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Two articles I came across in the course of other reading today that I thought might interest the community. Forgive me if these are dupes of links already posted. Both are interesting for their own reasons, but what prompts me to post them together is that both demand the use of power-law...

The attached is a doc from markit concerning the changes to the CDS market globally. The biggest one I see is that single-name in North America is going to start trading the way indices currently do: with one of two standard premium rates (100 or 500) and the rest settled upfront.

Very interesting program announced today. Here is a Bloomberg article that gives the outlines. Attached is the Fed's own doc describing the deal. Fed will lend for one year at a rate determined by auction to the holders of Aaa-rated tranches of new issuance in auto loans, credit card...

Enjoy. Wonder if they're hiring now?

37 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has opened investigations into 14 corporations as part of a crackdown on improper subprime lending, agency officials said on Tuesday. FBI officials told reporters the probes involved potential violations including accounting fraud and insider...

There've been a large number of "please rate my chances" threads in this forum. As much as we enjoy talking about our own program and are excited by the interest in, and the lively discussion of, its merits, there's something you need to understand: We cannot estimate your chances of admission...