BIG BANKS COOK UP NEW WAY TO UNLOAD RISK / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Big Banks Cook Up New Way to Unload Risk Banks are selling risk to hedge funds, private-equity firms through so-called synthetic risk transf...

NO COINCIDENCE / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

No Coincidences Doug Nolan September 20 – Wall Street Journal (Daniel Kruger): “The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will offer to ad...

PERMANENT MARKET SUPPORT OPERATIONS / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Permanent Market Support Operations Doug Nolan     U.S. stocks posted the strongest week of gains since 2013 (would have been 2...

SUBPRIME AND SHORT VOL / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Subprime and Short Vol Doug Nolan February 6 – Wall Street Journal (Spencer Jakab): “Only very rarely has a trade gone from being...

WORLD´S BIGGEST BANKS SQUARE OFF OVER NOBLE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

World’s biggest banks square off over Noble credit default swaps Goldman and JPMorgan among groups embroiled in dispute over claim settle...

THE NEXT CRISIS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL COUNTER-PARTY RISKS / SAFE HAVEN

The Next Crisis is the Mother of all Counter-Party Risks (Part 2) By: Gijsbert Groenewegen In the first part I have been explaining ...