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Social Security In a Time of Recession

…billion. So we have $15.3 billion less in principal than expected plus some new additions to the portfolio with a somewhat less than expected yield on bonds issued over the…

Who is Neel Kashkari?

…on mergers and acquisitions and financial transactions. Prior to his career in finance, Mr. Kashkari was a R&D Principal Investigator at TRW in Redondo Beach, California where he developed technology…

How did Lehman manage that ?

…believing that the $10b disposition of Neuberger was going to solve their funding problems. Now is there a precedent in this history of bankruptcy–excluding cases of accounting fraud–where bonds collapsed…

One Aussie viewpoint

Lessons from Italy and Australia by One Salient Oversight Statements: ———————– 1. Together, the amount of money the Italian government spends on debt servicing (interest plus paying back principal) is…