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Interview with Warren McGregor, IASB board member
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
...ey are talking about at the moment is technical area is embedded derivatives, embedded in synthetic CDOs. In respect of a very limited circumstance, US GAAP does not require the embedded derivative to...
Geithner's vague debut
in Sox First, on February 11, 2009
...t obligations and nobody knows exactly how much they are worth. The mathematical value of synthetic CDOs might be anywhere from 30 cents in the dollar to 100 cents but the market value, given that the...
Why smart investors fall for scams
in Sox First, on January 4, 2009
...gh wealth to have a secure and happy retirement. If they were greedy, they could have just gone for CDOs but this appeared to be safe. Greenspan's analysis suggests it would be too easy to say sc...
Lawsuits come in
in Sox First, on June 18, 2008
...f intentionally withholding material information about quality and default problems with the CDOs that would have led to downgrades by rating agencies. This case is potentially significant bec...
Subprime explained - crunch time glossary
in Sox First, on February 14, 2008
Credit crunch? Credit default swaps? Honeymoon loans? NINJA loans? Negative pledge? The subprime crisis is upon us and investors are confronted with jargon designed to baffle and keep them in the dark. Here is my glossary of key terms you'll need to know to keep ahead of the game: arrang...
Fed's rescue plan: too little, too late
in Sox First, on December 19, 2007
...at's ahead is difficult because all those bad debts have been buried under layers and layers of CDOs, which is a fancy term to describe basically a bundle of risky debt, that includes mortgages, b...
What The Free Wall Street Journal Might Look Like
in Businesspundit, on November 21, 2007
...on't be any more intelligent discussion about changes in accounting rules or the intricacies of CDOs. Instead we'll get self-help style business jibberish.
Ok, ok. You're right. It won&#...
More funny money on Wall Street
in Sox First, on November 14, 2007
...related investments and maintained relatively small holdings of collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs. Goldman Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein insists the shorting strategy will continue, which mea...
Charles Prince resigns - the domino theory of market meltdowns
in Sox First, on November 5, 2007
...ies. These highly rated super-senior securities are portions of collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs. CDOs are repackaged pools of lower-rated securities backed by subprime loans into pieces with ...
Gurus Talk About The Recent Stock Market Turmoil, and What to Expect
in Businesspundit, on August 19, 2007
...tt says about it Many institutions that publicly report precise market values for their holdings or CDOs and CMOs are in truth reporting fiction. They are marking to model rather than marking to marke...
Subprime woes continue
in Sox First, on July 19, 2007
...issuing some bad news . The problem really comes down to those collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs. That's the term for a bundle of risky debt that includes mortgages and bonds backed by som...
Subprime fallout: the bears are out
in Sox First, on June 27, 2007
...hedge funds that had invested heavily in highly rated pieces of collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs. What exactly is a CDO? It's basically a bundle of risky debt, that includes mortgages, bo...
Hedge-fund troubles
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 11, 2005
...ogged the credit markets throughout Tuesday`s trading session.
Collateralized-debt obligations, or CDOs, and credit-default swaps. CDOs typically are repackaged corporate debt with varying yields and...