Excerpt of article from today's NYT: Also on Friday, a hedge fund based in Moscow, the VR Group, which was named by Refco as a major creditor,...
http://www.dailyspeculations.com/vic/refco.html
October 21, 2005 Markets Main Refco's Debts Started With Several Clients Bennett Secretly Intervened To Assume Some Obligations; Return of...
Since Refco, Inc. is now in Chapter 11, and Refco, Inc. owns the regulated futures business, the bankruptcy judge is in charge. The judge will be...
NYTimes article: "J. C. Flowers has emerged as a likely buyer of Refco's futures business."...
Goldman, BoA, and CSFB were leads in the IPO. Thomas H. Lee Partners has been the majority equity owner. Goldman was hired as financial adviser...
Refco Is Winding Down Biggest Unit, Refco Securities, DTC Says Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Refco Inc., the futures broker that's under a federal...
I agree that the Refco situation is bearish for the dollar, but much less so than WorldCom since its visibility is less and corporate fraud is no...
buy Treasuries
Complaint against Bennett: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/business/Bennett.Complaint.pdf
"Assistant U.S. Attorney David Esseks said Bennett may face a life sentence if convicted."...
Delphi Chief Sees GM Bankruptcy Without Wage U-Turn (Update3) Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Delphi Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Miller said...
Agreed. Long term could be a problem. Can you imagine if (or when) the PRC upgrades their quality and exports great cars to the US? Like Kia...
Delphi bankruptcy today (Saturday) will cost GM ~ $6B....
S&P understands credit, which ultimately focuses on the probability of bankruptcy. While they have been wrong before, they are generally good....
Good idea. From the MIT web site (http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/primer.html#cs): "Our introductory CS subject is taught in the SCHEME dialect of...
Try adding size when you feel really good about the trade (without adding to a losing trade). Just be sure to get out quickly if it goes against you.
I am no quant, but it seems to me that there is also a lot of talk @ Java. Isn't this the case? Check out Amaranths' ($7B fund) web site...
With an MBA and CFA3, a job as a securities analyst seems to be the next logical step. Have you approached buy-side firms in Toronto? What was...
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