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Best explanation of the banking crisis I've read (moneyweek.com)
8 points by JohnN on Dec 13, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Anyone have a link that explains how to read those charts? They say "Total assets and gearing" but I don't know what 'gearing' is.


No clue on the chart, but you might try Investopedia:

http://www.investopedia.com/search/results.aspx?q=gearing


Gearing is basically a ratio of debt to equity IIRC.




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