Thu 2008-06-05 00:00 EDT

Minyanville -

NEWS & VIEWS - Voodoo Banking, Part 1, by Satyajit Das

Minyanville.

Thu 2008-05-08 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Buffett Loses $1.2 Billion Shorting PUT Options

1; 2; Buffett Loses; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Shorting PUT Options.

Wed 2008-04-16 00:00 EDT

Institutional Risk Analytics

Large OTC Markets + Excessive Leverage + Fair Value Accounting = Systemic Risk, by The Institutional Risk Analyst; FAS 157; JPMorgan "an uncapitalized, $76 trillion OTC derivatives exchange with a $1.3 trillion asset bank appendage"

Institutional Risk Analytics.

Tue 2008-04-01 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: UBS 1Q Losses to Equal 1/3 of Equity

Equal 1/3; Equities; naked capitalism; UBS 1Q Losses.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

Ticker Classics: A Long Term Investment Timing Signal That Works

"buy the SPY...when the 20 week moving average crosses the 50 week moving average by more than 1%, and you go to cash (or treasuries) when the 20 week moving average crosses the 50 week moving average in the downward direct by more than 1%."

Long Term Investment Timing Signal; Ticker Classics; working.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: How To Beat The Street (the old fashioned way)

Goldman level 3 assets rise about 9 billion; net income 1.5 billion

beat; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; old-fashioned way; Street.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

Urban Dictionary: bear stearned

1. to crash, to collapse, to plummit, to fail; 2. The rapid loss of confidence in one's capabilities from one's traditionally supportive network of friends, customers, etc. 3. Buying an item and then realizing a week later it is worth 3.33% of what you paid for it.

Bear Stearns; Urban Dictionary.

Sat 2008-01-05 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Unemployment Soars as Private Sector Jobs Contract

understating unemployment; birth/death adjustments added 1.3 million "jobs" since 2007-02

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Private Sector Jobs Contract; Unemployment Soars.

Sat 2007-12-29 00:00 EST

Calculated Risk: BofA: Attitudes Changing Towards Default

estimated 1 trillion in mortgage losses

attitudes change; BofA; Calculated Risk; default.

Fri 2007-12-14 00:00 EST

Bear In Mind > Goldman and Lehman: How much did you hedge?

Bear In Mind > Goldman and Lehman: How much did you hedge? Lehman takes 1% loss on fixed income portfolio despite "bsolute worst month on record by any measure for the fixed income markets"

Bear; Goldman; Hedge; Lehman; mind.

Sun 2007-11-25 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Liquidity Pump Runs Dry

Fed moves irrelevant as banking system collapses; "Slashing rates to 1% was what created this mess. Cutting them to 1% again can hardly be the solution."

Liquidity Pump Runs Dry; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Tue 2007-11-20 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: A Riveting Disclosure in the $1 Billion Swiss Re Writedown

asset-backed CDOs deemed worthless; subprime components written down to 62% of original value

1; naked capitalism; Riveting Disclosure; Swiss Re Writedown.

Thu 2007-11-01 00:00 EDT

Funhouse Mirrors #1: Personal Savings Rate - iTulip.com Forums

overstating GDP; understating inflation; personal savings rate reveals failure of earnings to offset inflation

1; com forums; funhouse Mirror; iTulip; personal savings rate.

Tue 2007-10-02 00:00 EDT

Minyanville -

Bank Earnings 101: Banks are generally leveraged 10:1; by Minyan Peter (2007-09-10)

Minyanville.

Fri 2007-09-07 00:00 EDT

Majoring in Credit-Card Debt

by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, BusinessWeek (1/4); college student credit card debt

credit card debt; major.

Tue 2007-06-12 00:00 EDT

The Oil Drum: Europe | Ghawar reserves update and revisions (1)

1; Europe; Ghawar reserves update; Oil Drum; revision.