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More on rigged markets, unfair advantage and crash risk

Over the past 5 years, anything that has helped to push security prices higher and rebuild bank coffers (insider trading, skimming, front-running, money laundering, HFT, re-hypothecation, price fixing, QE) are considered by the status quo–central banks, regulators, financial heads– desirable … Continue reading →

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Shining light on unethical practices and profits

We live in a time where so many have been extracting hidden profits without any scrutiny, scruples or penalty via unfair advantage and opaque business models designed to dupe others, that it has literally become the systemic norm, with many … Continue reading →

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Twice as many covenant-lite loans issued today as in 2007

For a while there the world was acknowledging the peak of sub-prime, levered loan issuance in the 2007 credit bubble as the zenith of crazy, reckless behavior. Well that was then. Today memories are evidently blank once more. Courtesy of … Continue reading →

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