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Harry Potter and the crisis over subprime mortgages

By John Authers

Published: December 15 2007 02:00 | Last updated: December 15 2007 02:00

What books should be on investors' wish lists this holiday season?

The most popular book this year proved to be a pertinent allegory for the problems faced by the markets in 2007. In J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, our teenage hero has to contend with the evil Lord Voldemort, who has split his soul into many different parts, and hidden them across the world.

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