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Jack Reed: “I think there might be a rule of thumb that anything that could be used as a title for a Batman movie is probably not…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2012
I think there might be a rule of thumb that anything that could be used as a title for a Batman movie is probably not something that is good in the financial markets.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed humorously critiques the term 'dark pools' in financial markets.

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