The Institutional Risk Analyst

New York | In our March 22nd issue (“What Must Be Done to Support Housing Finance?”), we talked about what needed to happen in the market for mortgage backed...

As Q1 2020 ends, the global banking industry faces a world that has been completely changed by the economic impact of the Wuhan virus, COVID19. Financing mar...

New York | As the US financial markets get ready for another volatile week, leaders in the mortgage finance sector spent the weekend in meetings with regulat...

The Fed can very directly add liquidity to the domestic scene by initiating a massive program to purchase agency and government mortgages

“It is not learning, grace nor gear Nor easy meat nor drink But bitter pinch of pain and fear That makes creation think”

The panic in the media is having outsized consequences for people, companies and society.

Q: Is the Federal Open Market Committee killing America's banks? A: Yes

In a funny way the coronavirus or COVID19 took some excess air out of the obvious bubble in US equities.

New York | The rally in risk-free bonds is quickly rendering irrelevant the policy direction of the Federal Open Market Committee. We’ve talked in past comme...

Neither officials of the Federal Reserve Board, the US Treasury nor other agencies have ever been called to account for Deutsche Bank

We have a neutral risk assessment on BAC and will be prepared to downgrade the name should asset returns continue to fall.

New York | Last week, Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) held its long awaited investor day event. As GS says on its web site: “Our senior leadership team deliver...

Washington | Last week, we released a paper rebutting the 2019 report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which claims rather incredibly tha...

New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder the unfolding ninth sovereign debt default of progressive Argentina, this from the pers...

Just as last summer we called the problems brewing in the short-term money markets, now we put down a marker on bank credit....

There is nothing really new under the sun when it comes to technology, only new packaging and hype in the world of media and investments.

In the waning days of 2019, the Federal Reserve Board took what is perhaps its most positive and significant policy action of the year

Among his key attributes were his integrity, the quality of his public service, his concern for the independence of the Fed

Why does the Fed want to compete with the banks it regulates in payments?

New York | Over the past several months, news reports have suggested that the global auto industry is about to disappear. Ford Motor (F) announced a 10 perce...