Top Quotes of the Week

What a week! Europe double dips, hedge fund managers have big egos, MF Global pleads the Fifth, and everybody is leaving Goldman Sachs. Advanced Trading gathered up the funniest and the most revealing quotes from the capital markets thought leaders. There's a lot of bad news out there, but there are some bright spots. Enjoy.

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2. Europe On the Brink of Double Dip Recession

The wind has turned a bit for the U.S., very little for the euro area. The bloc has only managed to get a bit further away from the edge of the cliff.

—OECD chief economist Pier Carlo Padoan

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Phil Albinus is the former editor-in-chief of Advanced Trading. He has nearly two decades of journalism experience and has been covering financial technology and regulation for nine years. Before joining Advanced Trading, he served as editor of Waters, a monthly trade journal ... View Full Bio

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