Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT
by Brad Setser; perhaps "the rise in inflation in the Gulf and China and the difficulties both are facing trying to sterilize the rapid growth in the foreign assets is an indicator that there is a small risk that the US also might end up being a bit too large for the emerging world to save"
Thu 2008-05-08 00:00 EDT
Wed 2008-05-07 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Fannie Dismayed; Fannie Mae lying about delinquincy, default; tiny capital base against vast dodgy assets
Wed 2008-04-16 00:00 EDT
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"
Thu 2008-04-10 00:00 EDT
Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT
Lehman's Debt Shuffle, by Jesse Eisinger; "Assets rose. Leverage rose. Write-downs were suspiciously minuscule."
Sat 2008-03-22 00:00 EDT
"ntent of policy should be to limit damage to individuals rather than intervene in asset market in ways that are destined to fail anyhow"
bailed; Desperate Central Bankers; MBS Market; naked capitalism; PERHAPS.
Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT
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 2007-12-14 00:00 EST
by Assemblyman Sean Kean; Corzine's former associates at Goldman Sachs hawking government asset sales
Tue 2007-11-13 00:00 EST
Wall Street firms increasingly relying on risky assets, by Peter Eavis, Fortune; Level 3 bank assets increase ominously - Nov. 12, 2007
12; 2007; Nov; risky assets; Wall Street firms increasingly relying.
Mon 2007-09-10 00:00 EDT
by John Authers; George Magnus: market trying to transfer bad assets from "secondary sector" to banks
