Few parks are as reliable as Valentine’s Day and bad poetry, and some of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions did their worst Sunday.
First came a tweet from the European Central Bank reaffirming its commitment from their January meeting to maintaining a favorable currency position: “Roses are red / violets are blue / We will maintain favorable funding conditions / ‘Until the crisis is over,’ with the hashtag #ECBmyvalentine.
Groan.
The U.S. Federal Reserve did not, mercifully, respond in kind. But the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission passed the act later Sunday morning, with this even more annoying piece of prose from the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy: “Roses are red / Some fish are the risk / Before you invest / Do your research. ”
Nice use of emojis, though.
Minutes later, the New York Stock Exchange added this link to a poetry meter:
In fairness, they are not the only ones who can write bad Valentine poetry:
Roses are red
Violets are very high
This Valentine’s Day
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