Tue 2008-06-17 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: No More Salami

global CDO issuance down 94% YOY; death of structured finance leaves Wall Street production lines idle

Salami; Sudden Debt.

Thu 2008-06-12 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: Real GDP - Part V: Goose Eggs

"traditional macro-economic measurements like GDP, debt, etc., will soon have to be retooled or replaced entirely"

Goose Eggs; part; Real GDP; Sudden Debt.

Tue 2008-06-03 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: Real GDP - Part I: Ave Caesar

Ave Caesar; part; Real GDP; Sudden Debt.

Fri 2008-05-30 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: The Bernanke Put: What Next?

Fed balance sheet quality deterioration

Bernanke Put; Sudden Debt.

Thu 2008-05-22 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: No More Salami

global CDO issuance down 94% year over year

Salami; Sudden Debt.

Wed 2008-04-09 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: Free Markets vs. Cronyism

"Free markets...without tight regulation...rapidly deteriorate towards crony capitalism"; "excellence in market regulation leads to better and freer markets"

cronyism; free market; Sudden Debt.

Thu 2008-01-03 00:00 EST

Sudden Debt: Further On CDS

(2007-11-30)

CDS; further; Sudden Debt.

Fri 2007-11-30 00:00 EST

Sudden Debt: CDS: Phantom Menace

CDS notional amounts increased from 26 to 46 trillion in last year; "far more CDSs are written relative to the amounts outstanding in individual bonds and thus credit events will infect and destroy much more speculative capital"; "generate highly volatile equity exposure with minimal or even zero margin requirements"

CDS; Phantom Menace; Sudden Debt.

Sat 2007-09-22 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: The Real Reason For The Fed's 50 bp Cut

postulates rate cut permits funding asset-backed CP rollovers to avoid dumping collateral in depressed market

Fed's 50 bp Cut; real reason; Sudden Debt.