HELOCs and Transformational REPO
New York | We had a great trip last week, participating in Ellie Mae’s (ELLI) Experience 2019 and surveying the rich (and water sodden)...
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Christopher Whalen
By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 10, 2019
- 9 min
The Interview: David Kotok on GSIBs, Markets and Central Banks
San Francisco | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a conversation with David Kotok, Chairman and Chief...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
The IRA Bank Book + Top Ten US Banks
In this edition of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we announce the release of The IRA Bank Book for Q1 2019. We focus on some of the key...
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Ralph Delguidice
- Feb 28, 2019
- 4 min
The Carry Trade is Dead
Scottsdale | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, Ralph Delguidice expounds on the world of leveraged investing in the...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Feb 24, 2019
- 4 min
Financial Repression Falls -- A Little
New York | First a travel note. The Institutional Risk Analyst will be at the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) conference in Los...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Feb 18, 2019
- 7 min
The Trade: Sell Servicing, Buy a Bank
Washington | Consider the irony of the American housing sector. In the District of Columbia, various pundits, market retreads and...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Feb 10, 2019
- 7 min
The New Confidence
New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we note a couple of reader comments. First, we’ve been accused of having a...
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Ralph Delguidice
- Feb 3, 2019
- 3 min
Bigger Balance Sheet Bullish? Really?
New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, contributor Ralph Delguidice ponders the aftermath of the retreat last week by...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 28, 2019
- 6 min
Fed Blinks as Housing, CLOs Slump
“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, "The Sun Also Rises" New York | Last week the Federal...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 21, 2019
- 6 min
Desperately Dancing Sideways
"When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 13, 2019
- 6 min
Financials: "A sharp and painful correction”
New York | Once again it is time for earnings in the world of financials. Go back and compare the Sell Side view of financials at the...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 9, 2019
- 7 min
Bank OZK: Fundamentals vs. Uncertainty
Richmond | The 10 year Treasury bond peaked in yield at just shy of 3.25% around Thanksgiving. Since then, the world’s most important...
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Robert Eisenbeis
- Jan 2, 2019
- 8 min
Eisenbeis: Missing the Gorilla in the Room
Paris | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a timely comment from Robert Eiesenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Dec 26, 2018
- 5 min
Welcome to Brazil
Paris | Those of us who anticipated a quiet holiday break have been greatly disappointed. It is tempting to blame the electronic...
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Ralph Delguidice
- Dec 20, 2018
- 5 min
Are Leveraged Loans a Problem? Yes, and No. And YES
In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment from our friend Ralph Delguidice, a veteran fixed income markets...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Dec 18, 2018
- 6 min
Risks 2019: Quantitative Tightening, Eurobanks & China
New York | First a safe and happy holiday to all. In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder past prognostications and...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Dec 11, 2018
- 4 min
When the Bid Goes to Zero
Volatile markets have finally made policy makers start to fret about excessive leverage and sky-high asset prices, two results of years...
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Robert Eisenbeis
- Dec 6, 2018
- 4 min
Eisenbeis on the FOMC: What Next?
Charleston | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature an important comment by Robert Eisenbeis, PhD., Vice Chairman &...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Dec 3, 2018
- 5 min
Bond Spreads Spook the Fed
New York | Last week Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell blinked and thereby changed the monetary narrative. We suspect that this...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
- Nov 26, 2018
- 9 min
Ragin Contagion in Non-Bank Finance
New York | Reading the financial press over long holidays in essential. In the days immediately before or after a holiday, there are...
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