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| Subject: Capital Market Wiki A semantic wiki, based on Capital Market Taxonomy, designed to assist collaborative research on capital market topics. See: http://www.capital-market-wiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Hard Times By John Schroy, on April 17th, 2009 |  One comment  The Crash of 2008 was the end to what I call, “the old capital markets”. A new era is beginning, but form and detail are hidden in the mists of change. It may be a decade or so before new structures and directions are visible. Many were thrown out of work by the Crash, but before getting into the unpleasant chore of actually looking for a job, you should consider whether or not you even want to work in the new capital markets. April 17th, 2009 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: Adam Smith, back office, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Bernard Madoff, book-entry settlement, Brazil, Capital Market Wiki, Citicorp, computerized trading, Edinburgh, FASB Statement 157, hedge funds, Hong Kong, Lehman Brothers, London, Margaret Thatcher, Merrill Lynch, New York City, SEC Rule 10b-18, Shanghai, Singapore, Stock Buybacks, unemployment | Category: World Economy | One comment |  Short urlAssessing the damage By John Schroy, on April 14th, 2009 | Leave a comment  The buyback era began in 1982 when the US Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated Rule 10b-18, granting “safe harbor” to corporations that wished to use equity repurchases to boost market prices in order to give value to executive option schemes. The total value of corporate buybacks since SEC Rule 10b-18, in 2008 dollars, is estimated at $5.77 trillion. Buybacks have been funded not only from profits, but by raiding depreciation reserves and borrowing from banks. April 14th, 2009 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Barack Obama, Bernard Madoff, Capital Market Wiki, common stock legend, dividends, fraud, Morningstar, Ronald Reagan, SEC Rule 10b-18, Stock Buybacks, unemployment, US SEC, US taxation | Category: Stock Buybacks, featured | Leave a comment | Short urlAuction Market Preferred Shares By John Schroy, on March 30th, 2009 | Leave a comment  Failures of commercial rating services to do an adequate job have been widely recognized, in the wake of the Crash of 2008. Much of the criticism, however, has been directed to the conflicts of interests that are a characteristic of these services. This article discusses other weaknesses of commercial publishers of investment information, such as the industrial nature of their operations and their marketing focus on traders rather than long-term investors. The case of Auction Market Preferred Shares, which failed in 2008, is covered in detail. March 30th, 2009 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Auction Market Preferred Shares, Bloomberg, Capital Market Wiki, collaborative research, efficient market hypothesis, Fitch, Graham & Dodd, Moody's, Morningstar, Standard & Poor's, Thomson's, US SEC, Warren Buffett | Category: US SEC | Leave a comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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