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Can We Insure Against Systemic Risk?
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And what office of "AIGFP created systemic risk out of nothing by mispricing CDS contracts?" Why, it was the London office! There...
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Jul 17 17:32 pm
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Hoover actually inherited a budget surplus. By the time he left office he had increased government spending by 50% and had a 2.7billion...
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Jul 16 08:14 am
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To answer the headline question: no, we cannon insure against systemic risk. Systemic risk is here to stay regardless of our collective...
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Jul 16 07:38 am
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"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...
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Jul 16 02:56 am
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"But Mr Rorty is saying that AIG was selling default insurance on the highest rated securitiesāthings that don't blow up unless the...
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Jul 16 00:36 am
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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...
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Jul 15 22:09 pm
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The Government is not big enough to withstand these losses either. They are printing money from air. Putting the whole marketplace at...
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Jul 15 19:51 pm
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thanks for your views Tom, I am in total agreement with all you said here. the issue of the systemic insurance is extremely...
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Jul 15 17:48 pm
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AIG agreed to post collateral and the requirements increased if they were downgraded. As of this moment 3% of the bonds they insured is...
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Jul 15 17:07 pm
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Well, Michael Lewis.... I'd be very careful believing what he has to say, as he prefers sensational journalism to fact checking. I too...
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Jul 15 14:01 pm
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All insurance is designed to protect against what is called idiosyncratic risk but can also suffer from system risks. Take for...
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Jul 15 13:53 pm
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Acccording to Michael Lews (a prolific writer on Wall Street greed) AIG went against industry practice and refused to post collateral...
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Jul 15 13:43 pm
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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...
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Jul 15 13:26 pm
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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...
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Jul 15 12:34 pm
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the perfect storm occurs when all the little systemic risks that are out there created by various players in the system get together and...
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