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85 ArticlesCrisis 2008

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Three Iceland banks CDS auctions completed, exposure > Lehman

Three auctions for Credit Default Swaps of the three Icelandic banks that failed (Glitnir, Landsbanki and Kaupthing) have been completed today. (CDS is ...

Obama and Market News

First, since everyone already knows, let me be one of the last to congratulate Obama on a thumping victory over McCain. Obama inherits a horrendously bad ...

Readings: Shorting oneself, and No Loan For Google

Michael Lewis: This hedge fund manager tried to short himself As the trading room filled with smoke, and acquired that only sweet smell I know that is not ...

Mayhem on the bourses!

What madness. Sensex closes around 8600, Nifty at 2550. We haven’t seen these levels for a long long time now, have we? We are now down 40% in a month. ...

ECB Rules Relaxed: RBI

RBI has relaxed the ECB regulations in a notice posted today: 3. Henceforth, ECB up to USD 500 million per borrower per financial year would be permitted for ...

Lending rate news, and signs of bullishness?

TED Spread at 2.57, way below the highs of 4.5 or so. Still, a little high, but should get better. 13 week treasury bill yield at 1.24%, which means people ...

Why not another black money amnesty scheme?

There’s a liquidity crisis out there, and if I may suggest something: Why not another one of those “declare your black money, pay 20% of it as ...

Shipping Index deep dives

From Big Picture: The “Ugly” Baltic Dry Index: This is going to cause a lot of damage to companies that have ordered ships because of all the ...

What to do now? Gilts, Nifty and No Predictions

A few comments have been mailed in asking “What to do now?”. I wish there was a universal answer but there is not. Here is what I am doing, and my ...

A 'Gunda' Credit Crisis Intro

If you want to read a “Gunda” based take on the Financial Meltdown (and if you have to ask what “Gunda” is, your answer is no), read ...