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Government and Financial Markets In this study, we look at how Government affects the financial markets. We find that the movement of the CRB and the number of pages in the Federal Register are closely correlated. Also, the financial markets perform...
The Financial Times – John Authers: So is there anything out of the question? Why has the S&P 500 fallen only 13 per cent from its all-time high, when other markets are behaving as though the world were in a deep crisis? Stocks’...
What Will It Take To End The Credit Crisis? For the credit crisis to truly end, more collateralized loans are not the answer. More capital, in excess of the losses to-date, is the answer. This way the financial system can again expand to meet the...
The Wall Street Journal – Embattled GE CEO Defends Strategy Mr. Immelt has a “credibility problem,” Mr. Welch said on CNBC, a cable network owned by GE. Citing GE’s missed earnings forecast, he said: “Here’s the...
Bangladeshi demonstrators chant slogansagainst high food prices during weekend protests. People stand near the ruins of a gas station after recentrioting over high food prices near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. CNN – Riots, instability spread as food...
Notions on High and Low Finance (NYT Blog) – Floyd Norris: Lessons of G.E.G.E. had a reputation of being a master at meeting the numbers, something its bosses were confident they could do only a month ago. So you have to figure that something...
Expected 3-Month LIBOR Rising While the spread between the three-month LIBOR set-for-tomorrow swap and effective federal funds is re-normalizing, the high realized volatility of effective federal funds indicates continued high levels of market...
MarketBeat (WSJ Blog) – Four at Four: Bottoms UpWhat marks a bottom in the market? Some say catastrophe is the identifier — the Bear Stearns Cos. implosion might be a nice example. Some say it’s boredom — when so many players in the...
The Latest On The Credit Crisis Audio Link of Conference Call A transcript of the March 20, 2008 conference call.
Comment The long-used FASB acronym (Financial Accounting Standards Board) is referred to as SFAS in this letter (Statement on Financial Accounting Standards). The Securities and Exchange Commission – Sample Letter Sent to Public Companies on...
The Financial Times – Goldman reclaims most of $2bn rescue funds Goldman Sachs has reclaimed 90 per cent of the $2bn it used to bail out one of its troubled hedge funds last summer as the investment bank moved to shrink the fund and avoid...
How Big Are Commodity Index Funds? At over $336 billion in long index positions as of March 11, 2008, index trading accounts for almost 70% of all the money in the commodities market as measured by the CRB. These numbers are even more impressive...