One has to wonder at the motives for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Och-Ziff, a hedge fund, to go public after a mediocre IPO earlier this year by hedge fund Fortress Investment Group (FIG) and a disappointing one by private…
“We’re talking about massive, massive downgrades here.” – Rod Dubitsky, Asset Backed Real Estate Debt Analyst, Credit Suisse, ranked #2 last year by Insitutional Investor magazine in his category “A lot of these should be downgraded sooner rather than later.” –…
Make no mistake: this week, as last week, is all about the blow up of the two Bear Stearns hedge funds heavily invested in subprime mortgage backed securities. And The Wall Street Journal, as usual, is to be commended for…
Whereas the previous two weeks (June 4-8 and June 11-15) were all about rising interest rates, this week was all about the blow up of two Bear Stearns hedge funds with heavy investments in subprime mortgage bonds. Fear that other…
“The fear is that this Bear situation is the tip of the iceberg and it could lead to other funds being liquidated.” – Todd Clark (subscription required), Director of Stock Trading, Nollenberger Capital Partners “There’s fear of further liquidations.” – Jeffrey…