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alex trias and financial

Markets Are at a Crossroads: Alex Trias submits: The financials seem to have been rather dull of late. Stories regarding TARP paybacks have produced nothing more than a yawn in the stock market. Since the start of May, the Financials Select Sector SPDR XLF has been stuck on the range, wobbling somewhere between...; Tags: US Market, Financial, Alex Trias; External links 2009-06-10
The CDS Anti-Matter Bubble: Alex Trias submits: In a recent article, I described the contours of a dangerous bubble in the credit default swap (or “CDS”) market. A bubble in the price of CDS is unlike any other type of asset bubble insofar as it leads to dramatic consequences on the macro economy –...; Tags: Alex Trias, BG Group plc, BP Plc, Citigroup Inc., F.C.C. Co. Ltd., Financial, TNK-BP; External links 2008-11-26
CDS Market: Don't Believe What You See: Alex Trias submits: The cost of credit default insurance on US Treasuries surged to 42.5 basis points Friday. For perspective, the cost was at 1.6 basis points in July of 2007. If you believed that the CDS market was correctly pricing the risk of the United States government’s creditworthiness, you...; Tags: US Market, Financial, Alex Trias; External links 2008-11-23

The Question of Value Is Relative: SPY as an Example: Alex Trias submits: Whether something is cheap or expensive depends entirely on the financial situation of the person asking. A $40,000 sports car is expensive to a family that brings in the average median income each year. For someone with a nine figure net worth, $40,000 may be a somewhat...; Tags: US Market, Alex Trias; External links 2008-12-04