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What Did Hank Know? And When Did He Know It?

The indispensable Carol Loomis takes on AIG in Fortune. Having an overview of the government’s bailout (and re-bailout) of AIG is value enough to recommend the article as required reading. Read a little deeper and you’ll see a fascinating narrative line about Hank Greenberg and his role in creating the mess at AIG. First, there is Financial Products, the Connecticut-based division that generated derivatives. Greenberg created it and used it as a cookie jar for earnings.

<><>For most of its history, FP gave longtime CEO Hank Greenberg profits on cue, helping him build a great record...
By  Barry Ritholtz   (+33.65%  risk: moderate)  12/25/08 Comment


Credit Crisis Watch (December 8, 2008)

Credit Crisis Watch (December 8, 2008)

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In order to gauge the progress being made to unclog credit markets and restore confidence in the world’s financial system, I monitor a range of financial spreads and other measures. By perusing these, as summarised in this “Credit Crisis Watch” review, one can ascertain to what extent the various central bank liquidity facilities and capital injections are having the desired effect.

<>First up is the LIBOR rate. This is the interest rate that banks charge each other for one-month, three-month, six-month and one-year loans. LIBOR is an a...
By  Barry Ritholtz   (+33.65%  risk: moderate)  12/08/08 Comment


MODELS & THE RISK OF RUIN

Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his review of this year’s “worst call” and an attempt at drilling down to the ultimate problem.

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“You will see when you can swallow the world in one gulp.”
-Zen Aphorism

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<>My submittal for the worst call is that “housing markets can not fall simultaneously across the U.S. (and U.K.)” by analysts and quants that then plugged that call as an assumption into their credit default swap (CDS) models resulting in the near (!?!) collapse of the capital markets. This call based on past emp<><><><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  Barry Ritholtz   (+33.65%  risk: moderate)  11/26/08 Comment


Weekly Economic Potpourri November 22, 2008
Every week there are a numerous headlines that are worthy of mentioning but I simply run out of time. Here are some news items from around the globe from this past week.

Obama Targets 2.5 Million Jobs With Stimulus Plan <>President-elect Barack Obama said he aims to save or create 2.5 million jobs in a two-year plan to stimulate an economy facing a “crisis of historic proportions.”

“It’s likely to get worse before it gets better,” Obama said today in his weekly radio address. He said that this week “financial markets faced more turmoil,” potentially leading to a “deflati< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><>< /><><><>...
By  Michael Shedlock   (+42.47%  risk: moderate)  11/22/08 Comment


Bill Ackman on Charlie Rose 11/11 (video)
Great line..."the gov't owns 35% of every corporations income and 40% of every wealthy individual through taxes and that is quite an off balance sheet asset". Ackman goes into details on credit default swaps (CDS), hedge funds, ratings agencies, and bond insurers. Other quotes: "Up until recently the world was a world that believed" (in ratings) "Regulators deferred to credit ratings agencies" "This is the single best time in my career to invest, the spread between value and price...

Continued at Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays

By  Todd Sullivan   (-13.50%  risk: moderate)  11/12/08 Comment



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