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- Rise in U.S. Credit Card Delinquencies May Be Peaking
- Research Recap submits: The rise in US credit card delinquencies may be peaking as the rate of unemployment growth slows, CreditSights says in a new report. While charge-offs have been accelerating, the rises in delinquencies in credit card ABS have been slowing in recent months. This slowdown...
- External links 2009-06-09
- GSE Debt Still a Good Bet, With or Without Explicit Guarantee
- Research Recap submits: Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE debt obligations still lack an explicit guarantee from the U.S. government, but Fitch Ratings says that’s a technicality, and it predicts the government sponsored enterprises’ senior and subordinated debt obligations “will be fully supported.” How does Fitch...
- External links 2009-02-25
- Neiman Marcus Loss Illustrates Luxury Retailers? Woes
- Research Recap submits: News Wednesday that Neiman Marcus NMG posted a quarterly loss provides more evidence that the recession is hitting luxury retailers hard. Fitch Ratings expects comparable store sales trends for the U.S. luxury department store retailers to remain highly pressured in 2009 with expected comparable store...
- External links 2009-03-11
- Leading Indicators Signal Strong Global Economic Slowdown
- Research Recap submits: The OECD’s composite leading indicators CLIs for October 2008 continue to point to a weakening outlook for all the major seven economies, while the outlook has significantly deteriorated in the major non-OECD member economies, with China, India and Russia now also facing strong slowdowns....
- External links 2008-12-05
- There's Harmony on Autonomy
- Research Recap submits: Not many stock charts look like this right now; Autonomy (AUTNF.PK)(LSE: AU) has been rallying since October. In looking at what’s behind the consistently strong price, I went into Street Pulse to see who had said what when about Autonomy. ...
- External links 2009-03-21
- RBS: A Royal Mess
- Research Recap submits: There’s something about the “Royal” moniker that implies solidity in an institution. No more. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s (NYSE: RBS) record loss of £24 billion marks a new low in the demise of this once widely respected bank. As Credit Writedowns points...
- External links 2009-02-26
- Growing Risks to Russian Corporate Debt Ratings - S&P
- Research Recap submits: Standard & Poor’s offers a comprehensive analysis of what it sees as growing risks to corporate ratings in Russia in Global Economic Downturn Emphasizes Russia Country Risks. The global economic turmoil is bringing Russian country risk to the fore, S&P says. “At this stage, we...
- External links 2009-01-29
- Ambitious Stimulus Plan Helps China Weather Downturn
- Research Recap submits: Most countries would be delighted with a 6.5% rate of economic growth this year, but in the case of China, that figure is seen as a disappointment. Still, Standard & Poor’s believes that China’s ambitious stimulus plans will bring about a rebound in the second...
- External links 2009-02-26
- Wal-Mart: Lone Bright Spot in Bleak U.S. Retail Outlook
- Research Recap submits: Few analysts see much positive in the outlook for the US retail industry and CreditSights is no exception. “We continue to see risks to the downside for the US consumer and - accordingly - the stores that market to them. Chief amongst our concerns is...
- External links 2009-02-24
- Moody's Negative Outlook Implies Local Government Defaults
- Research Recap submits: In its first-ever assignment of a sector-wide outlook for US local government ratings, Moody’s gives a negative outlook for the sector over the next 12 to 18 months. While it does not address local governments individually, it does imply increasing downgrades and possibly defaults by...
- External links 2009-04-08
- Porsche, VW and Qatar in Three-Way Dance
- Research Recap submits: Porsche (POAHF.PK) needs another dance partner after taking on $12.5 billion in debt in attempts to control Volkswagen AG (VLKAY.PK). After failing so far to consummate a merger with VW, the company is now said to be looking to Qatar for capital. The...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Solar Energy Market Set for Shakeout Before Recovering
- Research Recap submits: The solar energy market is at the leading edge of a massive correction, but lower prices will prime the market for recovery and growth, according to Lux Research. In a new report “Finding the Solar Market’s Nadir,” Lux projects that the available capacity of...
- External links 2009-03-03
- Fitch Cuts CMBS Ratings in Wake of General Growth Filing
- Research Recap submits: The shoes are starting to drop in the aftermath of the bankruptcy filing of retail shopping mall REIT General Growth Properties GGP. Fitch Ratings has revised its Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable on 96 U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) classes across 20 transactions....
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- Unionized U.S. Automakers Could Emerge Stronger
- Research Recap submits: As General Motors (NYSE: GM) follows Chrysler into bankruptcy protection, Oxford Analytica believes US Automakers could emerge stronger from the crisis. “The economic crisis has accelerated ongoing restructuring in US and global auto production. However, restructuring has not sounded the death knell...
- External links 2009-06-01
- Illegal Downloads Costing Music Industry $10 Billion
- Research Recap submits: Illegal downloads could be costing the music industry $10 billion — the very amount by which the global industry has declined since 1999, according to a recent report from ContentNext. “Playing a New Tune: The Music Industry’s D-I-Y Era” authored by former newspaper analyst...
- External links 2009-03-05
- U.S. Ethanol Producers Facing Liquidity Challenge
- Research Recap submits: From boom to bust, it’s been a quick round-trip for ethanol producers and the credit crisis is only the latest in a series of issues that have raised liquidity concerns, according to Moody’s Investors Service in a special report. click to enlarge by Research Recap
- External links 2008-12-01
- U.S. Banks to Lose or Write Down $470B Through 2010 - Moody's
- Research Recap submits: Moody’s says both the US banking industry rating outlook and the industry’s broader fundamental credit outlook continue to be negative because of the sharp economic recession that is cutting deeply into US bank balance sheets. Moody’s states that it expects US rated banks will...
- External links 2009-06-03
- New Drug Approvals on Pace to Exceed 2008 Total
- Research Recap submits: Over the next two quarters as many as eight highly-promising new drug candidates may be successfully commercialized despite higher hurdles at government drug regulatory agencies, according to Fitch Ratings. In its quarterly global pharmaceutical report, Fitch says the total amount of marketing clearances...
- External links 2009-06-10
- Few Signs of Hope in May U.S. Retail Sales Results
- Research Recap submits: CreditSights says May US retail sales results call into question the reported rise in optimism amongst consumers and the market in general, as results - for the most part - reflected the same dismal retail demand that has been seen throughout much of 2009. As...
- External links 2009-06-05
- Global Junk Bond Default Rate to Hit 14.8% - Moody's
- Research Recap submits: Moody’s now expects the global speculative-grade corporate default rate to peak at 14.8% in the fourth quarter, before subsiding to 10.4% a year from today. Junk bond defaults rose to 8.3% from a revised level of 7.4% in March. A year ago, the global default...
- External links 2009-05-08
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