How the Reichmanns' mystique did them in.

Presents a commentary by Peter C. Newman who suggests that as long as the Reichmann brothers kept their business methods private they maintained the mystique that their personal assets were virtually unlimited and no banker need fear for his credit. What prevented the Reichmann companies from collapsing earlier was inflation, as rising real estate values kept the brothers ahead of their commitments. The third mortgage on Toronto's First Canadian Place; Errors in judgment; Canary Wharf.