Agnes Crane

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Finding a positive in negative yields

Banks and other investors like money-market funds are making a cool and calculated decision to grab super-safe securities to gussy up balance sheets and put idle cash to work before the end of the year. With the Fed holding overnight rates close to zero, don’t be surprised to see these yields flirt with negative territory again. Full Article

We don't need your stinking financing

The New York Fed reports that investors only requested financing for $72.2 million of new CMBS loans through its TALF program. Since there's only been one, the $400 million offering from Developers Diversified, ... Full Article | Comments [3]

Barofsky audit a Fed, not Geithner, problem

Sure, Timothy Geithner led the negotiations with AIG counterparties when he headed the New York Fed last year, but TARP special inspector Neil Barofsky's audit is damning where it really hurts the Fed. ... Full Article | Comments [7]

The drought is (kind of) over! | Comments [1]

GM readies its bailout defense

Old trade habits are hard to break | Comments [4]

Government weighed down by bad mortgages | Comments [4]

Not so coo-coo for CoCos | Comments [1]