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Credit derivatives: At the risky end of finance
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 Posted by Timelessss 229 days ago (www.economist.com).  Views: 168
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Are these devices a clever way to disperse risk, making the financial system safer, as their enthusiasts claim? Or are they “financial weapons of mass destruction”, in Warren Buffett's phrase, that are poorly understood and perilous boosters of credit?

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Created by ian 1 year 226 days ago.
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Housing decline is 1/3 complete and will not bottom until 2012 or later
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 Posted by ian 129 days ago (www.harpers.org).  Views: 1,348
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Cramer, you're wrong. Housing will not bottom until 2012 or later. So far you have called 3 bottoms in the stock market (one after the Fed cut rates by 125 bp in 8 days, one after the Bear Stearns bailout, and now one after the Housing Bill / SEC naked [More...]
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The Derivatives Market is Unwinding!
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 Posted by ian 167 days ago (georgewashington2.blogspot.com).  Views: 312
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A couple of months ago, a financial analyst who sells derivatives told me that fears about a meltdown in the derivatives market were unfounded. Yesterday, he told me - with a very worried look - "THE DERIVATIVES MARKET IS UNWINDING!" What [More...]
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Lehman Brothers down about 85% .... for the week.
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 Posted by ian 68 days ago (img355.imageshack.us).  Views: 92
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Below my target posted 91 days ago of $5 a share. Current 5 day chart. If you owned these shares, I hate to say it but please find another hobby other than investing. You were warned countless times to get out. [More...]
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The Stock Market Crash of 2008
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 Posted by ian 40 days ago (img391.imageshack.us).  Views: 232
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October 9, 2008 A picture is worth a thousand words (and over 6 trillion dollars in lost market cap for U.S. stocks). Wall Street just did not get it, or they would have predicted all of this long ago, as quite a few smart analysts did. (When I say [More...]
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Bill Gross: Lehman's bankruptcy creates "risk of an immediate tsunami related to the unwind of derivative and swap-related positions worldwide in the dealer, hedge fund, and buyside universe"
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 Posted by ian 65 days ago (www.reuters.com).  Views: 345
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NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Pimco's Bill Gross (bio) said on Sunday that a Lehman Brother's bankruptcy risks an "immediate tsunami" because of the unwinding of derivative and credit swap-related positions worldwide. Talks to sell Lehman [More...]
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Holy smokes, JP Morgan Chase holding $92,000,000,000,000 in derivatives
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 Posted by ian 129 days ago (img293.imageshack.us).  Views: 712
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That's $92 trillion for those who aren't able to count that many zeros. Here's the complete chart if you want to see what other banks are holding. Do the math, $92 trillion is 74 times JP Morgan's assets, and 7 times the entire Gross Domestic Product [More...]
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About 1 in 11 Mortgageholders Face Loan Problems
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 Posted by MyPropsMonkey 165 days ago (www.nytimes.com).  Views: 73
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The default rate is rising even among homeowners with good credit who do not hold risky subprime loans.
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$45.5 Trillion Credit Default Swap Market is the Next Shoe to Drop? - New York Times
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 Posted by ian 259 days ago (www.nytimes.com).  Views: 372
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Few Americans have heard of credit default swaps, arcane financial instruments (derivatives) invented by Wall Street about a decade ago. But if the economy keeps slowing, credit default swaps, like subprime mortgages, may become a household [More...]
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Which cost the US government more money: the credit crunch or World War II...?
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 Posted by MyPropsMonkey 3 hours 43 minutes ago (reddit.com).  Views: 0
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