I’m struggling to find a different way to say the same thing again… Ah, the hell with it. The 10-12 month cycle projection is...
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The Huntsman Alternative
The Huntsman Alternative
By Simon Johnson
The eurozone financial situation continues to worsen. The latest idea from the eurogroup of finance ministers is apparently to have the European Central Bank make a massive loan to the International Monetary...
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Why Are There So Many Airline Bankruptcies?
American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corporation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, surprising exactly no one. A major corporate bankruptcy is normally a bit of a shock, but there’s nothing shocking about bankruptcy in the...
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Five High-Yield Stocks That Are a Safer Bet Than Treasuries
If you're trying to maximize return and minimize risk, you can't beat a high-yield stock that is a better credit risk than U.S. Treasuries.
It sounds crazy but it's true. The rate of insuring against the default of the debt of 70 large U.S. companies is lower than...
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As Promised
He is still a believer in his creation, despite being sucked down in the subprime vortex riding Novastar. caveat emptor.
As Promised
. . . the description I hit upon (ca 1985) to describe what I was doing was “financial engineering.” As far as ...
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The wizards of ABS
Right, with that little bit of steam blown away, let us look away from morons on beaches to morons in markets and especially at the archaic world of asset-backed securities (ABS); that financial juggernaut which constitutes the largest category of debt...
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Keeping an Eye on the Real Ball
In keeping with my primary theme of following developments on the sovereign credit risk and endless backstop front, we go straight to the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain). The EU sent out another disclaimer to PIGGS member Greece, warning that no fiscal bailout will be forthcoming. Elsewhere the Dubai bagunca (mess) appears...
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Keeping an Eye on the Real Ball
In keeping with my primary theme of following developments on the sovereign credit risk and endless backstop front, we go straight to the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain) front. The EU sent out another disclaimer to PIGGS member Greece, warning that no fiscal bailout will be forthcoming. Elsewhere the Dubai bagunca (mess)...
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Wilted Bank Shoots
Trans-Union the consumer reporting agency has a Credit Risk Index out for the first quarter of this year that clocked in at 127.3 compared to the 1998 start-point of 100. The index is based on the average weighted probability of 90-day delinquencies on mortgages, auto loans and credit cards.
TransUnionâs global chief...
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