The Institutional Risk Analyst

La Jolla | This week The Institutional Risk Analyst is in La Jolla for The Chairman's Conference of The California Mortgage Bankers...

New York | Last week Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finally got her scalp. Tim Sloan, CEO of Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) resigned, part of...

New York | In the most recent edition of The IRA Bank Book, we note that the rate of increase in funding costs for US banks in 2018 was a...

New York | We had a great trip last week, participating in Ellie Mae’s (ELLI) Experience 2019 and surveying the rich (and water sodden)...

San Francisco | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a conversation with David Kotok, Chairman and Chief...

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...

Scottsdale | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, Ralph Delguidice expounds on the world of leveraged investing in the...

New York | First a travel note. The Institutional Risk Analyst will be at the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) conference in Los...

Washington | Consider the irony of the American housing sector. In the District of Columbia, various pundits, market retreads and...

New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we note a couple of reader comments. First, we’ve been accused of having a...

New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, contributor Ralph Delguidice ponders the aftermath of the retreat last week by...

“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, "The Sun Also Rises" New York | Last week the Federal...

"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...

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...

Richmond | The 10 year Treasury bond peaked in yield at just shy of 3.25% around Thanksgiving. Since then, the world’s most important...

Paris | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a timely comment from Robert Eiesenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...

Paris | Those of us who anticipated a quiet holiday break have been greatly disappointed. It is tempting to blame the electronic...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment from our friend Ralph Delguidice, a veteran fixed income markets...

New York | First a safe and happy holiday to all. In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder past prognostications and...

Volatile markets have finally made policy makers start to fret about excessive leverage and sky-high asset prices, two results of years...