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In many critical things, such as the very high purity of the aluminium we need in aerospace, we only have one producer. That's not a good formula.

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I still like TIPS (Treasury inflation-protected securities), and I think a big opportunity is coming in the municipal bond market.

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Barring some national security concern, I see no valid reason to keep peer-reviewed research from the public. To be clear, by 'peer review,' I mean scientific review and not a political filter.

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Generally speaking, companies get into bankruptcy as a kind of meritocracy. Somebody made some sort of big mistake, to get into bankruptcy, and very often, a part of the mistake is too much leverage.

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I see myself as a private-equity investor that helps rebuild companies. Restructuring is a cottage industry in that there aren't that many serious practitioners.

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Between the Community Redevelopment Act, requiring banks to make what I would call very weak loans, and specific quotas that the Congress imposed on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that created the market demand that really led to the subprime phenomenon.

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I think it's natural for any manager to want to grow his business. The question is at what rate, and in what direction, and in what format?

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I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a bank being big. In fact, there are some good arguments about universality of geography that in theory, if you have all your eggs in one little community, and some big employer goes out, that could be your downfall.

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Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.

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Shipping has a great oversupply of vessels that came from over-ordering a few years back. We think 2014 may be when it turns around.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 28th, 1937

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