It's not looking imminent, while our collective investment remains a long way below water.

BBC: Crash diet for the Royal Bank of Scotland

Closing below 36p today, the RBS share price is a long way short of the 51p it needs to reach for the UK Treasury's stake to be in profit.

BBC: Crash diet for the Royal Bank of Scotland

Investors tempted to take comfort from the fact that asset prices are still below their peaks would do well to remember that they may yet fall back a very long way.

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