Selected News Archive - News, Quotes, and Articles.

Ponzi Nation
Business Week - December 14, 2008

Madoff Deserves Lots of Company
TSF - December 13, 2008

AIG Is Said to Pay $18.7 Billion to Goldman, SocGen for Swaps
Bloomberg News - December 10, 2008

The Next Big Dump
Forbes - December 8, 2008

How the Thundering Herd Faltered and Fell
New York Times - November 9, 2008

The Reckoning - From Midwest to M.T.A., Pain From Global Gamble
New York Times - November 2, 2008

A Question for A.I.G.: Where Did the Cash Go?
New York Times - October 30, 2008

They're Shocked, Shocked About the Mess
New York Times - October 26, 2008

CDO Cuts Show $1 Trillion Corporate-Debt Bets Toxic
Bloomberg News - October 22, 2008

Proposed Alternative to (the Various Versions) of the Paulson Plan
TSF - September 25, 2008 (Updated Oct 2008) and Financial Times - September 29, 2008

>>VIDEO: The Bailout Mess: Mark-to-Market Accounting Tavakoli / Isaac Debate on Bloomberg TV
TSF - September 30, 2008 & Oct 1 Debate on Video

Europe Weighs U.S. Bailout Rejection
Dow Jones Financial News - September 30, 2008

>>VIDEO: A Bailout Alternative - BNN Squeeze Play - September 26, 2008

Don't Bet On A Bailout Payday
Fortune (and CNNMoney.com) - September 26, 2008

>>VIDEO: Assessing the President's Proposal
Bloomberg TV - September 24, 2008

>>VIDEO: Washington Wrangles Over $700 Billion Bailout
BBC Newsnight - September 24, 2008

>>VIDEO: Government Financial Bailout "Dangerous" (Paulson and Frank Proposals)
Bloomberg TV - September 23, 2008

>>VIDEO Assessing Citi and Financials
CNBC - August 7, 2008

At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs (Excerpt)
New York Times (Page One) - August 5, 2008

>> VIDEO: Banks' Mysterious Securities
CNN - July 31, 2008

>> VIDEO: Merrill Sells CDOs - Tavakoli Takes Investment Banks and SEC to Task
BNN - July 29, 2008

Merrill Aims to Raise Billions More
Wall Street Journal - July 29, 2008

More Data on Mortgage Bonds Sought
Wall Street Journal - July 16, 2008

Paulson's Proposal to Buy Fannie, Freddie Equity"Insane" (36)
LIPPER HedgeWorld - July 15, 2008

Fed Casts Scapegoat Net, Snag Cioffi and Tannin
Bloomberg - June 25, 2008

How Fair is Fair Value Accounting? (1)
Forbes - June 25, 2008

Structured Success
University of Chicago Magazine - May/June 2008

FGIC Loses $33.4 Million, After Offsetting Writedowns
Bloomberg - May 23, 2008

Moody's Commercial Paper Rating May Be Cut, S&P Says
Bloomberg - May 22, 2008

Moody's Stock Suffers Record Plunge on Ratings Error (R9)
Reuters - May 21, 2008

CPDOs Expose Ratings Flaw At Moody's
Financial Times - May 20, 2008

>> VIDEO: MBIA Damaged and Does Not Deserve AAA Rating
Bloomberg - May 12, 2008

Recession Question Misses the Point
Fortune - April 30, 2008

Pandit's "Closer to End" Means No Escaping LBO Loans
Bloomberg News - April 29, 2008

"Super-senior" CDO Investors Begin to Flex Their Muscles
Financial Times - April 15, 2008

Dissecting the ACA Downgrade
Business Week - April 14, 2008

Fed Says Bear Collateral Includes Loans, "Hedges"
Bloomberg News - April 3, 2008

Busted! Mortgage Meltdown (Check listings for broadcast times)
CNN - Special Investigation - March 28, 29, 30 2008

>>VIDEO: Q2 Consumer Credit, Investment Bank Write-Downs, Housing Market
CNBC - March 28, 2008

Taxpayers May be Liable for Bear Mortgage Rescue
Bloomberg News - March 24, 2008

Security Capital [Assurance] Defends Termination of Credit Default Swap Contracts
Bloomberg News - March 20, 2008

>>VIDEO: Impact Of The Bear Stearns Bailout
Bloomberg Television - March 14, 2008

