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ft.com - 5/2/2009

FT.com / Weekend / Reportage - Genesis of the debt disaster

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illustration of dominoes depicting the role of JP Morgan in the financial crisis In the 1990s, a young team at Wall Street investment bank JP Morgan pioneered a new way of making money – credit derivatives. Within a decade, the market for these exotic securities had exploded to more than ...

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philstockworld.com - 5/6/2009

$100K Hedged Portfolio Update

— philstockworld.com — Well, there was no reason to adjust the portfolio this weekend but now I’m a little concerned (as I went short-term bearish yesterday morning) and it’s a good time to review our positions. Monday gave us a lot if cushion but that doesn’t mean we have to squander ... (more) $100K Hedged Portfolio Update

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UpsideTrader — ... for about a month, it’s been fast, momentum money moving this market, only time will tell if it sticks. A good piece on the Genesis of the debt disaster. ...

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From NPR: Financial Time's Gillian Tett on JP Morgan and Derivatives
FinanceProfessor.com — I listened to this on the radio tonight. It was so good, that the very first chance I had to blog it, I did. Good stuff! Fresh Air from WHYY : NPR: "Journalist Gillian Tett warned about the problems in the financial industry long before many of her colleagues. In her new book, Fool's Gold, Tett examines the role J.P. Morgan played in creating and marketing risky and complex financial products"The author is from FT fame and FT has two extracts from the book. "The first sign that there ...