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Sovereign Default Risk Valuation: Implications of Debt

2011-11-29
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Financial Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Debt NEW

2011-10-19
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The Debt Delusion: Evolution and Management of Financial Risk by Will Slatyer...

2012-05-20
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How much debt should a city risk? - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)

2012-05-20

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)

How much debt should a city risk?
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
“The federal government is using debt to pay for operating expenses in a lot of cases,” said Cedar Rapids City Council member Kris Gulick, an accountant and business consultant and current president of the Iowa League of Cities.

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Boehner's dangerous stunt puts nation at risk - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

2012-05-20

CBS News

Boehner's dangerous stunt puts nation at risk
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“But it would be more irresponsible to raise the debt ceiling without taking dramatic steps to reduce spending and reform the budget process.” Actually, it would be more irresponsible to risk – again – the nation's credit rating.
Boehner draws his sword as debt debate nearsBakersfield Californian
The debt divide – what's next?msnbc.com
US House Republicans Want to Tie Tax Code Spending to Debt Ceiling IncreaseHelicopter Association International

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U.S. Banks Sold More Swaps on European Debt as Risks Rose - Bloomberg

2012-05-17

Bloomberg

U.S. Banks Sold More Swaps on European Debt as Risks Rose
Bloomberg
About a quarter of the total in each country was protection on bank debt. As lenders in the five countries face mounting losses and funding strains, it's impossible to model accurately how the risk on different institutions will change, Rowady said.
For Some, Disaster Is Spelled CDSBarron's
JPMorgan not so dumbInfoshop News

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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ rallies on risk recovery, inflation surprise - Reuters

2012-05-18

Bloomberg

CANADA FX DEBT-C$ rallies on risk recovery, inflation surprise
Reuters
C$ hits session high of C$1.0139 vs US$, or 98.63 US cents * 2-yr bond yield climbs after stronger-than-expected inflation * Total inflation 2.0 pct annually By Claire Sibonney TORONTO, May 18 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar bounced up from more than a ...
Canada Currency Tumbles as Europe Crisis Overshadows DataBloomberg

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INSIGHT-China pays high price to spare state firm from bankruptcy - Reuters

2012-05-20

INSIGHT-China pays high price to spare state firm from bankruptcy
Reuters
The bailout also further put off a badly needed, if painful, wake-up call for China's bond investors to start taking credit risk seriously - which would help to develop the sort of credit risk culture needed for a bond market that could efficiently ...
Insight: China pays high price to spare state firm from bankruptcyChicago Tribune

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Greek bond risk pays off for 'vulture fund' - Toronto Star

2012-05-19

Toronto Star

Greek bond risk pays off for 'vulture fund'
Toronto Star
When Greece announced last Tuesday that it had made a 436 million euro bond payment to the holdout investors who rejected the country's historic debt overhaul deal in March, the decision came as no surprise. After all, with the Athens government in ...

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Bonds: Treasuries Up, Junk Down In Risk-Off, With Higher Rates And Lower ... - Seeking Alpha

2012-05-20

Bloomberg

Bonds: Treasuries Up, Junk Down In Risk-Off, With Higher Rates And Lower ...
Seeking Alpha
JP Morgan sees the possibility of the 10-year Treasury reaching about 1.50% yield before the European debt crisis is past one way or the other, as people seek to hide from risk. They also see the rate at about 2.75% a year from now.
CREDIT MARKETS: Treasury Yields Approach Record LowsWall Street Journal
Bonds dip on profit-taking as worries lingerReuters
Prices dip as investors pause safe-haven buyingPakistan Daily Times
Investor's Business Daily
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Japan Corporate Bond Risk Surges to Seven-Month High on Greece - Bloomberg

2012-05-17

Japan Corporate Bond Risk Surges to Seven-Month High on Greece
Bloomberg
Japan's government bond yield slid after Fitch Ratings yesterday downgraded Greece to CCC from B-, citing heightened risk the nation may not be able to sustain membership in the monetary union. The yield on the 10-year security fell 3 basis points to ...

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Hank Fishkind: An education still worth the debt risk - Florida Today

2012-05-19

Hank Fishkind: An education still worth the debt risk
Florida Today
Columnist Hank Fishkind says college is worth more to the economy that the damage long-term debt does to graduate's buying power. / FLORIDA TODAY file QUESTION:Student-loan debt has now topped a trillion dollars nationwide and has eclipsed Americans' ...


Corporate Bond Sales in U.S. Fall Most Since February on Greece - Bloomberg

2012-05-18

Corporate Bond Sales in U.S. Fall Most Since February on Greece
Bloomberg
Corporate bond sales declined at the fastest pace in three months and relative yields climbed as concern that Greece would exit the euro and accelerate the European financial crisis lowered risk appetite in the US Kellogg Co. (K), the Battle Creek, ...

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How much debt should a city risk?

2012-05-20
CEDAR RAPIDS — Little gets more talk on the national political stage than debt. Republicans call for spending cuts by the federal government, while opposing tax increases on wealthier Americans. Democrats support such revenue-increasing taxes, while opposing spending cuts. “The federal government is using debt to pay for operating expenses in a lot of cases,” [...]

Eurozone Debt Crisis Part 1: When Mexico was Greece and the U.S was Germany

2012-05-19
"History doesn?t repeat itself, but it does rhyme", attributed to Mark Twain. We have been dealing with the??Euro debt crisis for over two years now, yet U.S. investors don?t seem to have a handle either on its nature or its ramifications - else why this high degree of market volatility after the fact, when the ...

Europe debt crisis biggest risk for Japan economy: PM

2012-05-13
The European debt crisis is the biggest risk for the Japanese economy, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said in a weekend interview with Dow Jones Newswires, citing it as a factor behind the yen's strength.

Eurozone Debt Crisis Part 2: The Contagious Greek Patient Cannot be Kept Isolated

2012-05-19
Greece has already defaulted, if you note the March 2012 debt deal which required private creditors (95% agreed) to take a greater than 50% haircut on their debt, and by doing so trigger an umpteenth bailout of ?130bn from the International Monetary Fund (aka USA), European Monetary Union (aka Germany ? with its sidekick, France) and the European Central Bank (aka Bundesbank or the German ...

Grow up, Congress -- make a deal on debt

2012-05-18
Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon.

Asia Currencies Drop as Europe’s Debt Crisis Deters Risk-Taking

2012-05-15
Asian currencies fell to a four-month low as Greece’s failure to form a government deterred risk taking, damping demand for higher-yielding assets.

European debt crisis risk hampering credit, investment, growth in the United States

2012-05-14
Your 401(k) could sink again. A plummeting euro may make it harder for American companies to sell goods overseas. Credit could be tightened.

Debt threat returns in developing world

2012-05-20
Call for a 'new jubilee' as financial crisis and ballooning private debt create new vulnerability in impoverished countries. A ground-breaking new report from Jubilee Debt Campaign has found that debt burdens in impoverished countries have increased significantly since the debt cancellation of the 2000s, following fallout

Congress, make a deal on debt

2012-05-17
Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon.

Greek fears pressure shares, Spanish debt sale eyed

2012-05-17
By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - The euro hovered near four-month lows while European shares dipped on Thursday, with investors expected to avoid riskier assets due to the deepening turmoil in Greece ...