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6 Risks to Financial Stability in the U.K. - Survey

Sovereign risk higher than last year. The survey (pdf file) is intended to elicit market participants’ views about the prospects for financial stability in the United Kingdom. The top risks identified in the 2009 survey were: • economic downturn (82% ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  21 Sep 2009

Chinese Equity Bubble Set to Burst

Amid the current financial crisis, there has been one equity index beating all others: the Shanghai Composite. Our analysis of this main Chinese equity index shows clear signatures of a bubble build up and we go on to predict its most likely crash date: ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, ETF Investor,  15 Jul 2009

TARP Bank Lending: Reality Snapshot

Due to decreasing loan demand and tighter underwriting standards, as well as other factors such as charge-offs, or losses written off on loans, banks reported a general trend of modestly declining total loan balances. From October to December, total ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  18 Feb 2009

Soros Believes TARP Misses the Mark

The stimulus plan the U.S. government is currently considering is necessary to help American citizens, but it will likely not reverse the country’s economic decline, George Soros said. TARP for Troubled Assets Relief Program had been carried out in a ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: George Soros

ECB: Central Bank Funds Have Not Solved Problems

Steps by central banks to provide funds to cash-strapped institutions have not solved the problems of these entities, ECB Executive Board member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo said. And he added: (see text) In order to avoid (?????) financial stability ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  17 Oct 2008

Securitization Found Not Guilty

“A large number of financial intermediaries retained a prudent policy over the last years. But others, including some large players, did not,” said the study by the Center for Financial Studies (CFS) at Frankfurt’s Goethe-University. “This set off the ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  14 Oct 2008

Misconceptions on the Credit Default Swap Market

The idea that the industry lacks a central registry for over-the-counter (OTC) credit default swaps (CDS) is grossly misleading and has resulted in inaccurate speculation on a number of matters, including the overall size of the market, its role in the ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  12 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers

U.K. Rescue Plan Going the Right Way

This is going the right way, it addresses directly the tier1 capital problem, better than TARP and will dilute stockholders. Britain’s largest banks are to be part-nationalised after Gordon Brown took the momentous decision to pump tens of billions of ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  8 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Gordon Brown

Fed's Unsecured Lending Plan Won't Work

Now that they have comprehensively destroyed unsecured lending, the Fed is said to be scheming to revive it. Sorry, won’t work, banks need to raise capital and they have no incentive to raise it as long as they can feast on subsidized lunches, courtesy ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, Seeking Alpha,  7 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Federal Reserve

Fed "Other Loans" Jump to Record: $400 Billion

Treasury supplementary financing: $344 bn Foreign accounts bought $37 bn of treasuries and $6.6 bn agencies The Treasury took in $33 million in premium fees related to the temporary money market guarantee facility. The total for the month so far is $40 ...

From JEAN-CLAUDE KOMMER, ETF Investor,  3 Oct 2008

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