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Uh, no. Read up on counterparty risk, credit default swaps, and the crazy interdependencies of financial institutions.

If bank A goes bad, institution B might have sold lots of CDS on bank A, requiring it to pay out more than it is able, so it goes under. Institutions C and D might have sold CDS on institution B, etc.



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