Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products: Credit Default Swaps -- Through The Looking Glass

Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products: Credit Default Swaps - Through The Looking Glass; ``The specter of banks, some of whom have needed capital injections and liquidity support from governments to ensure their own survival, offering to insure other market participants against the risk of default of sovereign government (sometimes their own) is surreal.'' ``much of what passed for financial innovation was specifically designed to conceal risk, obfuscate investors and reduce transparency''

Credit Default Swap; fears; financial products; loath; Looking Glass; Satyajit Das's Blog.

Wed 2009-04-01 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: The Fed's Balance Sheet Strategy to Support Qualitative Easing: A Synopsis

Jesse's Café Américain: The Fed's Balance Sheet Strategy to Support Qualitative Easing: A Synopsis

Fed's Balance Sheet Strategy; Jesse's Café Américain; Support Qualitative Easing; synopsis.

Thu 2009-02-26 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Greenspan Predicts TARP Will Prove Insufficient, Supports Bank Nationalization

Greenspan Predicts TARP; naked capitalism; proved insufficient; Support banks Nation.

Fri 2009-01-23 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: WSJ: Bank of America to Receive $20 Billion Injection, Support for $118 Billion of Loans

118; 20; America; bank; injection; Loans; naked capitalism; receive; supports; WSJ.

Mon 2009-01-19 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: WSJ: Bank of America to Receive $20 Billion Injection, Support for $118 Billion of Loans

118; 20; America; bank; injection; Loans; naked capitalism; receive; supports; WSJ.

Fri 2009-01-16 00:00 EST

Jesse's Café Américain: Dancing on a Precipice: The Tenuous Balance in Global Finance

Jesse's Café Américain: Dancing on a Precipice: The Tenuous Balance in Global Finance; ``The dollar is a Ponzi scheme, the waters of debt are overflowing the dam of artificial support, and only a few countries, two of them somewhat unstable, are holding back the deluge.''

dance; Global Finance; Jesse's Café Américain; precipice; Tenuous Balance.

Thu 2009-01-15 00:00 EST

Calculated Risk: Q3 2008: Mortgage Equity Extraction Strongly Negative

``the Home ATM is closed, and MEW is no longer supporting consumption''

Calculated Risk; Mortgage Equity Extraction Strongly Negative; Q3 2008.

Tue 2008-11-25 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Government Lending Support Pledges and Measures At $7.4 Trillion

4 trillion; 7; Government Lending Support Pledges; measured; naked capitalism.

Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: China Admits to Currency Manipulation, Dictates Terms for Support of US Sovereign Debt

Jesse's Café Américain: China Admits to Currency Manipulation, Dictates Terms for Support of US Sovereign Debt

China admits; Currency Manipulation; dictate terms; Jesse's Café Américain; sovereign debt; supports.

Tue 2008-08-12 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: Long Term Gold and US Dollar Charts

Jesse's Café Américain: Long Term Gold and US Dollar Charts; "doubt this is a major trend change...dollar is at serious resistance, and gold has strong support"

dollar chart; Jesse's Café Américain; Long Term Gold.

Sun 2008-07-06 00:00 EDT

``The System is Broken. We're Entering a Two Economy Society'': An Interview with Michael Hudson

"The System is Broken. We're Entering a Two Economy Society": An Interview with Michael Hudson, by Mike Whitney; democracy precedes oligarchy; reframing tax policy; fraudulent conveyance applied to minimize foreclosure; "Credit is a product that's almost free to create. Its main cost of production is the lobbying expense to buy Congressional support."

broken; Economy Society; enters; interview; Michael Hudson; Systems.

Fri 2008-03-28 00:00 EDT

The Wall Street Examiner >> Weekend At Benny's

The Wall Street Examiner >> Weekend At Benny's; "Primary Dealers and most big banks are already dead. The Fed is just keeping them on life support and manipulating the limbs and torso."

Benny s; Wall Street Examiner; weekend.

Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT

Interfluidity :: Counterparty of last resort?

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."

counterparty; Interfluidity; resort.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

Urban Dictionary: bear stearned

1. to crash, to collapse, to plummit, to fail; 2. The rapid loss of confidence in one's capabilities from one's traditionally supportive network of friends, customers, etc. 3. Buying an item and then realizing a week later it is worth 3.33% of what you paid for it.

Bear Stearns; Urban Dictionary.

Sat 2008-01-05 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Japan Jumps The Shark--Nikkei Collapses

by Elaine Meinel Supkis; japanese forex reserves based on funny money supporting carry trade

Japan jump; money matters; Nikkei Collapses; Sharks.

Sat 2007-12-08 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Pyramids Of Funny Money And Tombs Of Death

by Elaine Meinel Supkis; Japan, China in secret accord to support dollar, weaken yen, yuan?

death; Funny Money; money matters; pyramid; tomb.