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Posted March 3, 2008
The Indian Budget - Some Implications for Non Indian Investors
Analysis of: Its Payback Time as Market Caps Market Speculation | economictimes.indiatimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The Indian budget  has  a  number of  far  reaching  changes in  the  tax  code. One of  these deals with taxation of  short term capital gains. This is bound  to  effect  the  returns  which  all  investors ...
Posted February 29, 2008
The Risk is Great - Don't Downplay It
Analysis of: Here come more financiers' writedowns | money.cnn.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The world is floating with unknowns and possibilities. What if Obama was shot and McCain died of a heart attack? The real question is what happens when the world's importer (USA) slows or tries to be net neutral? The US also has to cope with supporting supply in a state when the "UNION" philosophy is...
Posted February 28, 2008
Derivatives Accounting and their effect on Accounting and Capital Markets
Analysis of: Can't Anyone Here Deal with Derivatives? | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The  referred item speaks of  a  major deficiency  in  the  accounts  of  Merrill Lynch which  effects  its  cash  flow  statements  but  not  its  income  statement  or  its  balance  sheet....
Posted February 19, 2008
Goldman Sachs & THL Provides MoneyGram the Capital to Stay Afloat In Exchange for 63% Stake
Analysis of: Goldman bolsters MoneyGram bailout | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
The "Investors" (Thomas Lee Partners & Goldman Sachs) will provide MoneyGram, the 2nd largest non-bank money transfer owner/operator with the capital to strengthen its balance sheet in exchange for a 63% equity stake. MoneyGram was approached by Euronet Worldwide in December 2007 with an unsolicited...
Posted February 18, 2008
Debt: Bail-out for Troubled US Payments
Analysis of: Goldman bolsters MoneyGram bailout | www.financialnews-us.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Impications: 1.A Dramatic use of the Investment Banks Funds, Employee Contributions and leveraging Investor Commitments. 2.A Recapitalization maybe required of all Investment banks. 3.Porfolio Securities have resulted/realized hugh losses. 4.There will be an aggregateof both realized and unrealized...
Posted February 15, 2008
Expect at least four very bad quarters for Morgan
Analysis of: Morgan Stanley: The Riskiest Bank on the Street | seekingalpha.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Morgan's stock will continue to decline.
Posted February 11, 2008
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE RATING
Analysis of: S&P unveils ratings overhaul | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The conflict of interest does not reside in the analysts but on the business model itself. Only a service directly paid by investors could be considered neutral.  Market is the best regulator we know
Posted January 31, 2008
RiskMetrics IPO Raises Intriguing Questions
Analysis of: Collapse of the Subprime Mortgage Market Shines Spotlight on Risk Management and RiskMetrics | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The article is important because it relates to questions of high interest regarding how to respond to the need for more transparency and better governance in financial companies.
Posted January 30, 2008
Expect at least four very bad quarters for Morgan
Analysis of: Morgan Stanley Reclassifies Assets, Receives Subpoenas on Subprime Debt | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
"Morgan Stanley expects several more quarters before credit markets return to more normal activity, and structured credit markets could be challenged for an extended period, the company's chief financial officer said."  Challenged.  The FBI is investigating, lawsuits are brewing (such as the...
Posted January 29, 2008
Law and Order: SIV -- Intrigue in MS Case
Analysis of: Morgan Stanley Reclassifies Assets, Receives Subpoenas on Subprime Debt | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
There are important implications in three areas: 1.  Financial. 2.  Regulatory. 3.  Political.
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