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Credit Default Swaps ’
Jul 15th, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Politics & Economics
Ask U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, about credit default swaps and she’ll offer this warning: Ban them now or expect a reprise of the ongoing global financial crisis – which the derivative securities helped create. When it comes to elected officials, Congresswoman Waters is not one I would typically feel that I have a lot in agreement with.
Tags: AIG, Citigroup Inc, Credit Default Swaps, FNM, FRE, Global Financial Crisis, GMGMQ, GS, Martin Hutchinson
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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May 15th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Featured
While the entire U.S. housing market was on the verge of collapse and corporate America was being systemically undermined, regulators purposely looked the other way. Why would they do this?
Tags: Credit Default Swaps, DB, Fhfa, FNM, FRE, Global Financial Crisis, MMC, SEC, Shah Gilani
Posted in Featured |
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Apr 23rd, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Featured
For frustrated investors looking to justify the ban of credit default swaps (CDS), look no further than last week’s corporate bankruptcies of Canadian newsprint producer AbitibiBowater Inc. (ABWTQ) and U.S. shopping center developer General Growth Properties Inc. (GGP).
Tags: ABWTO, Bond Obligations, Corporate Bankruptcies, Credit Default Swaps, Debt Restructuring, Derivatives, Ggp, GS, LEHMQ, Martin Hutchinson
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Mar 11th, 2009 |
By James Howard Kunstler |
Category: Politics & Economics
At the risk of confirming my critics’ dumbest charge — that I am a “doomer” — the mandate of clarity requires me to ask: to what state of affairs do we expect to recover?
Tags: AIG, BAC, Consumer Economy, Credit Default Swaps, James Howard Kunstler, MS, National Economy, Obama bailout, Securitized Debt
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Feb 17th, 2009 |
By Dave Gonigam |
Category: Politics & Economics
Time magazine has again demonstrated its irrelevance in the Internet age with a fatuous feature called “25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis.”
Tags: Bear Stearns, Ben Bernanke, Bond Traders, Credit Default Swaps, Dave Goingam, Economic Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Great Depression, Hank Paulson, Joe Cassano, Robert Rubin, US economy
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Jan 13th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Financial News
Once upon a time, generous-minded social engineering resulted in the Community Reinvestment Act, which forced banks to lend to disadvantaged borrowers who otherwise couldn’t get mortgages to buy homes.
Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, credit crisis, Credit Default Swaps, FNM, FRE, Shah Gilani, Subprime Mortgages
Posted in Financial News |
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Dec 5th, 2008 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Financial News
Financial journalists, most of whom spend more time writing about derivatives than carburetors, have been scathing about the possibility of an auto industry bailout, even though they’ve happily accepted multiple bailouts for the financial sector.
Tags: Automaker, Automobile Industry, Big 3, CAFÉ, Chrysler Corp., Citigroup, Credit Default Swaps, Financial Journalists, Financial Sector, Gm, Leveraged Buyouts, Martin Hutchinson, Private Equity Funds, securitization, US stocks
Posted in Financial News |
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Nov 12th, 2008 |
By Keith Fitz-Gerald |
Category: Featured
Whether you agree with them or not, the bailout programs will keep on coming. Keith Fitz-Gerald looks at the key impact these will have on the dollar, commodities and global stocks. He says we could be in line for a market rebound by mid-2009, and suggests six ways to prepare your portfolio now.
Tags: bear market, BRIC Nations, Commodity Prices, Contrarian Investors, Credit Default Swaps, Crude Oil Prices, defensive stock ideas, defensive stock plays, Global Markets, Global Stocks, Gold Prices, government bailout, Great Dperession, hedge funds, inverse ETF, investing in Asia, investing in China, investing in gold, investing in Latin America, Investment Strategy, Keith Fitz-Gerald, President Obama, reverse etf, trailing stops, US dollar, US recession, US stocks
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Oct 29th, 2008 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Financial News
The masks are coming off. It’s the end of the party, now we get to see what people really look like. And it’s not a pretty sight.
Tags: Bil Bonner, Credit Default Swaps, Crude Oil Prices, Financial Markets, G7, Global Inflation, investing in Argentina, Japanese Stocks, Sony Corp, Stock Prices, Toyota Motor Corp, US dollar, US stocks, Worldwide Export
Posted in Financial News |
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Oct 15th, 2008 |
By Andrew Snyder |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Andrew Snyder says stock investors should look out for more market sell-offs around October 23 and November 4 and 5. This is when WaMu (OTC:WAMUQ) and Iceland’s bankrupt institutions face their CDS settlements.
Tags: , Andrew Snyder, bear market, credit crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Glitnir, Landsbanki, Lehman Brothers, US stocks, Washington Mutual
Posted in Stock Market Investing |
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