On this day 3 years back I moved to India for business and it’s been quite an adventure ever since. Working … More
Category: Business
AIG and the Quants
Today, the NY Times has an excellent article that starts to shed some light on how AIG was brought down. … More
Real Estate Update
Several of my friends were in town this week for a real estate conference and I got a chance to … More
Fool Me Once…
Shame on you Fool me twice Shame on me. Ben and Henry (Benry???) as I blog are pleading their case … More
Government Bailout Plan
Lordy, the Treasury Secretary has spoken and in a nutshell “you the taxpayers are going to bailout the big boys.” … More
Lloyd Banks vs Lloyds Bank
Amid all the market chaos occurring over the past 48 hours, one news item stuck with me – Lloyds Bank … More
Uncle Sam the newest PE shop in town
The US Government over the past several months has turned into a formidable distressed investing Private Equity shop. The General … More
Lehman has left the building
Actually Lehman has sold the building. Lehman’s US broker/dealer operations were sold to Barclays for USD 1.75 billion, which seems … More
Financial Implosion
If you are a fan of watching financial markets as a sport then the past 4 days have been action … More
