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Toxic Asset End-Run: Why not sell to PPIP?

By: Myles, July 16th, 2009

We have reported here before on the PPIP (Public Private Investment Program), back in April 2009 (just three short months ago).
Previously we discussed how the PPIP — yet another Obama administration and Treasury Department alphabet soup solution —  can not, and will not, work when you look at it through the lens of Game Theory.
Sure enough, […]

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Government Stimulus: A pictures worth a thousand words

By: Myles, April 9th, 2009

We all learn and process information differently. Some have found it difficult to understand the current financial crisis and what the government is doing to stimulate the economy.
So here is another way to visualize the capital allocated from/to financial companies during the current financial crisis.
Interestingly, the chart created by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods concludes that […]

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Rx For Toxic Assets: Public-Private Investment Funds

By: Myles, March 23rd, 2009

The US Treasury on Monday, March 23, 2009 revealed details of a highly-anticipated plan to set up public-private investment funds that will buy up to $1 trillion in troubled loans and securities at the heart of the financial crisis.
The Treasury’s complex plan to use private funds to purchase toxic assets uses low-cost government financing, government guarantees […]

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