Hedgie Howe's Grecian heresy

Bob Howe's hair turned white in three weeks during the 1997/1998 Asian crisis, and he thinks that if Greece defaults, we might enter into a post-apocalyptic era where tinned foods, gold nuggets and M16 rifles are more attractive than CDOs and Lehman shares. His pessimism has won him the nickname 'Bear Market Bob'. "An optimist's view is that Germany will bail Europe out and America will get through it," he says. "A pessimist might foresee a great reckoning and a 'road warrior' scenari…