Wednesday, Jul 11, 2007

CDO problems gather apace!

FT.com: Investors’ flight from risk picks up pace

JPMorgan observed that swings in derivatives prices were so extreme they implied “scenarios in which the core of the global liquidity system suffers a serious assault”.

Posted by nearly30 @ 11:19 PM (192 views) Add Comment

3 Comments

1. lvmreader said...

Translation: Game over suckers

Thursday, July 12, 2007 02:42AM Report Comment
 

2. dohousescrashinthewoods said...

heh, yes.
I have a wry feeling that "suckers" boils down to us, our savings, mortgages and pensions.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 09:59AM Report Comment
 

3. benedict said...

Stock markets do tend to panic, they massively underestimate the risk then they massively overestimate it then after a few months when their cocaine and adrenaline induced frenzy wears off slightly they might hit about the right sort of level, just in time to start being wildly over-optimistic again.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:12AM Report Comment
 

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