dimelab dimelab: shrinking the gap between talk and action.

Real Stress Tests Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

Real Stress Tests Going (1).

Thu 2009-02-26 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: William Black: "There Are No Real Stress Tests Going On"

former senior bank regulator William Black

naked capitalism; Real Stress Tests Going; William Black.

Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT

Information Arbitrage: Straight-talk on FAS 157: Blackstone and their Banker Buddies Have it Wrong

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.