>>VIDEO: Fed Bailout, Bear Stearns, Dollar
BNN - March 14, 2008

Credit Swaps Thwart Fed's Ease as Debt Costs Surge
Bloomberg News - March 6, 2008

Citigroup Underwrote $6.9 Billion of Ambac's Most Troubled CDOs
Bloomberg News - February 28, 2008

RLPC - Fund Selling Adds to Leverage Loan Woes
Reuters/Forbes.com - February 7, 2008

Emperors Should Not Have Rebuffed the Oracle
Forbes.com - February 6, 2008

Credit Crisis: Where Was the SEC?
Forbes.com - February 6, 2008

>>VIDEO - Monoline Downgrades and CDO Underwriters
Bloomberg Television - February 5, 2008

Cynical Use of Derivatives Has Left Market in a Pickle
Financial Times- January 31, 2008

Buffett Set to Cash in On Bond Insurers' Woes
Reuters/Forbes.com - January 30, 2008

Credit Rating Firms Seen Holding Back on Bond Insurers
Reuters - January 30, 2008

Buddy, Could You Spare $15 Billion?
The Economist - January 26, 2008

» VIDEO - Bond Insurance: The Bigger Problem
CNBC's Squawk Box - January 25, 2008

Under Review: Ripple Effects of Much Harsher Debt Ratings
Wall Street Journal - January 18, 2008

» VIDEO - Merrill's Disclosure
CNBC's Squawk Box - January 17, 2008

For Financial Stocks, Is it Another False Bottom?
Wall Street Journal - January 16, 2008

A Fund Behind Astronomical Losses
Wall Street Journal - January 14, 2008

» VIDEO - Financial Sector Earnings and Disclosure
First Business Morning News - January 9, 2008

» VIDEO - Financial Guarantors in Trouble Due to Subprime Loans and CDOs
CNBC's Squawk Box - January 7, 2008

Dicey Deals Done Dirt Cheap: Monolines in Dire Straits [Subprime Exposure (Clients Only)]
Tavakoli Structured Finance - January 3, 2008

Wall Street Wizardry Amplified Credit Crisis (Excerpt)
Wall Street Journal - Page One - December 27, 2007

CDO Battles: Royal Pain Over Who Gets What (Excerpt)
Wall Street Journal - Page C1 - December 17, 2007

» VIDEO - Brokers' Outlook
CNBC's Power Lunch - December 12, 2007

CDO Cliffhanger (Clients Only)
TSF - November 27, 2007

Are You Sure You Made A Fortune Shorting the ABX (or TABX)? (Excerpt)
LIPPER HedgeWorld- December 5, 2007

» VIDEO - Earnings and Accounting (Clients Only)
Bloomberg Television - November 30, 2007

Accounting Can Be Beautiful and Is Merrill's (Charge Against Earnings) Number Up? (Clients Only)
TSF - November 27, 2007

Deals with Hedge Funds May Be Helping Merrill Delay Mortgage Losses (Excerpt & Correction)
Wall Street Journal - November 26, 2007

Barclays, Swiss Re and More on the Credit Crunch - Update (Clients Only)
TSF - November 19, 2007

Derivatives Update (Clients Only)
TSF - November 17, 2007

AIG Catches Up (Clients Only)
TSF - November 7, 2007

Too Big to Regulate? (Clients Only)
TSF - November 5, 2007

Deals with Hedge Funds May Be Helping Merrill Delay Mortgage Losses
Wall Street Journal PAGE ONE - November 2, 2007

» VIDEO - Tavakoli: Merrill Underhedging Since First Quarter
Bloomberg Television - October 25, 2007

Mal de MER - Fourth Quarter (Clients Only)
TSF - October 25, 2007

» VIDEO - Merrill's Earnings Report and O'Neal - an Enronesque Problem
CNBC Squawk Box - October 24, 2007

Subprime's Unreported Undertow (Clients Only)
TSF - October 22, 2007

Banks' Plan for Big Fund Faces Big Hurdles (Excerpt)
Reuters - October 17, 2007

U.S. Investors Face An Age of Murky Pricing (PAGE ONE - Excerpt)
Wall Street Journal PAGE ONE - October 12, 2007

Bear Stearns' Hocus Pocus [Cover Story - Excerpt]
Business Week - Issue Date: October 22, 2007

Merrill's Mal de MER (Full Report for Clients Only)
TSF - October 8, 2007- by Janet Tavakoli

