More Price Fixing on Wall Street?
Posted by Larry Doyle on March 27th, 2013 6:17 AM |
Here we go again.
With the investigation of the greatest financial fraud ever perpetrated on Wall Street — that being the manipulation of Libor — still in the early stages, news emanating from Europe this morning redirects the shadow from that organized activity into the dark and dank world of credit derivatives, aka CDS.
Recall that cornerstone principles of an industry that operates as an oligopoly are: (more…)
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Posted in CDS, collusion, Credit Derivative Swaps, General, oligopoly | 2 Comments »
Did Wall Street Violate the Racketeering Act…AGAIN??!!
Posted by Larry Doyle on April 29th, 2011 11:46 AM |
Earlier this month I inquired Did Wall Street Violate the Racketeering Act? in regard to the rampant abuses centered on Wall Street institutions involved in the mortgage foreclosure travesty. That commentary written on April 4th generated the strongest and most vocal reaction to any commentary I have written since the inception of Sense on Cents in January 2009. (I encourage you to scan the comments to that article to gain a sense of the pain and anguish felt by so many in our nation today!)
Today I repeat the question.
“Did Wall Street Violate the Racketeering Act …Again??” in regard to the pricing and potential manipulation of the credit derivatives market? Why has Wall Street fought the legislative and regulatory proposals to bring greater transparency into this corner of the casino? Why does Wall Street want to maintain its hegemony over the cash cow known as ‘credit derivatives’? Let’s navigate across the pond and review a probe of Wall Street’s CDS business by the EU. The European Union put out this official press release this morning: (more…)
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Posted in Credit Derivative Swaps, derivatives, General | 8 Comments »