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Yesterday, I posted a video in which two auto experts argued that the dissident creditors were getting a raw deal (See “A discussion about Chrysler’s bankruptcy plan on Charlie Rose“). The crux of the problem is their belief that they were being railroaded into a deal in which they, as secured creditors, would receive [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The case of the dissident Chrysler bondholders
May
Warren Buffett: Wells passes my own stress test
May
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Warren Buffet speaks with CNBC in the lead up to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting. He talks a bit about stress tests and Citigroup. When asked about Wells Fargo, he says he administers his own stress tests and that Wells passes “with flying colors.”
He also uses an analogy of a commodities producer selling copper for [...]
Fool’s Gold: Gillian Tett lectures on shadowy world of derivatives
May
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From the London School of Economics website:
Below is an audio recording of approximately 78 minutes where Gillian Tett takes us inside the shadowy world of complex finance and derivatives and explains how the business of slicing and dicing debt led us to the devastating global credit crunch.
Gillian Tett has worked as a journalist for the [...]
Model predicts limited spread of Swine Flu
May
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This is a pretty cool video from New Scientist. This team of modelers has come up with a way to model human mobility using data from dollar bill tracking site Where’s George? The result is a model that tracks smaller human movements, unlike airline traffic data. These modelers have determined worst case scenarios for the [...]
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May
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Berkshire’s Munger Favors ‘100% Ban’ on Credit Swaps – Bloomberg.com
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Vice Chairman Charles Munger said he supports an outright ban of credit- default swaps to prevent speculators from profiting on the failure of companies.
The Mess That Greenspan Made: Mortgage lender blowback
I was wondering when the man with a tan was going to get [...]
A discussion about Chrysler’s bankruptcy plan on Charlie Rose
May
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A discussion about Chrysler’s bankruptcy plan with author Paul Ingrassia, Micheline Maynard, Senior business correspondent for the “New York Times” and John Stoll of “The Wall Street Journal”
Last bankruptcy tonight: America West Bank
May
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This is FDIC seizure number 32 (more details here):
Cache Valley Bank, Logan, Utah, Assumes All of the Deposits of America West Bank, Layton, Utah
America West Bank, Layton, Utah, was closed today by the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered [...]
Citizens Community Bank goes under
May
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This is number 31 by the FDIC this year. “The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund will be $18.1 million.” (See link for further details):
North Jersey Community Bank, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Assumes All of the Deposits of Citizens Community Bank, Ridgewood, New Jersey
Citizens Community Bank, Ridgewood, New Jersey, was closed [...]
FDIC Friday Night: Silverton Bank is seized
May
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Here is the press release from the FDIC for failure number 30 I believe (so many I lose count). Notice the eye-popping losses of $1.3 billion (link here):
FDIC Creates Bridge Bank to Take Over Operations of Silverton Bank, National Association, Atlanta, Georgia
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created a bridge bank to take over the [...]
ISM Manufacturing Index has hit bottom
May
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Last month I noted that the ISM Manufacturing index indicated that the manufacturing sector was still contracting, albeit at a slower pace. The latest data from the month of April show the same phenomenon. likely, the index has already hit bottom.
Here’s what the Institute for Supply Management says in its release:
WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING …
“International [...]
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