…of any CDO got AAA were and are appropriate given the definition of AAA (almost certain full payment on time) and uncertainties concerning CDOs. Basically if an agency doesn’t fully…

…heavy losses include Norma CDO I, Centre Square CDO, South Coast Funding V CDO, Mezzanine ABS CDO, and the Tabs CDO. Earlier this week, federal prosecutors and the SEC stated…

…portfolio without paying absurd amounts in odd lot fees. However, this doesn’t seem to fit the CDO market. Correct me in comments if I’m wrong, but I thought the final…

rdan Good listening to be had on the CDO awards and home owners at PBS Online, This American Life….

…into the CDO trust, the assignments are not actually completed. Instead, documents are signed expressing an “intent” to assign. A spokesman for Deutsche Bank, the CDO trustee, said that skipping…

…Short histories on CDO/CDS . . . Collateral Debt Obligations (CDO) were invented by Drexel Burnham Lambert (Milken) as a way to package asset-based securities. The CDO was tranched into…

…passage. Later on, an investment firm decided to team CDS and CDO together, transferring the risk from the CDO to the issuer of the CDS, and creating a synthetic CDO….

…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…