Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT
derivative Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog
Sun 2008-06-29 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> eCONomIc SpLiT pErSonaLiTy and NeutEnron Bombs
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> eCONomIc SpLiT pErSonaLiTy and NeutEnron Bombs; "the Boyz looked at Enron as the model, spliced and diced it, and then calculated new and better scams under the guise of financial innovation (blessed by buffoons and sycophants like Alan Greenspan and Ben Beranake) and non-public markets (OTC and derivatives) in which to create even larger financial smoke and mirrors in which to loot."
economic; eCONomIc SpLiT pErSonaLiTy; Market; NeutEnron Bombs; watch; winter.
Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Aunt Millie-iced
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Aunt Millie-iced; Jefferson County bankruptcy looming over failed derivatives trades; Bill Gross said to bet on mortagage debt
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"
Mon 2008-03-31 00:00 EDT
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Who's Holding The Bag?
Buffett versus Greenspan on derivatives; "the development of credit derivatives has contributed to the stability of the banking system", or "rapidly growing trade in derivatives poses a "mega-catastrophic risk" for the economy"; 2007-07-04
Fri 2008-03-28 00:00 EDT
Mysterious discrepancies in grain prices baffle experts - International Herald Tribune
Mysterious discrepancies in grain prices baffle experts, by Diana B. Henriques, International Herald Tribune; disparities between futures, cash markets; question "whether farmers, who rely almost exclusively on the cash market, are being shortchanged by cash prices that are lower than the derivatives market says they should be."
grain prices baffle experts; International Herald Tribune; Mysterious discrepancies.
Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT
How ghosts vote on Bear Stearns - International Herald Tribune
How ghosts vote on Bear Stearns, by Steven M. Davidioff - International Herald Tribune; "A class of stakeholders in Bear Stearns with economic interests that differ from the shareholders' can use derivatives to ensure that their needs are met. In the process, shareholders are left holding the nearly empty bag, and regulators are left shaking their heads."
Mon 2007-12-17 00:00 EST
Bear In Mind > Wipe out on Wall Street: Derivatives credit risk
Bear In Mind > Wipe out on Wall Street: Derivatives credit risk; ACA Capital hedge counterparty CIBC takes 3B markdown; major investment banks "dead men walking"
Tue 2007-12-11 00:00 EST
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Derivatives Trade Soars To Record $681 Trillion
"everal hedge funds are going to get carted out on a stretcher all at once and cause a cascade of defaults."
681 Trillion; Derivatives Trade Soars; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; records.
Mon 2007-11-05 00:00 EST
Economist.com
Credit derivatives | At the risky end of finance | (CDS debacle looming)
Mon 2007-11-05 00:00 EST
PrudentBear
Road to Ruin: Credit Bubble Bulletin, by Doug Noland; "subprime and the SIVs were peanuts in comparison to the CDO market. Well, the CDO marketplace is chump change compared to Credit Default Swaps and other over-the-counter (OTC) Credit derivatives that...have never been tested in a Credit or economic downturn"; CDS debacle looming
Tue 2007-07-10 00:00 EDT
DR. RISK'S BOOKSHELF
Dr. Risk's Bookshelf on risk management, financial derivatives, option pricing, etc.
Fri 2007-07-06 00:00 EDT
BBC NEWS | Business | Buffett warns on investment 'time bomb'
Warren Buffet: "Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction"; 2003-03-04;
Mon 2004-03-15 00:00 EST
FpML.org
-- Financial products Markup Language; XML Standard for Swaps, Derivatives, and Structured Financial Products