Jon Ogg has spent 12+ years as chair and co-owner of 24/7 Wall St. LLC. Author of numerous articles on the economy. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various ...

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For the third time in just a few months, Merrill Lynch has taken a huge, multi-billion-dollar "writedown" on its investments in mortgage-backed securities. Banks are suffering big losses because of ...

The market for collateralized debt obligations faces more downgrades as losses on mortgage-backed securities prompt Fitch Ratings to overhaul the way it assesses the risk of CDOs based on company debt ...

The commercial mortgage market faces one of its toughest credit climates in more than a decade. The most complex corners of the securitized mortgage market are getting hammered. Products that flew off ...

You have probably heard a lot about derivatives over the past two years. Derivatives are largely responsible for the fall of banking giants Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual.

Chief data officers face several challenges, including new demands from AI, but they must also sell the value of their jobs to coworkers unsure what CDOs do. Chief data officers have a lot to think ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the subprime mortgage crisis making investors wary of collateralized debt obligations, or bonds secured by other bonds, Wall Street is cooking up even riskier deals offering ...

A fear too many greenhorn collateralized debt obligation managers have entered the market is concerning investors. But, with the current momentum they also think it’ll probably take a credit blowout ...