 | News: As economy slows, hard to shake gloomy feeling
As economy slows, hard to shake gloomy feeling Chicago Tribune - Aug 31, 2010 "As summer draws to a close, nervousness across the credit market only seems to grow," noted Credit Derivatives Research analyst Byron Douglass. | | | | |
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| News: Housing Slide in US Threatens to Drag Economy Into Recession
Housing Slide in US Threatens to Drag Economy Into Recession Bloomberg - John Gittelsohn, Bob Willis - Aug 22, 2010 23 (Bloomberg) -- Josh Levin, an analyst with Citigroup Global Markets, discusses the prospects of consolidation among US homebuilders and the outlook for | | | | |
| News: Cost of the Floods in Pakistan
Cost of the Floods in Pakistan Suite101.com - Anna Reitman - 12 hours ago Both Standard & Poor's and Moody's have stated that Pakistan's credit rating is not threatened due to large-scale flooding, however, the markets are not as | | | | |
| News: In the land of two curves, and one price
In the land of two curves, and one price FT Alphaville (blog) - Izabella Kaminska - Aug 23, 2010 These days, again thanks to credit risk, most interdealer swaps trades are collateralised at least to some extent. And that collateral does not earn Libor, | | | | |
| News: Data breaches becoming too common for consumers
Data breaches becoming too common for consumers St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Aug 27, 2010 Authorities say the analyst scored $50000; the full cost to consumers — both in dollars lost through identity theft, and in time spent fixing botched | | | | |
| News: Proposed SEC rules could cost fund firms millions
Proposed SEC rules could cost fund firms millions Reuters UK - Ross Kerber, Dave Zimmerman - Sep 1, 2010 In a note to investors Ticondergoa Securities analyst Doug Sipkin wrote that Legg Mason faces "some potential risk" from the proposed new rules. | | | | |
| News: NBR Transcripts-August 31, 2010
NBR Transcripts-August 31, 2010 Nightly Business Report - Aug 31, 2010 So there's a lot of risk factors. PRATT: Others say September's fate rests mostly on the health of the economy, and in particular, corporate profits. | | | | |
| News: Forbes, S&P Got it Wrong, But they are Right
Forbes, S&P Got it Wrong, But they are Right Modern Ghana - 11 hours ago Their analyst, Ravi Bhatia, mentions the “cumulative effect of a large and erratic fiscal deficit”. There is no one in Ghana who does not know this. | | | | |
| News: Westamerica Plans Share Buyback
Westamerica Plans Share Buyback Zacks.com - Aug 27, 2010 (WABC - Analyst Report) announced its plan to repurchase up to 6.9% or approximately 2 million of its common stock as of July 23, 2010. | | | | |
| News: SunTrust Banks: Upgrades, Downgrades
SunTrust Banks: Upgrades, Downgrades TheStreet.com - Aug 31, 2010 Credit trends are improving and balance sheet trends are promising. $42 price target. China Power Equipment (CPQQ) initiated at Rodman & Renshaw with a | | | | |
| News: Exhaustion Gap on Yields Chart!
Exhaustion Gap on Yields Chart! The Market Oracle - 3 minutes ago If credit is tight, then, to borrow money will require the borrower to pay higher rates of interest to compensate the lender for his higher level of risk. | | | | |
| News: Aussies make cheap phone calls through Google
Aussies make cheap phone calls through Google Sydney Morning Herald - Asher Moses - Aug 26, 2010 "This is a risk to Skype. It's a competitor with a pretty good brand name," said Hudson Square analyst Todd Rethemeier. "Calling is so cheap already that I | | | | |
| News: Bank stocks are range bound
Bank stocks are range bound Banking Day (registration) - 14 hours ago The consensus is that while valuations are on the cheap side of fair value, weak credit growth and funds management income, along with the risk of “second | | | | |
| News: Take my colleague, please!!!
Take my colleague, please!!! ZDNet (blog) - Brian Sommer - Aug 30, 2010 Plus, they delivered a much lower risk kind of candidate. These employees had great sticking power to the firm. That's a key managerial buyer value: the | | | | |
| News: Credit default swap deals unnerve California
Credit default swap deals unnerve California Los Angeles Times - Nathaniel Popper - Aug 18, 2010 The buyers of protection at or near the June peak were "radically overestimating the probability of default," a Deutsche Bank analyst wrote in early July. | | | | |
| News: Money managers play defense in their municipal portfolios
Money managers play defense in their municipal portfolios InvestmentNews - Jessica Toonkel - Aug 8, 2010 Regardless, Standish has spent the past several months unwinding the credit risk of its muni bond funds, Ms. Todd said. The firm has sold out of the | | | | |
| News: "Modern Family" co-creator takes on Internet
"Modern Family" co-creator takes on Internet Reuters - James Hibberd - Aug 27, 2010 But a respected industry analyst says less than 5% of TV content is being stolen today. Even if that number quadruples as broadband speeds improve, | | | | |
| News: Huntington Reiterated at Neutral
Huntington Reiterated at Neutral Zacks.com - Aug 26, 2010 We are reiterating our Neutral recommendation on Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN - Analyst Report) following the company's earnings release. | | | | |
| News: Indian shares at 1-mth closing low; Reliance falls
Indian shares at 1-mth closing low; Reliance falls Reuters - Ami Shah - Aug 31, 2010 Those were not sustainable and there were no further triggers that were expected," Himani Singh, sector analyst at Elara Securities, referring to EIH. | | | | |
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