APM: Marketplace Whiteboard
Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace, the public radio business show, makes complicated financial concepts easy to understand in this entertaining, informative series. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a bubbly explanation of the intricacies of "collateralized debt obligations" — those financial instruments that got ...
Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace, the public radio business show, makes complicated financial concepts easy to understand in this entertaining, informative series. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a bubbly explanation of the intricacies of "collateralized debt obligations" — those financial instruments that got us into this financial mess.
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Where's the toxic waste?
Banks are paying back TARP money and claiming they're the ...
Banks are paying back TARP money and claiming they're the picture of health. So what happened to all those toxic assets that were clogging their arteries a few months back? Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
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Dark pools: An explainer
Dark pools are exchanges where people trade stocks anonymously. Senior ...
Dark pools are exchanges where people trade stocks anonymously. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how they work, and why the SEC is considering regulating them.
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The 'repo' market
It's a vital part of the financial system, and the ...
It's a vital part of the financial system, and the government is considering changes to it.
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Meet Cap 'n Trade
Cap and Trade is the linchpin of the government's effort ...
Cap and Trade is the linchpin of the government's effort to curb carbon emissions. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how the cap and trade model works.
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Capital structure
In stories about the auto companies and the banks, we've ...
In stories about the auto companies and the banks, we've been hearing about debt-to-equity swaps and exchanging preferred shares for common stock. To understand how those work, you need to understand a company's capital structure. Senior...
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Shadow banking: The primer
The shadow banking system is a key component of the ...
The shadow banking system is a key component of the U.S. economy, but the financial crisis has frozen it solid. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what shadow banking is and why it's important enough to warrant its own bailout, called the Term...
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The public-private partnership
The U.S. Treasury Department plans to recruit private investors to ...
The U.S. Treasury Department plans to recruit private investors to take toxic assets off banks' balance sheets. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how the plan is supposed to work.
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Collateral calls
Millions of Americans are wondering why AIG has paid so ...
Millions of Americans are wondering why AIG has paid so much taxpayer money to other banks. One reason is because AIG has had to honor "collateral calls" -- demands made by banks on the insurance contracts it's written. Senior Editor...
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The Uptick Rule
Bankers have been debating bringing back the uptick rule for ...
Bankers have been debating bringing back the uptick rule for months, if not years. This week the debate made it to Capitol Hill. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a quick and dirty explanation of what the uptick rule is, and why it could be reinstated...
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Tangible Common Equity, or TCE
Tangible Common Equity used to be an obscure and rarely-used ...
Tangible Common Equity used to be an obscure and rarely-used accounting term. Today it's one of the main motivators behind the government's decision to turn the American taxpayer into one of Citigroup's biggest stockholders. Senior...
