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Terminated! The Price of Prudence

September 16, 2008

The alchemy of modern finance is coming back to haunt what were thought to be pretty mundane deals. As every follower of Mortgage REITs knows by now, borrowing short and lending long can be a risky proposition. Those REITs that have any shot at surviving the market carnage were those that matched the average life [...]

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More on the Resolution Authority Headfake (naked capitalism, 3/8/10)

Guest Post: Recent Lehman MD Reviews “The Murder of Lehman Brothers” (naked capitalism, 1/5/10)

Primary Dealer Short Treasury Bill Positions Rise To Lehman Crisis Levels (Phil’s Stock World - Members S..., 2/26/10)

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The Markit Group Says "Bienvenido!"

August 4, 2008

“When Citi is cheaper than Colombia, which is on the verge of a war, it wakes you up,” Andrew Phillips, managing director and co-head of U.S. fixed income at BlackRock (BLK), in the March 2008 edition of Pensions & Investments, referring to the historically wide spreads on Citi’s (C) corporate debt.
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Citigroup Inc (C) Shares Surge (Short-Term Trading, 3/10/10)

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C): Back To Its Old Ways? (Stock Wizard, 2/16/10)

Stock Market Update: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Toyota (TM.N), Coca-Cola (NY... (Oxbury Publishing, 2/25/10)

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