Market Back to Freewheeling Ways (Excerpt)
Chicago Tribune - October 8, 2007

Is Congress Missing the Boat on Credit Raters? (Excerpt)
Reuters - September 27, 2007

Anatomy of A Ratings Downgrade (Excerpt)
Business Week - Issue Date: October 1, 2007

Wall Street Earnings Short on Details [Counterparty Risk] (Excerpt)
Fortune Magazine - September 25, 2007

» VIDEO - Beyond the Earnings; Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns
CNBC Squawk Box - September 20, 2007

Misfortune's Formula: Structured Credit Ratings (Excerpt)
HedgeWorld (Reuters) - September 19, 2007 by Janet Tavakoli

» VIDEO - Rating Agencies and Junk Science: Credit Crunch Cocktail
CNBC Squawk Box - September 11, 2007

The SEC Wants More Answers (Excerpt)
Business Week - Issue Date: September 17, 2007

A Matter of Opinion (Excerpt)
Investment Dealers' Digest - September 10, 2007 (Feature)

Next in Line for Subprime Hit: Bonds?
Associated Press - September 9, 2007

» VIDEO - Credit Crunch and ABCP (Clients Only)
BNN Squeeze Play - August 16, 2007

AIG Seeks Small Subprime Risk; Others See More (Excerpt)
Wall Street Journal - August 13, 2007

» VIDEO - Bracing for Regulation with Steve Forbes and Janet Tavakoli
CNBC Squawk Box - August 13, 2007

» VIDEO - Risky Business
CNBC Squawk Box - August 9, 2007

» VIDEO - Making the Most of the Market and the Mortgage Lending Ponzi Scheme
CBS Evening News - August 4, 2007

» VIDEO - Subprime Winners and Losers
CNBC Squawk Box - August 3, 2007

Hedge Fund Mark to Market Woes (Excerpt)
Greenwich Post- August 3, 2007

» VIDEO - Realty Check: Falling Housing Prices, Credit Crunch, C-BASS, MGIC and Radian
CNBC - Realty Check - July 31, 2007

» VIDEO - Credit Crunch: Bull Market May Have Been Piggish
CBS The Early Show July 30, 2007 and CBS Evening News - July 28, 2007

» VIDEO - Death Bonds
CNBC Squawk Box - July 23, 2007

Death Bonds: Profiting from Mortality (Excerpt)
Business Week - Cover Story - Issue Date: July 30, 2007

Subprime Lenders and an FASB Rule (Excerpt)
HedgeWorld- July 27, 2007

Subprime: Rating Agencies Were "Willingly Duped" (Excerpt)
InsideEDGE - July 26, 2007

Subprime and the Dollar: Is There Really a Link? (Excerpt)
HedgeWorld - July 25, 2007

Wall Street Can't Cage Its Mortgage Monster
LA Times - July 22, 2007

» VIDEO - Hedge Funds, Subprime Ratings and Fallout
BNN Squeeze Play - July 18, 2007

» VIDEO - Are Rating Agencies A Good Investment?
CNBC Squawk Box - July 16, 2007

» VIDEO - Subprime Fallout and Prime Mortgages
First Business Morning News - July 13, 2007

Subprime Contagion: Credit Bubble or Credit Babble? (Excerpt)
HedgeWorld - June 28, 2007

Bear Bailout Bad Idea for Hedge Funds (Excerpt)
HedgeWorld Commentary - by Janet Tavakoli - June 28, 2007

» VIDEO - Credit Rating Agencies, Bear Stearns Bailout
CNBC - June 27, 2007

» VIDEO - How to Avoid a Falling Knife in the Mortgage Market
CNBC Squawk Box - June 21, 2007

» VIDEO - Bear Stearns' Hedge Funds - Potential Ripple Effects
BNN Squeeze Play - June 20, 2007

» AUDIO - Losses at Bear Stearns' Funds - Radio Interviews
NPR and American Public Radio - June 20, 2007

Two Big Funds At Bear Stearns Face Shutdown (Excerpt)
Wall Street Journal- June 20, 2007

Mortgages Give Wall St. New Worries (Excerpt)
New York Times - June 19, 2007

This Investment Could Turn Ugly
Business Week - Issue Date: June 18, 2007

Bear Stearns' Subprime Bath
Business Week online - June 12, 2007

Due Diligence Key in Avoiding CDO Pitfalls
HedgeWorld.com - June 4, 2007

Rating Agencies: Measuring the Measurers (Excerpt)
The Economist - June 2-8, 2007

