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- Author:
- James I. Clark III
- Posted:
- 06.03.2009
Back to the Futures? Not Just Yet. Investors Still Spooked by Derivatives
It’s no surprise that investors are still wary of investing in derivatives, given the financial devastation that these vehicles’ collapse caused last year. Proof of the fact is that the IPO of a financial instrument designed to be on American home prices failed because its auction did not generate adequate investor interest. According to its […]
- Author:
- Kurt Rosene
- Posted:
- 06.01.2009
Las Vegas Underwater
Las Vegas may be in the middle of a desert, but right now it’s underwater. Fully two-thirds of the once fast-growing city’s housing stock is underwater, meaning that the owners owe more on their mortgages than the home is worth. According to www.zillow.com, borrowers who are underwater totaled 20.4 million at the end of the […]