Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NY Fed & AIG Bail-Out
The NY Times features an interesting piece by Mary Williams Walsh, writing on a report from the office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) on the AIG bail-out:
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York gave up much of its power in high-pressure negotiations with the American International Group’s trading partners last year, according to a government report made public on Monday.
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The Fed “refused to use its considerable leverage,” Neil M. Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, wrote in a report to be officially released on Tuesday, examining the much-criticized decision to make A.I.G.’s trading partners whole when people and businesses were taking painful losses in the financial markets.
There have been suggestions that the Fed chose to negotiate weakly, Mr. Barofsky said, to give a “backdoor bailout” to A.I.G.’s banks. He said Mr. Geithner and the Fed’s lawyers had denied this, but added that “irrespective of their stated intent,” there was no doubt about the result: “Tens of billions of dollars of government money was funneled inexorably and directly to A.I.G.’s counterparties.”
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York gave up much of its power in high-pressure negotiations with the American International Group’s trading partners last year, according to a government report made public on Monday.
...
The Fed “refused to use its considerable leverage,” Neil M. Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, wrote in a report to be officially released on Tuesday, examining the much-criticized decision to make A.I.G.’s trading partners whole when people and businesses were taking painful losses in the financial markets.
There have been suggestions that the Fed chose to negotiate weakly, Mr. Barofsky said, to give a “backdoor bailout” to A.I.G.’s banks. He said Mr. Geithner and the Fed’s lawyers had denied this, but added that “irrespective of their stated intent,” there was no doubt about the result: “Tens of billions of dollars of government money was funneled inexorably and directly to A.I.G.’s counterparties.”
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
NYMEX Light, Sweet Crude Oil Futures
NYMEX Contract Spec
NYMEX crude is physically delivered at Cushing OK (Oklahoma), via the network connected thereto.
daily data 1983-2009 [US Energy Information Administration]
NYMEX crude is physically delivered at Cushing OK (Oklahoma), via the network connected thereto.
daily data 1983-2009 [US Energy Information Administration]
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
CBOE - Chicago Board Options Exchange
WikiPedia Entry:
"The Chicago Board Options Exchange (abbreviated CBOE, but commonly pronounced see-bo), located at 400 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, is the largest U.S. options exchange with annual trading volume that hovered around one billion contracts at the end of 2007.[1] CBOE offers options on over 2,200 companies, 22 stock indexes, and 140 exchange-traded funds (ETFs)."
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"The Chicago Board Options Exchange (abbreviated CBOE, but commonly pronounced see-bo), located at 400 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, is the largest U.S. options exchange with annual trading volume that hovered around one billion contracts at the end of 2007.[1] CBOE offers options on over 2,200 companies, 22 stock indexes, and 140 exchange-traded funds (ETFs)."
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CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)
WikiPedia Entry:
"VIX is the ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 index options. A high value corresponds to a more volatile market and therefore more costly options, which can be used to defray risk from this volatility by selling options. Often referred to as the fear index, it represents one measure of the market's expectation of volatility over the next 30 day period."
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"VIX is the ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 index options. A high value corresponds to a more volatile market and therefore more costly options, which can be used to defray risk from this volatility by selling options. Often referred to as the fear index, it represents one measure of the market's expectation of volatility over the next 30 day period."
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