Comments on: Sen. Dirksen: Allow Me to Introduce You to Standard & Poor’s

By: Government Stimulus Programs Not Always the Hoped-For Panacea

Government Stimulus Programs Not Always the Hoped-For Panacea — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:56:21 +0000

[...] and the dollar, reducing U.S. living standards, raising interest rates and possibly even causing the rating agencies to downgrade U.S. government [...]

By: Buy, Sell or Hold Insight: GM Remains a High Risk Profit Play – Even as it Files its Turnaround Plan Today

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:29:46 +0000

[...] sovereign and corporate – were overwhelmingly in junk bond territory, I had seen over years how late the rating agencies were in adjusting their ratings to the credit reality of the issuers in [...]

By: The Mighty Green Back » Blog Archive » Dear Hank: Here’s How to End the Credit Crisis at No Cost to Taxpayers

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:10:56 +0000

[...] of credit default swaps, bilateral contracts, are impossible to value and impossible to guarantee, no one trusts them. As a result, everyone is afraid of these securities and [...]

By: Sunshine Kills Vampires » An Alternative to a $700 BILLION Blank or Counter-signed Check

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:36:52 +0000

[...] of credit default swaps, bilateral contracts, are impossible to value and impossible to guarantee, no one trusts them. As a result, everyone is afraid of these securities and [...]

By: Dear Hank: Here's How to End the Credit Crisis at No Cost to Taxpayers

Dear Hank: Here's How to End the Credit Crisis at No Cost to Taxpayers — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:17:34 +0000

[...] of credit default swaps, bilateral contracts, are impossible to value and impossible to guarantee, no one trusts them. As a result, everyone is afraid of these securities and [...]

By: How Complex Securities, Wall Street Protectionism and Myopic Regulation Caused a Near-Meltdown of the U.S. Banking System

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:40:03 +0000

[...] the so-called 1st- and 2nd-tier "AAA"-rated securities. The problem escalated quickly and almost all of these securities were downgraded. That’s not a surprise. Nor is it the whole story, for it leaves a key question [...]