Showing posts with label Credit Markets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Credit Markets. Show all posts
Monday, March 25, 2013

Student Loans Are Diving Underwater

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The student loan market has a lot of factors that seem to say "Stay the heck away!": they're relatively easy to qualify for, c...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Markets in Receivables

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Here's an interesting article in the WSJ from a while back (7/16) titled "CIT's Woes Prompt Surge In Activity At Receivables Ex...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Cost of Corporate Borrowing is Up

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Because corporate borrowing costs were low in recent years, many companies loaded up on debt. Now, much of that debt is coming due at a tim...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Some Links On Distressed Debt Investing

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One of my students is interviewing soon for an internship in an investment bank's fixed income department, and another is going to be st...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Credit Default Swaps and Arctic Expeditions

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This weekend I posted a video of a "whiteboard" talk by Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace, in which he explains CDO s and the credit cri...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

One of The Best Explanations of the Credit Crisis I've Ever Seen

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Every once in a while you come across an explanation that makes you realize that just really aren't all that good a teacher. Here's...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Fear Hits CD Market

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I just heard an interesting story from a colleague (a former Wall Street lawyer who decided to become a lecturer at my university after reti...
Friday, February 23, 2007

You can pick your frends, you can pick your nose, and you can PIK your bonds

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Wednesday's WSJ had a very interesting piece on " PIK " or "Payment In Kind" bonds, titled " What's Aidin...