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Anyone experiencing the "lipstick effect"?

Anyone experiencing the "lipstick effect"?

I made the mistake of turning on CNBC yesterday while the latest Congressional dog-and-pony show was on air. One of the politicians was questioning the Fed dude on the mark-to-market accounting doo-dad: "can marketing this mark-to-market help find a market for the mark?" WTF? Honestly, this economic meltdown is giving me wrinkles.  And it looks [...]