August 4, 2011 Today This is a little unorthodox, but here is the text of an internal note that I just sent to our integrated Private Bank client coverage teams a few moments ago. Mary thought it would be a good idea to share this with our clients given the events of the day. “Here is what I plan to say at our Aspen Insights conference tomorrow about today’s events. The last two weeks have been a severe setback for financial markets and the global recovery. 1. Today, Italian equity markets sold off sharply and were eventually shut down after the ECB (for now) rejected being the buyer of last resort for Italian government bonds, as the markets were hoping. The Bundesbank apparently has