Credit crunch winners

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In a review of the top ten credit crunch Houdinis ‘who have escaped the financial crisis and are laughing all the way to the ailing bank’ The Times Online not surprisingly identifies a number of financiers who have beaten the trend. But of more interest are the contenders who have gained 3rd,4th,5th and 6th places.
Respectively they are Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Ronald McDonald and Karl Marx.
Obama’s presidential race was, in its final straight, helped by the financial meltdown and the Democrats timely offer to clean up the economic mess the republicans leave behind.
Gordon Brown, on his political uppers just a few months back, is being lauded (not least by himself) as the rescuer of banks.
Ronald McDonald is watching profits soar as two million extra customers a month choose cheap and cheerful fast food over slightly pricier restaurant chains.
And Karl Marx is experiencing a strange popularity as capitalism proves as reliable as a 50s Russian car. Das Kapital sales in germany are up 300% and visitors are flocking to Marx birthplace in Trier.
So there you have it, if you’re a clown or a socialist you can profit from adversity (oh, and the same goes for Obama and Brown of course).
If you’re not laughing with them, maybe a personal loan might help you weather the continuing financial storm.