Comments on: Credit Default Swaps: A $50 Trillion Problem

By: What We Can Learn From The Stock Market Genius That Wall Street Loves to Ignore

What We Can Learn From The Stock Market Genius That Wall Street Loves to Ignore — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:02:54 +0000

[...] The crash came in 2008, just as Mandelbrot had forecast. The options-valuation models assessing credit-default swaps proved hopelessly wrong and the Value-at-Risk models assessing overall risk pushed several of their [...]

By: Money Morning Mailbag: Taking a Closer Look at Dividend Stocks

Money Morning Mailbag: Taking a Closer Look at Dividend Stocks — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:12:14 +0000

[...] – a financial crisis that, not surprisingly, Hutchinson is widely credited for having predicted and warned about well ahead of time. For those who aren't regular readers, and who might like an additional [...]

By: These Five Inflation Plays Will Provide Protection and Profits

These Five Inflation Plays Will Provide Protection and Profits — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:01:33 +0000

[...] – a financial crisis that, not surprisingly, Hutchinson is widely credited for having predicted and warned about well ahead of time. With his "Alpha Bulldog" investing strategy – the crux of his Permanent [...]

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Two Energy Stocks For a Post-Oil-Spill World — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:02:30 +0000

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The Shift Toward De-globalization is Bullish for Gold — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:12:43 +0000

By: The Tobin Tax: The Fix-It Plan Wall Street Hates ... But Can't Seem to Kill

The Tobin Tax: The Fix-It Plan Wall Street Hates ... But Can't Seem to Kill — Thu, 27 May 2010 10:02:36 +0000

[...] and fights it every time it is proposed. The Tobin tax won't stop all their games – the margins on credit default swaps (CDS) are so high that a Tobin tax would affect them only modestly – but the benefits to markets [...]

By: Dodge a Possible Debt Debacle With These Two Stimulus-Plan Safety Plays

Dodge a Possible Debt Debacle With These Two Stimulus-Plan Safety Plays — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:15:42 +0000

By: Three Ways to Avoid Another Credit-Default-Swap Crisis

Three Ways to Avoid Another Credit-Default-Swap Crisis — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:37:47 +0000

[...] been warning investors about the dangers of credit default swaps since very early in 2008, months before the problems surfaced. There [...]

By: It's the World's Hottest Market - And it Isn't China

It's the World's Hottest Market - And it Isn't China — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:10:14 +0000

[...] his market calls before the meltdown that started last year were just as important. His warnings about the dangers of credit-default swaps – issued half a year before those deadly derivatives ignited the worldwide financial firestorm – [...]

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