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{{a|devil|{{image|petard|jpg|Archegos risk management yesterday.}}}}{{dpn|/pɛˈtɑːd/|n|}}''From French'': a small bomb comprising a box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall. A squib; a firecracker. If it goes off it will frighten the bejesus out of the financial analyst community and may cause a bank run.  
{{a|devil|{{image|petard bomb|jpg|Archegos risk management yesterday.}}}}{{dpn|/pɛˈtɑːd/|n|}}''From French'': a small bomb comprising a box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall. A squib; a firecracker. If it goes off it will frighten the bejesus out of the financial analyst community and may cause a bank run.  


Hence, ''to be hoist by one’s own ~'': to blow oneself up. Something that financial institutions are periodically prone.
Hence, ''to be hoist by one’s own ~'': to blow oneself up. Something that financial institutions are periodically prone.

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Archegos risk management yesterday.
In which the curmudgeonly old sod puts the world to rights.
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Petard
/pɛˈtɑːd/ (n.)
From French: a small bomb comprising a box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall. A squib; a firecracker. If it goes off it will frighten the bejesus out of the financial analyst community and may cause a bank run.

Hence, to be hoist by one’s own ~: to blow oneself up. Something that financial institutions are periodically prone.

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