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Subprimes, overconfidence

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Follow  |   Public Spot created by O.Chevet the 16/12/2007  |  Visited : 5171  |  Channel: Economics, Finance   |  Abusive content
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O.Chevet says : Another move from soverign funds into the heart of America's finance. That's what happens when one spends too much. At some point, you have to sell family jewels !

Morgan Stanley Stake a Major Move for China

NEW YORK -- China has joined the ranks of Singapore, Norway and the United Arab Emirates as nations that have purchased big chunks of Wall Street. In the wake of a $9.4 billion writedown related to subprime mortgage losses, Morgan Stanley (MS: 50.08,[...]

foxbusiness.com   |   the 20/12/2007   |   Add or View Comment
STORIES
O.Chevet says : Sovereign funds may use the crisis as an opportunity to put a foot into the heart of financial institutions

FT.com / In depth - UBS takes new $10bn subprime hit

UBS on Monday became the second big investment bank in a fortnight to be bailed out by a sovereign wealth fund when it announced a SFr19.4bn ($17.2bn) recapitalisation plan after revealing another $10bn of losses on subprime mortgage securities. UBS[...]

ft.com   |   the 19/12/2007   |   Add or View Comment

The woman behind the subprime bailout - International Herald Tribune

Sheila Bair never expected to find herself in the middle of the subprime mortgage mess. Bair has spent most of her career in Washington, where she's built a solid reputation as a financial regulator, most recently as assistant secretary for financial[...]

iht.com   |   the 16/12/2007   |   Add or View Comment
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O.Chevet says : Even the FT invokes magical powers to stop it

Harry Potter and the crisis over subprime mortgages

Voldemort can only be killed once Harry finds each of these objects, known as horcruxes, and destroys them - and the act of destroying them is itself fiendishly difficult. After nearly a year of the subprime crisis, that sounds dreadfully familiar. Subprime[...]

ft.com   |   the 16/12/2007   |   Add or View Comment
O.Chevet says : A very thourough (and long) analysis of the causes, the mechanism and actual consequences

2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The subprime mortgage financial crisis of 2007 was a sharp rise in home foreclosures which started in the United States during the fall of 2006 and has become a global financial crisis within a year. The root of the crisis started with lending of subprime[...]

en.wikipedia.org   |   the 16/12/2007   |   Add or View Comment
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