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US banks premature in reducing provisioning for bad loans
hf-implode.com — "There are some interesting tidbits in Moody’s latest quarterly report on the US banking system, notably that... US banks are premature in reducing provisioning for bad loans, and the charge-off trend now shows that the erosion of commercial real estate surpasses that of residential real estate." (more) US banks premature in reducing provisioning for bad loans
RATING AGENCIES ATTEMPTING TO BE AS ACCURATE AND RELIABLE AS BLOGS???
hf-implode.com — " Are the mice finally roaring? The credit crunch showed that ratings firms missed huge swaths of... risk embedded in the economy and markets. [Risks that many independent sources such as BoomBustBlog have routinely and regularly pointed out] But, recently, Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors ... (more) RATING AGENCIES ATTEMPTING TO BE AS ACCURATE AND ...

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Moody's: Option ARMs Show "Dismal Performance"
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Moody's Downgrades Five Dubai Companies
online.wsj.com — DUBAI -- Moody's Investor Services, the credit ratings agency, Wednesday downgraded five major Dubai-government-controlled companies after the... emirate's finance department relinquished its obligations to the firms' debts in late October. In a ... (more) Moody's Downgrades Five Dubai Companies
Video: Ohio Files Suit Against Credit Agencies
marketnewslive.blogspot.com — The attorney general of Ohio filed a lawsuit against Standard and Poor's, Moody's Corp. and Fitch Inc.... The AG alleges that the agencies inflated ratings on risky mortgage-backed securities. (more) Video: Ohio Files Suit Against Credit Agencies
S&P raises fears over health of some banks
ft.com — Published: November 23 2009 19:23 | Last updated: November 23 2009 22:20 A study by Standard &... Poor’s, one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies, has raised questions over the financial strength of some of the biggest banks ahead of new rules ... (more) S&P raises fears over health of some banks
Late Card Payments Rose in October, Moody’s Reports (Update1)
bloomberg.com — Late Card Payments Rose in October, Moody’s Reports (Update1)... (more) Late Card Payments Rose in October, Moody’s Reports ...
Baselines, Counterfactuals and the Stimulus
Baselines, Counterfactuals and the Stimulus
econbrowser.com — Apropos the post on evaluating the impact of the stimulus, here is graphical depiction of what IHS... Global Insight, Macroeconomic Advisers, and Moody's predicted under the counterfactual of no stimulus against the w/stimulus outlook (from NYT ).  ... (more) Baselines, Counterfactuals and the Stimulus
Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies
Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies
securitiesdocket.com — The credit rating agencies have been bulletproof from litigation for years, but new attacks keep coming. Today,... Reuters reports, Ohio’s AG sued Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, claiming that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses ... (more) Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-20
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-20
securitiesdocket.com — Former McKesson Chairman McCall Convicted of Securities Fraud http://bit.ly/40YVVg # Denis McInerney of Davis Polk Selected as... Chief of DOJ Fraud Section http://bit.ly/3ElOEH # Informant says Galleon tips came from Asia http://bit.ly/G4mLK # FOX Business Video: Analyzing the ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-20
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for Nov. 20, 2009
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for Nov. 20, 2009
securitiesdocket.com — Former McKesson Chairman McCall Convicted of Securities Fraud http://bit.ly/40YVVg # Denis McInerney of Davis Polk Selected as... Chief of DOJ Fraud Section http://bit.ly/3ElOEH # Informant says Galleon tips came from Asia http://bit.ly/G4mLK # FOX Business Video: Analyzing the ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for Nov. 20, 2009
Moody’s May Cut Goldman Debt in $450 Billion Review
hf-implode.com — "Debt sold by Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. is among the... $450 billion of securities that Moody’s Investors Service said it may downgrade." (more) Moody’s May Cut Goldman Debt in $450 Billion Review
Worst Is Yet To Come For Insurance Companies
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com — Fitch is warning Insurers Face $23 Billion Loss on Commercial Property . U.S. life insurers, a group... led by MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc., may lose as much as $22.6 billion on investments in commercial real estate through 2011, Fitch ... (more) Worst Is Yet To Come For Insurance Companies
Subprime Justice
thebigmoney.com — We know what you’re thinking: Why isn’t anyone in jail? By the summer of last year, it... was clear that the subprime housing market was a catastrophe. Junk mortgages had been offered to janitors or day-care-center operators, and financial institutions ... (more) Subprime Justice
Moody’s Sees Mixed Performance in UK, European RMBS
hf-implode.com — "Both prime and non-conforming UK residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) posted continued signs of stabilization in September, although... overall European RMBS performance remains uneven. UK prime residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) performance continued to stabilize in September, ... (more) Moody’s Sees Mixed Performance in UK, European RMBS
Norris: A Lack of Rigor Costs MBIA
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com — MBIA's once pristine AAA-rating has now turned into junk and no one wants to buy insurance from... the company, Floyd Norris writes in his latest column. (more) Norris: A Lack of Rigor Costs MBIA
Banks don’t just have an asset problem, says Moody’s
hf-implode.com — "he basic premise: The average maturities of new debt issuance by Moody’s-rated banks around the world fell... from 7.2 years to 4.7 years over the last five years — the shortest average maturity on record.That means banks will face maturing debt of $10,000bn between now and the end of 2015, or ... (more) Banks don’t just have an asset problem, says Moody’s
Does the MIT transactions based commercial real estate index imply that commercial real estate is at bottom?
Does the MIT transactions based commercial real estate index imply that commercial real estate ...
real-estate-and-urban.blogspot.com — I was surfing the MIT CRE web site this afternoon, and the following picture caught my eye:... The MIT index is a hedonic transactions based index based sales from the NCREIF index, and it attempts to find price movements of a "typical" property. The ... (more) Does the MIT transactions based commercial real estate ...
Banks face increase in funding costs
ft.com — Banks around the world face increases in funding costs that could cut profits and hit their customers... as they look to re­finance $7,000bn-plus in short-term debt expiring in the next three years with longer-dated bonds, according to research released ... (more) Banks face increase in funding costs
Junk Default Rate Is Highest Since Great Depression
hf-implode.com — " The global speculative-grade default rate rose to 12.4 percent in October, the highest proportion of defaults... since the Great Depression, according to Moody’s Investors Service." (more) Junk Default Rate Is Highest Since Great Depression