is the recent lesson I've learned.A few weeks ago, I came back into town to learn that the Federal Government had taken over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wall Street as we knew it was over, as the two largest remaining investment banks had opted to convert to bank holding companies:
With Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley becoming commercial banks, and the other three big investment banks/brokerage houses being acquired by commercial banks, politicians and the press won't have Wall Street to kick around anymore. Headlines now shout about a $700 billion "Bailout for Wall Street." Yet strictly speaking, Wall Street as we knew it no longer exists. (emphasis added)
You know, you go out to the country to pick some pumpkins and buy some cider, and Wall Street goes out of business. This is becoming all too typical. What's next perhaps? The Onion gives us a clue in the photo above.
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