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So how bad is the IPO market?
KBW says the IPO market held up well in June, but then fell off a cliff; August was the worst month since 1992, according to a Financial News Online Read more...
Covered bond market to become a reality
The Treasury, after talking to 50 or 60 institutions, is pushing for the creation of a "covered bond market" as a way to provide liquidity to banks while assuring investors their money is safe. Read more...
Tough situation getting worse for Lehman Brothers
The conventional wisdom is that Lehman Brothers will not implode the way Bear Stearns did, thanks mainly to its access to the Fed credit facility. But as one Lehman Read more...
Fannie and Freddie, the final shoe to drop?
We tend to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for granted. They have long been securitizing mortgages, and that expanded liquidity greatly without a doubt. That they were government-sponsored Read more...
China SWF to prop up equities market
The emergence of sovereign wealth funds on the global stage has sparked a lot of fear. Here's one way to view them: a good source of added liquidity at a decent time. I doubt they'll be bailing out Read more...
Can Wall Street firms be believed?
Forbes magazine notes that there's a lot of flip-flopping occurring on Wall Street right now. The magazine points out that there are many instances of this. For example, after raising $6 billion in Read more...
The long-term fix for financial crises
Every financial crash is followed by a relatively short period of regulatory soul-searching on Wall Street that gives rise to new proposals. This time around, reforms sounds like a good idea. The Read more...
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Company News:> Interactive Brokers Group to sell shares in Dutch auction. Article > Fitch puts Read more...
BlackRock affected by crisis?
We haven't heard a lot about BlackRock in all the financial turmoil, apart from CEO Larry Fink's candidacy for the top jobs at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup. But now, it Read more...
Did false market rumors lead to Bear Stearns' demise?
Ah, rumors. We've noted their power on Wall Street. Now some are wondering whether those rumors about Bear Stearns were maliciously spread by people who took a Read more...