Tue 2008-09-02 00:00 EDT
``I was "present at the creation" of Freddie Mac's risk management culturethe Foster...Van Order approach to pricing mortgage default risk. That was the approach that [Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron] rejected''
Arnold Kling; Chapter; econlog; economic; Freddie Mac; liberties; libraries.
Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT
gap management; "Trading risk becomes liquidity risk when you can't trade...Do real stress-testing of liquidity scenarios and construct a capital structure that address much of the liquidity risk posed by non-standard assets...So why do risk managers and bank managements' so consistently make bad decisions? Probably because there is an over-reliance on measures that are seemingly quantifiable."
Banker Buddies; Blackstone; FAS 157; Information Arbitrage; straight-talking; wrong.
Mon 2008-06-23 00:00 EDT
"managers knew specific material information about the condition of the funds, and then provided false information to investors."
Fri 2008-06-20 00:00 EDT
Jesse's Café Américain: Schroder Investment Management Says Gold to $5000 per Ounce. Is it Probable?
5000; Jesse's Café Américain; ounce; probably; Schroder Investment Management Says Gold.
Thu 2008-05-29 00:00 EDT
debunking Michael Master's testimony regarding commodity speculation; tacit cartel on the producer side, accommodating speculative futures prices, while managing spot supply? Steve Randy Waldman
Mon 2008-05-12 00:00 EDT
fooling oneself with models; Susan Webber on corporate obsession with metrics; Jon Danielsson argues management primary, models secondary
Mon 2008-05-05 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> CountryFried Whodathunk; looking inside CFC balance sheet; BAC poised to become biggest US property manager
Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT
Fed "loan" "to support J.P. Morgan's purchase of Bear Stearns...not a loan at all. The Fed and J.P. Morgan are creating an investment fund, to be managed by BlackRock."
Fri 2008-03-07 00:00 EST
Tue 2007-09-25 00:00 EDT
Mike Morgan's Real Estate and Housing Industry Weekly Update for Portfolio Managers and Investors - 2007-09-23; "we're in deep doodoo." Robert Toll, Toll Brothers CEO
2007; Housing Industry Weekly Update; Investors; Mike Morgan's Real Estate; portfolio manager; September 23.
Tue 2007-07-10 00:00 EDT
Dr. Risk's Bookshelf on risk management, financial derivatives, option pricing, etc.
