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Posted November 7, 2007
Big Banks May Be the Biggest Losers In 4Q07 With More Write-downs Expected
Analysis of: Scared of More Losses, Investors Bail Out | www.iht.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Shares in some of America's biggest banks slumped to their lowest level in several years on fears they may have to write-down multi-million dollars more from their exposure to risky mortgages, CDOs, (collateralized debt obligations) SIVs (structured investment vehicles) and leveraged loans. Banks that...
Posted October 31, 2007
Make Hay while the Sun shines
Analysis of: Open bet on future of emerging markets | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
China is making a step in the right direction. Emerging markets are where the fruit is ripening for the picking. An Opportunity for the Sub Saharan Africa to grab and utilise to pick up its development pace.
Posted October 30, 2007
Merrill Lynch - Subprime Writedowns - The Industry Future
Analysis of: O'Neal Leaves Merrill after Record Writedown | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The  departure of  Stanley O'Neal  after  a  major  writedown  signals  an epoch  changing  event  in  the  financial  services  industry  and  epitomizes  the  effect  of  excessive  risk ...
Posted October 29, 2007
Bank of america needs to stay Fair
Analysis of: Banks face more writedowns in fourth quarter | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Bank of america needs to adopt a more gracious policy when dealing with its customers to insure that it maintains them as future customers.  These people will talk and their potential customers will decrease if they have a hard ball image.
Posted October 29, 2007
Major writedowns in 4th qtr and next year are inevitable
Analysis of: Banks face more writedowns in fourth quarter | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: Prakash Gupta, Vice President Bank of New York Mellon
Leveraged loan will cause more losses in case CLO market seizes further. Banks as CDS counterparty will have to recognize losses when swap writer face default. Funding for loans will be much more scarce.
Posted October 25, 2007
Bank of America may be coming back to reality
Analysis of: Banks face more writedowns in fourth quarter | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Debt negotiation has been increasingly more difficult; However, a recent call from Bank of America may be a light for a dark tunnel. How so? We recently learned that a client of ours was telephoned by a debt collector from Bank of America. Normally, they do not work with us affirmativly. Our client...
Posted October 25, 2007
CFO choices
Analysis of: Banks face more writedowns in fourth quarter | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Investment banks had a choice this quarter.  Recognize losses now, or hope things improved next quarter and they could hide them now and try to rectify them later.  Merrill chose to take the pain.  Other banks that posted profits this quarter now have statements that are suspect in...
Posted October 25, 2007
Troubles continuing beyond the end of the year
Analysis of: Banks face more writedowns in fourth quarter | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Banks are a main driver in our economic system both in growth and employment. Their use of moving "risky assets" outside their balance sheet is dangerous and it takes risk far from the only one that can really manage it. This habit has gone on for too long and will not be fixed overnight.
Posted October 25, 2007
Structured Finance: A Look into the Future
Analysis of: A flight to simplicity | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Structured finance allows more efficient capital use and will persist.  The market will revert to more conservative and consistent constructs in the face of elevated risk realization. Investors will demand secondary market liquidity rather than estimates provided by intermediaries who also...
Posted October 24, 2007
The Write Downs Will Continue Until A Clearning Price Is Reached
Analysis of: Banks face more writedowns in fourth quarter | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The LBO market appears to be settling down as the prices are market down and lending terms revised. But the SIV market has not reached bottom and basically remains frozen. The buyers have not materialized. CitiBanks bridge financing of $80 billion through year end only postpones the problem.
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