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Moody’s: Nearly 40% of high-yield Asian issuers have weak liquidity

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These factors signal rising credit risks and potentially more distressed exchanges and defaults in the coming months, the rating agency added. The coronavirus disruption has added pressure to corporate earnings and liquidity profiles against the backdrop of slowing economic growth.

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OCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season

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When it is running well, it powers tremendous growth and economic prosperity for consumers, businesses and communities across the country,” said Keith A. But the Spring 2017 report reveals news of threats that are just beginning to flare up. The federal banking system is, and should be, a source of strength for the nation and its economy.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, coming out of school, I studied Economics and Spanish Literature, and I applied to a — a program that actually targeted Liberal Arts majors. And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

The challenge is unlike the S&P 500, hedge funds sit in a box that has underlying credit risk from prime brokers. So the credit markets froze. SEIDES: Yeah, I wouldn’t measure it in terms of economic returns. SEIDES: No, you’re right about the securities. RITHOLTZ: And that was problematic.

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Channeling Retail’s Inner Animal

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They say that understanding how animals forage for their food is helpful in understanding how consumers forage for everything they buy — and even what type of credit risk they are in the process. Price and accessibility to inventory are two of the big reasons that consumers decide where to shop and concentrate their spend.

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Transcript: Ken Kencel

Barry Ritholtz

So you would see pretty high concentrations of, you know, $100 million, $200 million, $300 million, all essentially sitting on a single balance sheet of the bank. So obviously, risk managers, you know, and CROs were very focused on how do we manage that risk and diversify that credit risk that they were taking on in mid-market companies.