Dr. Goose's Economical Limericks

Alan Greenspan had often attested That inflation at last had been bested, But his loose money vices Inflated home prices, Which a few en...

Said Bernanke, "Our debt looks unkempt to me, And thriftier we must attempt to be, For a few sidelong peeks At the Spaniards and Gre...

There's a time-honored CDO dictum, When a firm's charged with fleecing a victim: Every other firm too Will conduct a review Of t...

Said the IMF head, Dominique: "While Athens' finances are bleak, As a good European, I regard the Aegean As the cradle of l...

An eruption, intense and gigantic, Roiled markets across the Atlantic; This vesuvian debt, One mustn't forget, Is Hellenic more so t...

"Clouds of ash laid our company low," Says BA's Willie Walsh, who should know. "'Tis an ill wind indeed That helps...

Institutional buyers of debt Are big boys and deserve what they get, But if some of those boys Knew who cobbled their toys, They may not...

"This CDO's fit, if you please, For a carry trade like IKB's, With a mortgage portfolio Hand-picked, as I told you, By inve...

Said John Paulson, "Subprime will tank, And I'd like to take that to the bank." Said Goldman, "We'll fashion A sho...