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Tag Archives: swaps
The Euro will fall to $1 within a year. – [PREDICTION]
A bunch of hedge funds are betting against the Euro. Via Joe Weisenthal
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged America, bets, carry trade, credit default swaps, currencies, currency, currency bets, currency derivatives, currency wagers, derivatives, Euro, European Union, Finance, Financial Markets, George Soros, hedge funds, speculators, swaps, United States Of America, US dollar, USA, wagers
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The unsavory and dangerous practice of financial firms betting against their clients needs to be thoroughly investigated.
New York Times editorial against Goldman Sachs and the other financial firms. Humm. I agree that some practices are evil, but do the NYT know that hedging is good?
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged derivatives, Finance, financial betting, Financial Markets, futures, Hedging, swaps
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Harvard University crétins did bet on swaps and ended up losing $500 million.
“Harvard paid $497.6 million during the fiscal year ended June 30 to get out of $1.1 billion of interest-rate swaps intended to hedge variable-rate debt for capital projects, the report said. The university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said it also agreed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ethics, Finance
Tagged derivatives, Finance, Financial Markets, Harvard University, swaps
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Life Settlement Securities
NBC Nighly News on Friday, October 9, 2009 Wall Street is betting on how long you will live. Download either the M4V file or the WMV file. 00:13:30 into. Hurry up to download the video, as it will expire tonite … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged derivatives, Finance, human life, life settlement derivatives, life settlement securities, swaps, Wall Street
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