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FT: Moody’s warns on US sovereign rating

A while back, I was sitting in a meeting with some bankruptcy attorneys that were helping the investment group understand some new bankruptcy laws. After the meeting, I asked one of the attorneys a pr… more »

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Moody's says some employees broke ethics rules

kbenner wrote 3 weeks ago: Moody’s said Tuesday that some employees violated its code of conduct after they discovered a … more »

Tags: alphabet soup, CDOs, Moody's

Can anyone spell lawsuit? Part II

amyacheson wrote 2 months ago: And now, it is revealed that Moody’s allowed investment banks to cherrypick which analysts det … more »

Tags: AAA rated, Analyst, cherry pick, Credit markets, Credit Rating, financial scandal, Financial Sector, fraud, investment bankers

Can anyone spell lawsuit?

amyacheson wrote 2 months ago: No doubt relying on the integrity of the venerable Moody’s Triple A rating, investors of all s … more »

Tags: AAA rated, computer bug, Economic outlook, fraud, Lawsuit, lawsuits, Moody's, Ratings

Another fine mess

investanalysis wrote 5 months ago: Last autumn, Gary Vaughan-Smith of SilverStreet Capital predicted that the monoline insurers would b … more »

Tags: Bonds, credit, monolines, Losses, leveraged

Making jewelry from horse shit

Keith G wrote 6 months ago: Three things I’ve learned recently from articles I’ve read in various sources, including … more »

Tags: Current Events, Life Today, The Economy, Economy, broker compensation, agent metaphors, object metaphors

FT: Moody’s warns on US sovereign rating

phorgyphynance wrote 6 months ago: A while back, I was sitting in a meeting with some bankruptcy attorneys that were helping the invest … more »

Tags: Aaron brown, Russia, Monetary Policy, Inflation, US Treasuries

Ambac rally insanity

Colin Barr wrote 7 months ago: The bond insurers were flying Monday after a ratings agency affirmed Ambac’s (ABK) rating. Moo … more »

Tags: Ambac, MBIA, Mortgage Defaults, Bond insurers, Bonds

Synthetic CDO downgrades — 2 comments

phorgyphynance wrote 1 year ago: This S&P article via Calculated Risk Ratings On 75 U.S. Synthetic CDOs Of ABS Lowered Following … more »

Tags: CDO

Conspiracy of silence

phorgyphynance wrote 1 year ago: Didn’t I claim to be a optimist?? This is a great article in the Guardian… Easy money hi … more »

Tags: Markets, CDO

CDOs and Risk Management — 3 comments

phorgyphynance wrote 1 year ago: If you ever talk to quants *gasp* or traders, you may occasionally hear them refer to structured sec … more »

Tags: CDO, Structured Finance, Risk Management, var


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