Monthly Archives: February 2011

Professor Ed Altman speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television’s “Surveillance Midday” about outlook for US and European debt markets.   Watch video here 

Professor Rob Engle says markets need incentives to solve liquidity issues. An advisory panel convened to investigate last year’s “flash crash” has recommended rule changes that would significantly alter US market structures and might push more orders back to public … Continue reading →

Professor Viral Acharya says gradual steps should be taken to avert an abrupt crisis. It is clear that America cannot just “count on” growth going forward. While growth-enhancing strategies may work, and corporations may invest more as jobs and demand … Continue reading →

Professor Ed Altman applies Z-metric to European countries Holders of bonds from indebted European nations such as Greece will need to take losses of about 50 percent as their finances are restructured, according to Edward Altman, a finance professor at New … Continue reading →

Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh will describe the origins of the U.S. housing finance system, with a special emphasis on the role of the GSEs-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Further, he will discuss how the GSEs became some of the most … Continue reading →

Prof. Nouriel Roubini on Stagflation Risks Stemming from Political Unrest in the Middle East The upheaval in Tunisia and now Egypt has important economic and financial implications.  About two-thirds of the world’s proven oil reserves and almost half of its … Continue reading →