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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    And what office of "AIGFP created systemic risk out of nothing by mispricing CDS contracts?" Why, it was the London office! There... More »
    Comment by RiskAverseAlert
    Jul 17 17:32 pm |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    Hoover actually inherited a budget surplus. By the time he left office he had increased government spending by 50% and had a 2.7billion... More »
    Comment by MinAkkar20
    Jul 16 08:14 am |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    To answer the headline question: no, we cannon insure against systemic risk. Systemic risk is here to stay regardless of our collective... More »
    Comment by DWStein
    Jul 16 07:38 am |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    "But another way of looking at this is that the systemic risk was always there, but both the buyer and seller of insurance on AAA... More »
    Comment by morph366
    Jul 16 02:56 am |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    "But Mr Rorty is saying that AIG was selling default insurance on the highest rated securities—things that don't blow up unless the... More »
    Comment by Arthur Hau
    Jul 16 00:36 am |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    This is the most informative blog that have read yet. Great job. The thesis here is two-fold (1) AIG's models and/or assumptions... More »
    Comment by Mark54
    Jul 15 22:09 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    The Government is not big enough to withstand these losses either. They are printing money from air. Putting the whole marketplace at... More »
    Comment by conceptwizard
    Jul 15 19:51 pm |
    Rating: +3 -1
  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    thanks for your views Tom, I am in total agreement with all you said here. the issue of the systemic insurance is extremely... More »
    Comment by Gtarras
    Jul 15 17:48 pm |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    AIG agreed to post collateral and the requirements increased if they were downgraded. As of this moment 3% of the bonds they insured is... More »
    Comment by Tom Armistead
    Jul 15 17:07 pm |
    Rating: +3 -1
  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    Well, Michael Lewis.... I'd be very careful believing what he has to say, as he prefers sensational journalism to fact checking. I too... More »
    Comment by Gtarras
    Jul 15 14:01 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    All insurance is designed to protect against what is called idiosyncratic risk but can also suffer from system risks. Take for... More »
    Comment by Fund Insider
    Jul 15 13:53 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    Acccording to Michael Lews (a prolific writer on Wall Street greed) AIG went against industry practice and refused to post collateral... More »
    Comment by Fund Insider
    Jul 15 13:43 pm |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    Here are two major points nobody mentions: 1. AIG was brought down not by the REAL losses on these tranches, but by mark-to-market... More »
    Comment by Gtarras
    Jul 15 13:26 pm |
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  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    It isn't clear to me that the contracts AIG was peddling were insurance as the term is commonly understood. The absence of requiring an... More »
    Comment by BerkeleyBob
    Jul 15 12:34 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk? [View article]
    the perfect storm occurs when all the little systemic risks that are out there created by various players in the system get together and... More »
    Comment by john s. gordon
    Jul 15 08:40 am |
    Rating: +2 0