ball parking it

Attempt 1: “The financial community here is buried in white powder.Continue reading »

Analysts at the Charlie Gasparino Advisory Group said this morning that after speaking with “lawyers and rival CEOs,” the (potential) Goldman Sachs settlement with the SEC is currently being “ball-parked at between $1 billion and $5 billion,” though there are many other variables to consider (for instance, Lloyd leaving and the SEC knocking $500 million off the figure), making the situation “extremely fluid.”