Can the credit crisis get any worse? In this week's Outside the Box my London partner Niels Jensen shows that it indeed can. Banks, and mainly European banks, have large exposure to emerging market debt of all types through both sovereign, corporate and individual loans. Just as banks have had to...
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Filed under: The Fed, Credit Crisis, Hedge Funds, Recession, The Dollar, Niels Jensen, Credit Default Swaps, Deleveraging, Absolute Return Partners, Yen, Europe, European Banks, Emerging Economies, Iceland
Everywhere I go, people ask me how we got into this financial crisis that has seized up credit and driven the stock markets down 40% or more, most of it in just the last few weeks. Obviously, the simple answer is that the housing bubble burst, and as home prices tumbled, mortgage delinquencies and home...
Thoughts on the Continuing Crisis Fool Me Once, Shame on You Delinquencies and Foreclosures Spike UP Unemployment Rises to 6.1% Action Is Needed Now Annapolis, La Jolla and Wedding Videos We are entering the next stage of the credit crisis, and one which is potentially more troubling than what we have...
It's All About the Spread The Coming Bank Credit Crunch More Thoughts on Fannie and Freddie Who Is Holding the Old Maid? Baltimore, La Jolla, South Africa, and London When is the credit crisis going to end? How will we know? The credit crisis is getting ready to enter its second phase. This week...
This week look at a short but very important piece by Bill Gross. He has my same concern about credit default swaps, but he puts a number to it. He thinks the cost to the world economic system could be in the $250 billion dollar range. Add that to the $250 billion in losses due to the subprime markets...