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• Where did all that 'lost' money go?
They then try to steer shorter-term rates by buying and selling of Treasury bonds on the open market. (Rates are set by the Fed's Open Market Committee.) Selling those bonds takes cash out of the system (buyers of the bonds have to pay cash) and ...
• The fight in Georgia
One of the forces that accelerated the proliferation of dangerous home loans was the Wall Street business of buying up millions of mortgages, bundling them into bonds, and selling the securities to pension funds and other investors. Securitization ...
• The Hidden Danger Inside Your Portfolio
If you follow an asset allocation strategy that includes bonds and other non-stock investments, you probably haven't lost as much money as the major market averages. But the damage done by the financial crisis hasn't been limited to stocks. Consider ...
• Where the Credit Freeze Has Thawed
Despite the relative absence of liquidity, some bond investors still have some appetite for individual corporate bonds, if the price is right, says Labrinos at Nuveen. "I have to be concerned that a month from now if I decide to sell my bonds, will ...
• Is This Buffett's Nightmare Scenario?
With half a trillion dollars of notional amount in play and Lehman bonds worth approximately 10 cents on the dollar, total payouts could reach $360 billion! And that still leaves CDSs written on Washington Mutual and AIG (NYSE: AIG). How do credit ...