(1) For what the Fed holds: http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/soma/sysopen_accholdings.html Look under the 'agency' tab. It's listed by...
It's interesting that your ghost (in the shell... very nice) is the least fleshed out part of your project.
I'm sorry, but this sentence doesn't make any sense to me at all. Make money expensive is pretty freaking simple for the Fed, no? In this context,...
Um.... all that other 'stuff' being MBS, which the fed managed to buy at pretty a hefty discount. Buying a security for cash isn't exactly 'given...
When the fed adds security, say treasury bills to its balance sheet, it pays the counter party in cash for the security, thereby expanding the...
Maybe I don't understand where you are coming from... but why couldn't the fed do the usual moves to tighten? Once it's redeemed and becomes cash,...
Why would they unwind those assets? Those are bond-like; They will eventually mature or be redeemed.
I should also point out that all MBS bought by the fed were 'agency' (http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/ambs/). There's none of that no-doc junk...
As it turns out, I have indeed worked in this space; I traded credit and mortgage some time back. "Fed collateral process"? Isn't that the...
.... attachment and detachment points in the collateral pool as well as the quality of the pool itself. It's amusing that ET is both cynical,...
What are those things around the header? blurred coins?
It's the former, not the latter. I'm sorry but perhaps you actually want to read about TARP, QE, and the actual various programs that the Fed...
They didn't. They bought very high quality stuff. Banks either write off or spun off the crap.
(1) mbs is actively traded in the open market, much like stocks. (2) the fed bought pretty high quality papers, not the toxic junk. they most...
I'll give it a shot; I've walked by it many times without going in. Incidentally, Kein's tonight; I'm going to get my mutton chop.
It's in brooklyn now right? It's a little out of my way, but one of these days I'll get to it. Although, I'm not impressed by their 'gimmick';...
Yeah... that's really strange to me too. I didn't like the 5 Napkin burger I got... soggy... and tasteless. And I can't stand shake shack......
... hang on there buddy... better than Butcher & Singer? Better than B' Prime? I personally don't like Barclay Prime as much as most people, but I...
How did that happen?? It's usually around $40... $65 is enough to get home from JFK.
I gotta agree with this guy, surf; I'm horribly underwhelmed by the palm (both in philly and in nyc).... And white castle is awesome. I don't...
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