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Ambac, MBIA downgraded; more losses to come
From Bloomberg: Citigroup Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and UBS AG may post losses of $10 billion on bond insurance after MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group ...
Commentary
ABX Home Equity indices sliding again
The ABX HE indices, which basically shows prices at which home asset backed securities are quoting, are sliding downwards again. This is the ABX-HE-AAA-07-2 ...
General
Know any blogs on Investing or Trading in India?
I am planning a post or series reviewing some investing and trading blogs in India. If you know any blogs I should be looking at, please let me know. There ...
Commentary
The Hunt For Leveraged Players
From John Mauldin’s newsletter: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced yesterday that they are looking very hard at possibly closing a ...
Commentary
Zoho helps get an IPL Simulator Online
In an article on NDTV, Amit Varma (of India Uncut fame) writes about how the new cricket craze, IPL (Indian Premier League) can be absolutely random. I’d ...
Commentary
New NHAI bonds for Capital Gains Exemption
Samarth Modi, who I’ve been having an email conversation with over all things investing, let me know recently that there were no capital gains exemption ...
Charts & Analysis
Creating Automated Trading Systems
As a geek and a trader, I’ve always been fascinated by the thought of “automated trading”. The idea is to have algorithms recognise patterns ...
Commentary
I want to be an investment banker
I really do. This has got be a better job than anything else I’ve ever ...
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Why Subprime Phase 3
Before I start my theory about Subprime Phase 3, I want to clarify one thing. Everything I mention here is a short term opinion on where things are going. That ...
Commentary