Showing posts with label derivatives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label derivatives. Show all posts
Monday, June 14, 2010

Synthetic Derivatives -What are They and Who Cares?

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A few weeks ago, the Senate interrogated the guys from Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street so-called "Investment Bank" The argument was...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Better Now Or A Year Ago?

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Now that all of the drama of the Goldman Sachs vs Congress (actually Sen. Carl Levin) is over, what did it all mean. More importantly, WHO C...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Good News/Bad News - Is There a Difference?

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Foreclosures are up 23% from the end of the 3rd quarter last year . Foreclosures are up 5% from the end of the second quarter this year. If ...
Monday, July 20, 2009

They're Back!!! (With a Vengence)

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Our favorite charities are back in business, but this time not asking for handouts - just taking the money from us. CitiBank / CitiFinancial...
Monday, April 13, 2009

How Money is Derived from Derivatives Called "Mortgage Backeds"

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The Chart above shows how Mortgage Backed Securities " MBS " come into existence. (Chart author/designer unknown) Terms used - (G...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

"Credit Default Swaps" - Insuring Against Oblivion

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We were dealing the the issue of DERIVATIVES . Okay - So I put too much into the last posting. Let's start this one in the middle; witho...
Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Real Toxic Assets - Derivatives (whatever they are)

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This posting will begin a 3 part series, to be finished by week's end, where we try to make understandable the un -understandable. Obvio...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Tinkerbell, Where Are You?

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CREDIT CRISIS - MORTGAGE BAILOUT - TOXIC ASSETS - CREDIT CARDS I had planned to move full force into the new tactics by the Credit Card Indu...