It was only a few days ago that Ms Merkel, the German Chancellor, was strongly criticizing the Irish for guaranteeing all savings deposits and now guess what:
Germany will guarantee all private savings accounts, says Chancellor Angela Merkel, as a major bank struggles to stay in business.
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Full deposit protection is nigh
German govt to guarantee deposit accounts-ministry
Most creditors believe that the debtor needs to take the lead in addressing their own problems. China is, apparently, no different. ...
[Link]Super Senioritis
I’ve been perusing the finance blogs lately and I’ve noticed a recent obsession with Synthetic CDOs, specifically the super senior ...
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Harvard is planning for a 30% decline in value of its endowment. (WSJ.com also Market Movers, Marketwatch.com)
The world of ...
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Prices of Treasury coupon securities surged today as the explosive rally continued in advance of the Labor report tomorrow morning. The ...
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Yesterday, I was contacted by UrbanDigs, one of my regular readers, and he asked:
UrbanDigs Says:
[Link]Seamus Milne says it’s time to fully nationalize the banks. Leaving ideology aside, it’s not obvious that this is a ... [Link]
Why would anybody invest with Jim Simons? Everybody knows where his love and attention and money is concentrated: in the $8 ...
[Link]Difficilement, d'après Martin Feldstein. Il en sortira renforcé, d'après Barry Eichengreen.... [Link]
At "A Dash" we are delighted with the early response to our "truthiness" inquiry. There are several excellent suggestions for ...
[Link]This CDS report was written by Markit's Gavan Nolan We're in danger of record fatigue here in the credit markets. ... [Link]
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October 5th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
It’s always different when it’s your ox that gets gored. There’s plenty of bailouts in progress this weekend. The knock on effects to the CDS market are likely to be substantial.
October 5th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
[...] That Was Quick… [Alea] Published Sunday, October 05, 2008 4:15 PM [...]
October 5th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
[...] Sunday links: nowhere to hide 05Oct08 Germany moves to shore up confidence its banking system. (NYTimes.com, Alea) [...]