Go to Minute 15 to hear this distressed assets investor bragging about forcing the Irish taxpayers to pay for his speculative bets on distressed junior bonds from BofI:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-22/teppers-balls-wall-reappear-lead-explosion-greatness
You wanted to see those 'investors' who have 'confidence' in Ireland? There's one. He got burned by Russians in a similar setting, but, what the hell, Irish Government conveniently made sure same didn't happen to him here. He was made whole on his exceptionally speculative bet.
