The great part is the legislation allows the Attorney General (an appointed position - and we know from our treasury secretary just how squeaky clean appointees are) to unilaterally make any additional "licensing requirements" in the "interest of public safety."

If one compares the total amount of credit destruction so far (about $14 trillion in the US alone) to the amount spent by the Treasury and the Fed on monetization and fiscal stimulus ($2 trillion), it is obvious that there is still a sizeable gap between the capital lost and the new capital provided.If we instead move our attention to the real economy, a similar picture emerges.

v=WshxmT3Fawo"Derivatives" on any financial institution's books means OPM (Depositor/Investor/Lender/Fed/Treasury) vested deeply in LBOs, "High Yield" Bonds (AKA "Junk"), ETFs, puts/calls in equities/commodities/currencies, and a lot of real "derivatives" (bets based on equations in every manner of index movements) and all other sorts of investments which would make a Depositor or "Investor" run for the hills if it were more clearly described.

US Treasury owns 80% of FMCC and 80% of FMNA.

The 10-year treasury spike post-election caused many question marks in the market, but as the picture of what the new administration will set forth is painted, market sentiment will become more concrete. 

Obviously I wouldn't want to go near Casino road...any other advice for that area? 

The dress code is the same when you are looking at houses as it is at Casinos or Neiman Marcus. 

Does your hotel have a restaurant, bar, nightclub, shops, casino, etc?

Odenton and Severn are going gangbusters ,especially near the casino .

Second Five year - Treasury Rate + 3% Fixed.