The scene from this movie was obviously a horrible period in history, but this take on it cracks me up every time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vbNmcf4Y3lGM My uncle used to say, "Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you." Or bigger, for that matter. Speaking of big, the numbers...
New York Fed purchases $33 billion net ($47 billion gross) in agency mortgage-backed securities.