Subprime the Musical- Series of light-hearted podcasts designed to explain the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. To learn more visit: www.subprimethemusical.wordpress.com E-mail: moneyandsociety@gmail.com In this podcast, I explain what credit rating agencies are and why debt ratings are so important. I also explain how credit ratings ended up screwing up in the mortgage market.
What went wrong with our Credit Rating Agencies?
EducationDebt Management : How Does Debt Relief Without Bankruptcy Affect Your Credit Rating?
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Debt relief without bankruptcy is important because bankruptcy puts a black mark on personal credit. Use debt consolidation instead of declaring bankruptcy withhelp from a business analyst in this free video on financial planning and debt management. Expert: Terry Kuykendall Bio: Terry Kuykendall is currently a budget analyst for the military in Washington. She is an accountant who has worked at firms helping people deal with personal and business debt. Filmmaker: stephen kuykendall…
WaMu Credit Rating Cut By S&P; Government’s Proposed Bailout Market; U.S. Bailouts And Subsides; Wall Street Bailout Cost
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WaMu credit rating cut by S&P on acquisition concerns; US lawmakers could delay, weaken government’s proposed bailout market; Analysis by Rob Morrison, CLSA Chairman
Using credit rating migration and Merton to solve for equity
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There are two big steps: 1. The firm expresses a risk attitude (orientation) and uses the credit rating migration/transition matrix to derive an implied target probability of default (PD); 2. The Merton model is used to infer a target equity cushion given the target PD
U.S. Credit Rating at Risk?
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FBN’s Liz MacDonald and Dow Jones Newswires’ Al Lewis break down credit rating concerns.
In-Depth Look – Fitch Cuts Ireland’s Credit Rating – Bloomberg
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Analysis and discussion with Charles Dumas of Lambard Street Research talking about the future of Ireland. (Bloomberg News)
Congressman Scott Garrett Statement on Credit Rating Agencies
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Congressman Scott Garrett remarks during Financial Services Committee hearing on credit rating agencies
Congressman Spencer Bachus Statement on Credit Rating Agencies
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Congressman Spencer Bachus remarks during credit rating agency hearing.
How to Get Out of Debt (and NOT get scammed)
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Got Debt? In Trouble? Don’t Know What To Do?www.DebtReliefCompanies.net offers straightforward and honest breakdown of your options to get yourself out of credit card debt. Save hours of research! Debt help is available but be careful before deciding which debt relief solution is best for you. One size does not fit all so learn the advantages and drawbacks of the various debt solutions in this short presentation.
Credit Rating Agencies Get New Rules
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www.foreclosureindustry.com Christine explains how credit rating agencies work, how they contributed to the current economic mess and the new rules being proposed by the SEC and why it matters to you.