ABSTRACT
A written text relating only loosely, if at all, to anything that really exists, and whose value rests on the willingness of those amongst whom it circulates to suspend their disbelief and place their confidence in the claims it makes. Such might be a description of a novel; but it could equal describe a stock certificate or a banknote. Finance is not simply a theme or topic of fiction, but its mirror image, a form of fiction in its own right.
