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What's the reasoning behind the collapse?
What did they do to lose investors money?
The average person buys shares, are they protected ownership wise?

What's an Opes?

Opes Dei, horrible. Complete nutters.

On Opes Prime well supposedly a few questionable investors involved with them so...

therisingblues wrote:What's an Opes?

From a Latin dictionary:
ops opis f.: in nom. sing. , [the goddess of abundance];
other cases opem, opis, ope, [might, power, esp. power to aid; help, support];
plur. opes, [resources, means, wealth].
ops- see obs-. optabilis -e [desirable , to be wished for].

Thanks Psyber.
So is this the new buzz term for the general sub-prime collapse? When I last visited Australia I don't recall having too many conversations with people that went along the lines of "Gee I wish I had me some opes! I'd be one happy bastard if that happened indeed!"
Seriously though, English usage seems to have changed a bit in the 7 odd years I have been in a non-Anglo country.