Crossword.

MARCH

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Across

1. Soft underbelly of the mortgage industry

9. SEC activities

15. Biggest losing hedge fund of all time

16. Failed to restock? (2 words)

17. Stock market rallies

18. Hubbub

19. Operate

20. Rubber-stamps

21. Trashy bonds?

22. Accustom

24. Airline, abbr.

25. Top dog, for short

26. Distance measurement, for short

27. Popularized by Madison Avenue

28. Listed on a spreadsheet

30. A can ___ person

31. Goes nuclear

32. Newcastle Brown, for one

33. Broker's commissions on loans

35. Night wear, for short

38. Breaking new ground (3 words)

41. Prettiest girl, by the number

42. Old basketball letters

44. Complete reversals

47. Historic

49. Well arranged

52. Italian infant

53. Passports, for example

54. Telekinetic expert Geller

55. Special topic

56. Shipping method

    Down

1. OPEC member (2 words)

2. Arbiter, for short

3. Man or mobile?

4. Work out what to do when

5. Fraudulent activities

6. Signs on the dotted line, perhaps

7. Mountains, abbr.

8. Canadian's favorite question?

9. No longer king at Citigroup

10. Put in order

11. Word with board or target

12. Poker chip color that was used for reliable stocks

13. Greek goddess of the dawn

14. Non-financial type of equity

18. Daphne ___ Maurier

21. Monopoly landing place

23. Secrecy agreement (abbr.)

24. Mixture

26. Opponent

29. Mild breeze

30. Failing to pay on time

34. Trading ploy (2 words)

36. I, in Paris

37. Front

39. Confused as to what to do (3 words)

40. State Farm's concern (abbr.)

43. Investment alternative

45. ______ your shoulder

46. Former

48. Evil or No

49. Third in the family

50. Owing

51. The girl from Ipanema came from here

52. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a ___"

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