He also failed to gain any of the financial rewards that overseas postings could bring, and was unable to restore his shattered finances, returning a poorer man than when he had left.
UBS shone in trading and capital markets financing, returning to its traditional strength in equities.
"The credit crunch is continuing to depress the housing market, with access to mortgage finance returning at a snail's pace.
No, the vision that we can be a successful nation based on global finance returning profits like those above while the broad middle class falls behind, and a major city fails, is not one that most Americans would or should support.
If trade financing returns in the first half of the year, dry bulk freight rates will rise, though to nowhere near the record highs of 2008.
Hopes are high at Valencia that a recent takeover of the club by Singapore billionaire Peter Lim will help the club sort out their finances and return to being competitive in Spain and Europe.
In other words, aren't we just headed toward another dance with a potential default six months from now, with no real prospect of getting any structural changes to the country's finances in return?
"Ultimately, this effort is about our customers, employees and the communities we serve, as we seek to fix the airline's finances and return to profitability," David N. Siegel, the chief executive, said in a written statement.
This counter-intuitive contrast is all about the parties' own perceptions of their respective weaknesses - that the public finances would return in short order to chaos under Labour, and that the NHS would collapse under the Tories.
"It addresses the main challenges both on reaching sound public finances to return to growth but also structural policy frameworks to enhance competitiveness".
