The collateralized debt obligation, the CDO, is a structure which allows you to more or less continuously choose how much risk you want to take in a whole batch of securities. And the reason why they got us into so much trouble is that it's hard to figure out how much risk you really are taking.
I think we're fooling ourselves if we think that regulators are going to be able to outsmart the bankers. So, the task of designing regulatory reform… - Robert F. Engle
I think we're fooling ourselves if we think that regulators are going to be able to outsmart the bankers. So, the task of designing regulatory reform…
- Robert F. Engle
I think the credit default swaps can take the place of the rating agencies who really have missed the ball in this procedure and are quite conflicted… - Robert F. Engle
I think the credit default swaps can take the place of the rating agencies who really have missed the ball in this procedure and are quite conflicted…
I mean, we've always had gold bugs, but now we sort of realize that Treasure Bills might be in the same category. And we have derivatives like credit… - Robert F. Engle
I mean, we've always had gold bugs, but now we sort of realize that Treasure Bills might be in the same category. And we have derivatives like credit…
Well if you've got information about a company, or you believe that a company is undervalued, you can go out and buy their stock and you can make som… - Robert F. Engle
Well if you've got information about a company, or you believe that a company is undervalued, you can go out and buy their stock and you can make som…
That is, many times we're not risking our own money, we're risking somebody else's money, or maybe that someone is going to back stop or downside, bu… - Robert F. Engle
That is, many times we're not risking our own money, we're risking somebody else's money, or maybe that someone is going to back stop or downside, bu…
I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax for years, and it seems to me we'v… - Robert F. Engle
I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax for years, and it seems to me we'v…
I think global coordination is tremendously important. I hope we can see this happening through the G20 and through coordination of regulatory regime… - Robert F. Engle
I think global coordination is tremendously important. I hope we can see this happening through the G20 and through coordination of regulatory regime…
I agree with a lot of the points in Taleb's book, but I don't agree with many of his conclusions. It seems to me that he rightly points out that risk… - Robert F. Engle
I agree with a lot of the points in Taleb's book, but I don't agree with many of his conclusions. It seems to me that he rightly points out that risk…
If a lot of people feel like this company is undervalued and go out and buy the stock, the stock price will go up reflecting the higher value of this… - Robert F. Engle
If a lot of people feel like this company is undervalued and go out and buy the stock, the stock price will go up reflecting the higher value of this…
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