Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
Going Gilligans Island
Submitted by Jack H Barnes on 07/06/2009 - 22:02 “Title IV, Subtitle B, Part 2, Section 426, of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 states: ‘An eligible worker (specifically, workers who lose their jobs as a result of this measure) may receive a climate change adjustment allowance under this subsection for a period of not longer than 156 weeks…80 percent of the monthly premium of any health insurance coverage…up to a maximum payment of $1,500 in relocation allowance…and job search expenses not exceed[ing] $1,500.’”Leveraged Finance, like a bad Rocky Movie, is making a comeback
Submitted by Jack H Barnes on 07/06/2009 - 10:10 “This is the world of smart securitisation,” said Geoff Smailes, managing director of global credit solutions at BarCap. “It’s not securitisation for leverage and arbitrage purposes any more. This is all about restructuring portfolios of assets to achieve risk, capital and funding efficiency in a transparent and less complex way.”
Alternative A-Paper Mortgages: The Next Trillion Dollar Housing Problem.
Submitted by drhousingbubble on 07/04/2009 - 12:32 Anytime someone tells you that a mortgage is less risky than “subprime” you know you have a problem. The Alt-A mortgage is largely absent from the current mainstream housing debate but is really the next wave that will further depress housing prices. Data produced from a June 2009 OTS and OCC report highlighting market conditions for 64 percent of U.S. mortgages finds that some 3.5 million loans are categorized as Alt-A. California issuing IOUs is home to many of the Alt-A mortgages.Rogue Trader Gets Burnt in the Brent Oil Market
Submitted by Jack H Barnes on 07/03/2009 - 16:45 Rogue Trader Rogue Trader in the Brent oil market causes spike in prices.Negative Interests Rates For A Frozen Blond Economy
Submitted by Jack H Barnes on 07/03/2009 - 11:13 Sweden slashes repo rate to .25 with an implied negative interest rate of -.25 Proactive or Panic over the coming Latvia Default?