"Rating Agencies Issue Opinions" - Letter in Response to
"CDO Boom Masks Subprime Losses, Abetted by S&P, Moody's, Fitch" (Excerpt)
Bloomberg Magazine - (July 2007 Magazine)

Structured Debt Investments Aimed at US Retail Investors (Excerpt)
Financial Times - May 30, 2007

SEC Finanalizes Anti-Notching Rule
LIPPER HedgeWorld - May 29, 2007

How S&P Put the Triple A into CPDO (Excerpt)
Financial Times - May 14, 2007

CDOs: Caveat Emptor Warn Structured Finance Experts (Excerpt)
LIPPER HedgeWorld - May 14, 2007

Bear Stearns' Subprime IPO (Excerpt)
Business Week - May 11, 2007

Bear Stearns Funds to Transfer Subprime-Mortgage Risk with IPO (Excerpt)
Bloomberg - May 11, 2007

Greater Global Risk Now Than At Time of LTCM (Excerpt)
Financial Times - May 7, 2007 - [Letter to Editor] by Janet Tavakoli

As Funds Leverage Up, Fears of Reckoning Rise (PAGE ONE)
Wall Street Journal PAGE ONE - April 30, 2007

Credit Suisse Sued Over Losses on Subprime-Loan Bonds
Bloomberg News - April 27, 2007

Bright Future? - Buy Side Firms Optimistic About New Euros Futures Contracts
Structured Credit Investor - April 17, 2007

Subprime Mortgages: The Predators' Fall
GARP Risk Review Issue 35 March/April 2007 - by Janet Tavakoli - Released April 13, 2007

VIDEO: CNBC: Subprime Borrower Bailout
CNBC - April 12, 2007

Do Not Accept Bolton's Interpretation on Links with Iran (Excerpt)
Financial Times - April 11, 2007 - [Letter to Editor] by Janet Tavakoli

Overlapping Subprime Exposure Masks the Risk of CDOs, Moody's Says (Excerpt)
Bloomberg - April 4, 2007

Credit Raters Rule (Excerpt)
LIPPER HedgeWorld (Reuters) - March 26, 2007

VIDEO: CNBC "Liar Loans" - Alt A Mortgages
CNBC Realty View - Host Diana Olick and guest Janet Tavakoli March 21, 2007

The Dangers of Investing in Subprime Debt
Fortune Magazine [Risk, Washington Monthly]- by Bethany McLean March 19, 2007

VIDEO: The Fed's Role and Investment Banks: Subprime Market
First Business Morning News - March 19, 2007

Subprime Damaged US's Standing as Global Leader in Finance (Excerpt)
Financial Times [Letter to the Editor] - March 19, 2007 - by Janet Tavakoli

Getting a Handle on CDOs is a Complex Challenge
Los Angeles Times - March 18, 2007

VIDEO: Subprime Implosion
First Business Morning News- March 9, 2007

Mortgage Woes Flimsy Excuse for Stock Reversals (Excerpt)
Chicago Tribune - March 6, 2007

Buffett Blasts Hedge Fund Fees (Excerpt)
LIPPER HedgeWorld (Reuters) - March 5, 2007

Nixing the Notching: SEC Proposed Rules for Credit Rating Agencies (Excerpt)
LIPPER HedgeWorld (Reuters) - February 23, 2007

VIDEO: CNBC - Banks Paring Back on Subprime Loans
CNBC - (Ben Bernanke and Janet Tavakoli) February 14, 2007

TSF Comments on SEC Proposed Rules on Rating Agencies
Tavakoli Structured Finance - February 13, 2007 - by Janet Tavakoli

Crisis in Credit Derivatives is Averted - Updated February 7, 2007
LIPPER HedgeWorld.com [Reuters] May 2006 Updated Feb. 7, 2007 - by Janet Tavakoli

VIDEO CNBC - Opportunistic Subprime Strategy: Hedge Funds Shorting the ABX
CNBC - January 30, 2007 - Video

Saudi Strides for Structured Finance
LIPPER HedgeWorld (Reuters) - January 26, 2007

Leaders Ask, Is New York Moving to London?
LIPPER HedgeWorld (Reuters) - January 23, 2007

Primus, Athelon Blaze CDPC Trail for Estabilshed Structured Finance Players (Excerpt)
Asset Securitization Report - January 15, 2007

Credit Arbitrage Proprietary Outperformance Strategy for 2007 (Clients Only)
Tavakoli Structured Finance - December 28, 2006

