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LudwigPastorius

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10. I thought Dodd-Frank was supposed to fix this...

Reply to progree (Original post)

Sat Mar 11, 2023, 12:22 AM

Mar 2023

by separating commercial banks from investment banks.

And, what is loaning money to venture capitalists to fund startups, but a high risk investment?

Also, Dodd-Frank supposedly required commercial banks to keep more of their depositors' cash on hand. If a bank can be wiped out by a couple of upticks of the interest rate, it hasn't got enough money.

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