…… I haven’t seen an active discussion of loan risk assessment models and actual display or links to existing risk assessment models on any key econ or financial blogs. If…

…in debt to anyone but their investors, who bear risk and can’t pull out their money quickly. This is not due to regulation, it is do to you would have…

…margins. “The real risk for consumer spending is if for some reason companies slam on the brakes and stop hiring,” said Brian Bethune, an economist at Global Insight. “The employment…

…those percentages depending on market conditions.” Longevity risk Target-date retirement funds have been billed as “set-it and forget-it” investments. These one-stop shops blend a fund company’s stock and bond offerings…

…if you ask me. 3. Naked Capitalism. I don’t know how Yves Smith does it. I simply don’t. 4. Calculated Risk. Tanta’s death is a loss – few people understood…

Robert Waldmann reads Eric Dash and Julie Creswell who argue that Citibank took insane risks holding CDOs on its books, because of a failure of the fixed incomes risk management…

…National Education Association, which has given $750,000, said the “reckless proposal” would have “dire consequences that will put education at risk, health care at risk, public safety at risk.” She…

…result of a failure to save. The US economy (and others) have discouraged savings, which has resulted in an overinvestment in high risk ventures (such as asset price bubbles). Had…

…it would seem that borrower risk is a factor, and the fact that these are excess reserves (which earn no interest) is also a factor. In that case, the low…

…which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road.” He added, “Enabling these institutions to increase in size–and they…