I don’t supoose you could lend me a few million just to tide me over to payday, could you, Fully Secured Bank Funding Pigeon?

You know how it is, one thing leads to another and before you can say $3 billion in preferred shares with an annual 10% dividend callable after 3 years at a 10% premium, there’s a nasty hole where your funding should be.

I blame it on the spivs and speculators…