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September 21, 2012

More regulation! It appears a Senate committee wants to ban hedging: A U.S. Senate panel probing the multibillion-dollar trading loss by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) plans to unveil its findings at a hearing this …

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September 20, 2012

Fitch has joined the the cooling housing market bandwagon: Canadian home sales activity slowed in August, due in part to steps taken by the government to tighten mortgage lending standards, which took effect in July. …

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September 19, 2012

Inflation expectations can become self-fulfilling, which worries Richard Fisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the central bank’s third round of large-scale asset purchases has led to an increase in market expectations …

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September 18, 2012

TD says the housing bubble is yesterday’s news: TD Economics has gradually reduced its estimate of the overvaluation in Canada’s house prices, as the growth in people’s disposable income picks up while the market stagnates. …

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Market Action

September 17, 2012

Let’s all reach for yield! Rates on U.S. high-yield corporate bonds fell below 7 percent for the first time last week, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data. Average borrowing costs for speculative-grade …

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September 14, 2012

As I have often complained, there is a growing trend in securities administration la-la-land to treat creditors according to who they are rather than what they have. The receiver’s response to a Lehman creditor is …

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