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Monday Review: The Bulls are Back with a Vengeance

Contrary to my opinion, the equity markets opened the week with a massive rally which took the SPX well above the 900 level. The market internals were one of the most bullish I have seen in a long time; the … Continue reading

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Treacherous Thursday: A Bull Trap before the Stress Test Results

The treacherous bipolar nature of the equity market was visible today. This week’s Job Loss numbers and monthly retail sale numbers from Wal-Mart and Target came better than expected. The ES futures opened near their overnight high of 929.50. However … Continue reading

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Moody’s Dangerous Mood Swings

The major rat ing agencies have been book com guest online penny propecia site in the thick of credit market disaster. During the housing boom, they failed miserably in evaluating the risk associated with mortgage backed bonds and their derivatives. … Continue reading

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Housing, Credit and the Economy: At an Inflection Point

Sub-Prime Mortgages have been at the top of the air-waves for about a year now. The collapse of two hedge funds run by Bear Sterns started the procession. Numerous Wall Street executives have lost their jobs and banks have been … Continue reading

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Roundup: Credit Markets Unfreeze; Online Retailing and Search

The credit-markets are showing signs of life again. book com guest online penny propecia site The buy-under of Bear Sterns (BSC) and subsequent actions by the Fed to allow Investment Banks to access the discount window using asset backed paper … Continue reading

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Sub-Prime Write-Downs more than 50% done: Are Write-Ups Coming Next?

S&P was out with a report today saying that the banks are more than half-way through in recognizing losses attributed to sub-prime mortgages. They revised their estimate of total losses up to $285B from $265B but this is much less … Continue reading

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