Consumer Focused Carnival of Real Estate
September 30th, 2008 The guidelines for this carnival ... now talking about. The country runs on credit, and right now, it is drying up, and not just mortgage credit, but commercial credit and even corporate credit (Caterpillar has some AA rated bonds they're trying [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 13:16:43
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Realogy Now on Endangered List
A: Realogy was taken private by Apollo Management in a $6.6Bln LBO, from NRT last year. Talk about ill timing ... . Standard & Poor's slashed Realogy's corporate credit rating to CC from CCC last week. A CC rating ... . This will be one of the side effects of the credit crisis / severe economic slowdown on both the country [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 14:23:28
S&P Predicts Record Junk Bond Defaults in Europe
Standard & Poor’s predicts that at least 60 European firms will default within the next 12 months, ... European nonfinancial corporates, credit rating downgrades are expected to continue to outnumber ... :1 during the fourth quarter. While most LBOs do not face refinancing pressure until 2013, managing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 15:07:47
Totally Disconnected: US Government Risk, Ratings, Bonds and Equities
As part of his seemingly ongoing program to remove systemic risks within the financial and corporate matrix, ... ; Poor’s reiterated its “AAA” rating for the United States, credit default swaps spreads for 10-year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 06:52:43
A 90?s Flashback for Commercial Property
Angela Pruitt reports: Commercial property is bracing for a tough time that could morph into a crisis similar in scope to the free ... in history. But with the credit markets in lock-down mode, consumer confidence battered ... on investment-grade corporate debt,” Kirby said. “Those rates have gone up north of 9%. That’s bad news [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 15:40:57
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
Potential Trap in Bond Funds
Right now with the state of the stock market investing in bonds is looking more and more attractive ... Yield Corporate Bd (HYG) can yield about 10% right now. While these are low credit quality rating [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:31:00
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