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Responding to Goldman
HP – The New York Times published a Christmas Eve expose of Goldman Sachs’s so-called “Abacus” synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). They were created with credit d… more →
Institutional Financial Derivatives
Responding to Goldman
wrote 5 hours ago: HP – The New York Times published a Christmas Eve expose of Goldman Sachs’s so-called … more →
Car Crash Economics
wrote 1 day ago: BBC – Derivatives alone don’t wreck markets. When George Soros – the well-known ma … more →
Amazing Clasheen Winter Swap update, no water, no central heating and in lock down mode with weather alert!
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wrote 1 day ago: The first pictures are now being uploaded to our Clasheen Swap group on Flickr and I have to say tha … more →
Princeton Economist and Computer Scientists Show that Derivatives Are Inherently Vulnerable to Fraud
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wrote 3 days ago: (WashingtonsBlog) – As I have previously noted, credit default swaps are destabilizing for the … more →
Secret Santa Christmas Swap 2009
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wrote 4 days ago: Time to reveal what I sent to Jeanette @ Purple Quiltin Cat. you can see the ornaments that were se … more →
Credit Derivatives That Distort Markets
wrote 6 days ago: Reuters – Critics of credit-default swaps like the “empty creditor” hypothesis. The theory is … more →
Lint Bunny!
wrote 1 week ago: For my father’s Christmas gift this year, I thought it would be most appropriate to incorporat … more →
Annual Stampin' Gift Exchange
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wrote 1 week ago: Last Sunday we had our annual Demonstrator Holiday party and gift exchange here in Orlando. Food, s … more →
Handmade Stocking Stuffer Exchange
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wrote 1 week ago: Remember all of these cute bags I made for a handmade stocking stuffer exchange? they were sent to : … more →
Toxic Harvard Swaps Cost 1B
wrote 1 week ago: Bloomberg – Anne Phillips Ogilby, a bond attorney at one of Boston’s oldest law firms, on Oct. … more →
Staycation Day 1 - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday was Day 1 of my 6 week ’staycation’ and I’m hoping to do a blog post eac … more →
If I may gush so myself...
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I am in love with this pic today. So I’ll share despite this being for a swap partner who has … more →
Swap Nightmares
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bloomberg – A report by Pennsylvania’s auditor general shows what the nation might have looked … more →
Successful day making and completing some felting projects!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Carmen called over for a cup of tea and a chat this morning, we actually hadn’t met for over a … more →
'Tis the season to be thrifty
wrote 2 weeks ago: I read a horrifying statistic the other day- that we in Britain throw away two million tones of clot … more →
Holiday Traditions Exchange 2009
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wrote 2 weeks ago: If you are my Holiday Traditions Exchange partner and want to be surprised when your package arrives … more →
A new obsession
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I have been sadly absent from here for far too long and it is the fault of this woman….. For t … more →
Owl Mail!
wrote 3 weeks ago: Besides HSKS I am also part of a lovely little HP swap called Reducio Sock Swap. It’s so much … more →
ATC
wrote 3 weeks ago: Made this for our ATC group. The theme for November was Edgar Allen Poe. ‘Marci’ from St … more →
