Tue 2008-05-20 00:00 EDT
What the ETF? by Minyan Peter, Minyanville; "a broadened investor base, particularly inexperienced investors, and enhanced liquidity have been critical elements of every financial bubble in history"; "for the first time in financial history, the bubbles -- in securitized debt and commodities -- are truly global phenomena"
Thu 2008-05-08 00:00 EDT
Wed 2008-05-07 00:00 EDT
Involuntary Transaction or Why BAC+CFC May Never Close, by Institutional Risk Analytics; Reis and Flynn, False Security; historic resemblence to 1920s; BAC is unable to close the CFC transaction due to uncertainty regarding CFC liabilities; CFC debt holders urged to pull Chapter 7 bankruptcy trigger!
BAC; CFC; closed; Institutional Risk Analyst; Involuntary Transaction.
Sun 2008-05-04 00:00 EDT
The Wall Street Examiner >> I Didn't Write This, But... chilling TBAC report on deteriorating federal budget balance, urges increased issuance of long-term debt
Sun 2008-05-04 00:00 EDT
Update: Are CFC Bond Holders Bankruptcy Remote? by Institutional Rick Analytics; BAC refusing CFC debt commitment?
Countrywide Financial Bond Holders Bankruptcy Remote; Institutional Risk Analyst; Update.
Sun 2008-05-04 00:00 EDT
Sat 2008-05-03 00:00 EDT
America; bank; Guarantee Countrywide Debt; naked capitalism.
Wed 2008-04-09 00:00 EDT
"Free markets...without tight regulation...rapidly deteriorate towards crony capitalism"; "excellence in market regulation leads to better and freer markets"
Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT
Lehman's Debt Shuffle, by Jesse Eisinger; "Assets rose. Leverage rose. Write-downs were suspiciously minuscule."
Mon 2008-03-24 00:00 EDT
Thu 2007-12-20 00:00 EST
Bear In Mind > Fannie Mae: Systemic time bomb; half of issued debt bought by non-US investors; risky mortgage exposure 10x capital base; falling home prices drive foreclosures, huge Fannie Mae losses
Fri 2007-12-14 00:00 EST
"he best we have is palliatives. We can either take the losses, as the US has repeatedly told third world countries in similar fixes to ours, or we can go the Japan route of socializing the cost of propping up bad businesses and deals, or we can expand the money supply considerably and let inflation eat away at the value of the debt overhang." bearish UBS economist George Magnus calls for rate cuts
Thu 2007-12-13 00:00 EST
by Elaine Meinel Supkis; Fed auction plan; saving system collapsed; "these tax cheats...will work with our government to continue the destruction of America"
Fri 2007-12-07 00:00 EST
