Liquidity Crisis

Throwing in the Towel

David Kotok | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Central Banks, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Liquidity Crisis, Cumberland Advisor Market, Economy, Business News
David Kotok

A communication problem is not a policy problem. When it comes to policy, the central banks are acting.

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Lack of Disclosure the Root Cause of the Financial Crisis

Peter Scheer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Disclosure, Liquidity Crisis, FInancial Markets, Mortgages, Depression, Housing, Credit Default Swaps, Business News
Peter Scheer

The market did not understand that families buying homes would have an incentive to default on their mortgage obligations if housing prices stopped rising or actually declined.

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Hank Paulson Should Call John Doerr

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Government, Mortgages, Paulson, Bailout, Equity Positions, Equity, Economy, Cdos, Bernanke, Credit Default Swaps, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Subprime, Free Market, Liquidity Crisis, Google, Doerr, Business News
Adam Hanft

More than Paulson, more than Bernanke, more than pretty much anyone in Washington I'd trust venture capitalist John Doerr to negotiate my stake in the bailout.

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It's the Liquidity, Stupid: Why Not Put the $700B Into Good Banks?

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Banks, Liquidity Crisis, Economy, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News
Paul Abrams

By improving the capital positions of the good banks, they will extend more credit and facilitate transactions. That is the liquidity crisis that is to be resolved.

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