Oil Pressure: Fallout from the Iraq Study Group Report
LIPPER HedgeWorld - December 14, 2006 by Janet Tavakoli

Debt Investors' Double Burden
Wall Street Journal - December 12, 2006

Principal Protected Notes Cap Upside, Carry Big Charges
Wall Street Journal - December 9, 2006

Quirkiest Vehicle on the Street
Business Week - November 20, 2006

Questions Lie Behind CPDO Hype
Financial Times - November 14, 2006

Best Practices Among CDO Managers (Clients Only)
Asset Securitization Report - by Janet Tavakoli - November 7, 2006

Tripped Up by Language Landmines
Financial Times - November 3, 2006

LBO Chrystal Ball
TheStreet.com- October 27, 2006

Investor Spotlight Falls on the Asset Manager (Clients Only)
Financial Times - October 20, 2006

2 Exchanges in Chicago Will Merge (Clients Only)
New York Times - October 18, 2006

The Golden Fleece Award for Optional Integrity
LIPPER HedgeWorld [Reuters] - October 2, 2006 [Commentary] by Janet Tavakoli

Dead Man's Curve [Amaranth Advisors]
LIPPER HedgeWorld [Reuters] - September 22, 2006 [Commentary] by Janet Tavakoli

Fine Print Bites Deutsche Bank in CDS Suit (Clients Only)
TheStreet.com - July 7, 2006

Wall Street Pushes Complex Structured Products...To Individuals
Wall Street Journal - June 21, 2006

CNBC's Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and guest Janet Tavakoli (Excerpt)
CNBC - Structured Products and Retail Investors - June 21, 2006

Oil and Power: Iran Approach Must Avoid Past Mistakes
LIPPER HedgeWorld [Reuters]- June 14, 2006 [Commentary] by Janet Tavakoli

The Elusive Income of Synthetic CDOs (Clients only)
Journal of Structured Finance Winter 2006 Volume 11, Number 4 - by Janet Tavakoli

Commentary: My Favorite Hedge Fund: Part II
LIPPER HedgeWorld [Reuters] - October 24, 2005 - by Janet Tavakoli

CDOs: Caveat Emptor
GARP Risk Review September/October 2005 Issue 26 - by Janet Tavakoli

Consider the Full Notional Amount of CDOs When Assessing the Risks and Rewards
Financial Times Letter to the Editor - August 19, 2005 - by Janet Tavakoli

How Investors Can Lower Risk When Choosing a Hedge Fund
Financial Times - June 8, 2005 - by Janet Tavakoli

My Favorite Hedge Fund
LIPPER HedgeWorld - May 26, 2005 - by Janet Tavakoli

CDOs Can Confuse Bank Managers
Financial Times - April 26, 2005 by Janet Tavakoli

How Will Bond Market React to Citigroup Trades?
Financial Times - February 7, 2005 by Janet Tavakoli & FT follow-up on costs February 12, 2005

Structured Finance: Rating the Rating Agencies
GARP Risk Review Issue 22 January/February 2005 - by Janet Tavakoli

Invisible Hedge Funds
GARP Risk Review July/August 2004 Issue 19 - by Janet Tavakoli

Martha Stewart: The Irony Maiden Hates to Lose
The Yearbook - July 14, 2004 - by Janet Tavakoli

CDO Evolution Creates New World of Risk
GARP Risk Review November/December 2003 Issue 15 - by Janet Tavakoli

Landesbanken: even lower rating may be in order
Financial Times - December 1, 2003 Leaders & Letters - by Janet Tavakoli

Currency Convertibility Protection: The Forgotten Credit Derivative
Derivatives Week VOL. XII, NO. 41- October 13, 2003 - by Janet Tavakoli

Freddie Mac: The Next LCTM, or just a well managed firm wtih some accounting issues in the past?
Financial Engineering News Nov/Dec Issue 2003

Freddie Mac Report Soft Pedals Thorny Case
The Street.com's Real Money - July 24, 2003

Freddie Hides in the Hedges
Wall Street Journal - July 15, 2003

Concentration of Firms Handling Freddie Mac Derivatives Causes Concern
Securities Week - June 30, 2003

At Freddie, A Full House of Derivatives
Wall Street Journal - June 30, 2003

Book Debates Racing Deal
Financial Times - June 28, 2003 - includes an excerpt from Janet Tavakoli's book: Collateralized Debt Obligations & Structured Finance