If you’ve been following the problems encountered by the banks, you’ve probably come across the phrase “toxic assets.” They’ve poisoned banks’ balance sheets and brought them to the brink of failure. But what is a toxic asset, exactly? Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
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