Study Group: Investment Banking Experts (US)(?)

Write downs are not actual losses and a mark-to-market loss is not a cash loss. Widening spreads in the credit default market, although real, must be recognized for what they are; namely, market monetization of perceived risks compared to recent backwards looking asset and cash flow valuations. Recovery...

It's just astonishing how much junk you can find lying around your bank, especially if you've been collecting things for as long as Citigroup has. Selling $500b in non core assets. Which will help in the short term what about the long term? have we learned nothing from Chainsaw Al (Sunbeam)? Pandit,...

On the surface, statements seem valid and perhaps are for individual properties and new construction plans. The structured financings inside management contracts and leases provide relatively stable cash flow for the real property owners and lenders that are the underlying financiers of the hotel industry....

Right if you seek only Equity Returns from an ATM Portfolio, but timing is ripe for Fixed Income investors. All the warnings and diligence advice is right on the button, but if you are looking to replace minimal returns on a portion of your fixed income portfolio, a properly structured ATM buy can produce...

Simply, writedowns do not overstate the extent of problems at financial firms.  Yes, ultimately the coming "correction" will be overdone (given human nature, most are), but we just getting started (that is, expect a long, sharp recession) -- so things are going to get much ...