It'stimeforcentralbankstostopbailingoutmarketsByAndyXiePublished:August14200703:00|Lastupdated:August14200703:00Theglobalcreditbubbleisbursting.Thisbubbleisprimarilyleveragefinancingforowningriskyassets.Thepeoplewhowereresponsibleforwhathappenedplayedwithotherpeople'smoney,marketedarcanefinancialproductswithfalsepromisesoffatprofits,butstuffedtheirownpocketswithbigbonuses.Neitherthesemastersoftheu...[
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PanicinU.S.moneymarkets!(byMartinWeissandMikeLarson)8/20/20076:00:00PM
MartinandMikeherewithanurgentafternoonupdate.DespitetheFed'sbiggestcashinfusionssince9-11…DespitetheFed'ssurprisediscountratecutonFriday…Anddespiteitsdesperateeffortstopersuadebigbankstoborrowthemoney…PanicIsNowHitting
U.S.MoneyMarkets!Wearewitnessingthemostdramatic—andpotentiallymostconsequential—panicrushtosafety...[
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PrimaryDealersthathaveaccesstotheDiscountWindow:
BNPParibasSecuritiesCorp.
BancofAmericaSecuritiesLLC
BarclaysCapitalInc.
Bear,Stearns&Co.,Inc.
CantorFitzgerald&Co.
CitigroupGlobalMarketsInc.
CountrywideSecuritiesCorporation
CreditSuisseSecurities(USA)LLC
DaiwaSecuritiesAmericaInc.
DeutscheBankSecuritiesInc.
DresdnerKleinwortWassersteinSecurities...[
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CountrywideBeginsStaffLayoffs
ByJAMESR.HAGERTY
August20,2007;PageA6-WallStreetJournal
CountrywideFinancialCorp.,reducingcostsaspartofitsefforttoweatheracreditcrunch,hasbegunlayingoffemployeesinvolvedinoriginatingloans,accordingtoaninternalemail.
Thelayoffsoccurredinthecompany'sFullSpectrumLendingunit,whichhandlesmanyhomemortgagesinacategoryknownasAlt-A,ormortgagesbetweenprimeandsub...[
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新浪朱鸿写:柏杨(转贴)
来源:江上一郎于07-08-1917:23:31[档案][博客] [旧帖][转至博客][给我悄悄话]
柏杨是中国文化哺育的,但他却能从这种文化之中背身而去,站在它的对面,严峻地审察它,批判它。他像医生一样,寻找中国文化的病灶,甚至冷酷地给它开刀,其目的当然是希望它变得健康,充满活力和魅力。我以为这是柏杨作为一个作家的最大特点,也是其作品[
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Whyarecentralbanksaroundtheworldpouringmassiveamountsoffreshnewcashintotheirmarkets?
Istheglobaleconomysuddenlycontracting?No.
Aretheworld'slargestbankssuddenlygoingbroke?No.
Sowhat'spromptedthesegovernmentstopouroutsomuchmoneysosoon?
Pureandsimple,they'reafraidthemortgagemeltdownintheUnitedStatescouldtriggermassivefailuresintheinternationalfinancialsystem.
Justlookatwhatalmo...[
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Aug.16(Bloomberg)--Dearinvestor,we'dliketotakethis
opportunitytoupdateyouontherecentperformanceofourhedge
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Asyouknow,marketselectionfortheentirefundisguided
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'It'Happened,butNotAgain:AMinskianAnalysisofJapan'sLostDecade
MARC-ANDREPIGEON
BardCollege-TheLevyEconomicsInstitute June2000
JeromeLevyEconomicsInstituteWorkingPaperNo.303
Abstract: ...[
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"Atitscore,theMinskyviewwasstraightforward:Whentimesaregood,investorstakeonrisk;thelongertimesstaygood,themorerisktheytakeon,untilthey'vetakenontoomuch.Eventually,theyreachapointwherethecashgeneratedbytheirassetsnolongerissufficienttopayoffthemountainsofdebttheytookontoacquirethem.Lossesonsuchspeculativeassetspromptlenderstocallintheirloans."Thisislikelytoleadtoacollapseofassetvalues,"Mr.Minskywro...[
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SoCalhomesalesnow54%belowpeak SouthernCaliforniahomesalescontinuedtoslumpinJuly,falling27%fromyear-agolevels,andarenowrunning54%belowpeaklevelsreachedinJuly2003,DataQuickreportedtoday. SomeindustryexpertshavewarnedthatAugustsalesmaybeevenweaker,giventhewideningcreditsqueezethathasspreadtonon-subprimemortgages.
Theonlyareaofsalesgrowth:for...[
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