The first threat is to the function of some financial markets.

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We know that the financial markets refuse to function normally, which is a big surprise.

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The paradox is that financial markets can function again only if this lesson is partly forgotten.

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Indeed, does anyone think the Fords (Lions), Bidwills (Cardinals), and Browns (Bengals) would still be owners today if the financial success of their teams over the years had solely been a function of their individual abilities?

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And for those who follow the global markets, Girard-Perregaux's watch provides a financial function that keeps track of opening and closing times on the stock exchange in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

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But I think the fundamental argument, which is perfectly sound and perfectly in keeping with both the white paper and the House bill, that we want to try to get banks back to the core function of relating to clients and not taking excess risky activities in the financial system.

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In other words, when investment banks had ample capital prior to the financial crisis in 2008, part of their role was to function as a facilitator of fixed income and equity markets, buying securities with their own capital as prices fell and selling securities with their own capital as prices rose.

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Next, the anti-big banksters do not observe how big banks function in the real world, their role in an abundant and vast financial ecosystem with its countless players and its large array of financial niches, the value large banks add, the extreme adaptivity of the private sector even to severe negative events, and the self-correcting properties of the markets.

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