How The Market Regulators Fiddled While The Rest Of Us Got Burnt

Forget the 1980s. That was just a warm-up for the main act. These are the dying days of the real decade of greed. And there is no greater example than in the recent trading in Babcock & Brown shares.

The Year From Go To Woe

IT STARTED as it meant to continue. After just two days of mediocre gains, 2008 produced a grinding 12-day losing streak that culminated in a 7.1 per cent one-day beating.