It was planned. And I know one way how not to depend on anybody and to have good money. It's casino. Here you will find best websites nz online casino Of course, it's a risk to play, but if you win, you will have a lot of money.

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