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| "This kind of lending could lead to the next [bank] asset bubble or crisis down the road" and |
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| Spill! Was it Kristin Lemkau? |
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| JPM: "One of the unintended consequences of QE ... Investors who target a stable VaR tend to take larger positions as volatility collapses." |
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| This is funny. Via Bloomberg's view on Promontory, the consultancy it just hired, six weeks ago |
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| Bill Gross explains bond market with smiley face mug |
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| As Bloomberg has hired Promontory Financial, in addition to Sam Palmisano ... |
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| Full announcement from Bloomberg bout hiring Sam Palmisano to deal with privacy and data issues. |
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| I've reached a new low in accounting enthusiasm.I am truly excited to read the IASB/FASB proposal on lease accounting |
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| Quantum quants. Goldman Sachs hires particle physicist from the Large Hadron Collider for credit structuring team: |
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| A UUID reversal. "JPMorgan are demanding logs of all Bloomberg staff who have looked up JPM users and their usage" |
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| The bit hits the fan! US Gov't moves against Bitcoin, freezing exchange 'twixt Dwolla and Mt. Gox. |
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| These posts on Bloomberg from & are worth reading |
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| TIL The term "Risk on/Risk off" was originated by the JPM internal risk project that eventually became RiskMetrics (and gave us VaR). |
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| Shareholder asks if Morgan Stanley board "uses blow torch or hot coals" to keep CEO James Gorman's feet to the fire |
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| Love it. Guards at Morgan Stanley say they're on the lookout for protesters in "buses and vans" ahead of today's shareholders meeting. |
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| You're missing the point. Reporters weren't using the green dot to spy on people (since that can be masked easily) They used UUID |
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| Analysts on Bloomberg: clients may be outraged, but they're too addicted to cancel subscriptions w/ |
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| Could be useful if you were checking to see if someone was on their way out from a bank, for exam. more: |
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| Speaking of <Help> <Help> transcripts, anyone who has that famous one from the Hong Kong-based trader, send it over. |
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| Although I seem to remember the ability to see the Help transcripts was turned off a while ago... |
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