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...firms that buy the loans usually repackage them and sell them as securities (for a profit, of course). As securities get riskier, there are fewer buyers. That means lower profits...
...some illiquidity. Consumption growth waned and the rate of growth of the U.S. current-account deficit, which is the principal driver of international liquidity, decelerated. The impact wasn't felt right away, not least because Japanese and foreign investors continued to borrow in Yen and invest in higher-yielding, riskier assets around the world. As a result, several emerging and developed stock markets became perilously overvalued. As I warned in TIME's Jan. 29 issue, this debt-fueled euphoria created "the greatest asset bubble ever...
...what should investors do? Instead of buying the dips and moving into riskier assets, they should sell into the rebound that will now unfold. In particular, they should reduce risk by unloading stocks in more extravagantly valued markets like China and India. And they should shift money into the safety of short-term U.S. treasury securities or into less economically sensitive stocks in areas like pharmaceuticals and food; these will benefit from economic weakness either on an absolute or relative basis, as short-term interest rates decline. The only risk to this strategy is that markets might recover swiftly...
...financial markets in recent days, this failure to get a grip on risk is as good a one as any. Many analysts attributed the mini-panic that began in Shanghai to a sudden change in investor "risk appetite." But why now? What suddenly made everybody see the future as riskier...
...seconds, but they get old. The video also has no plot, nothing to do with the enticing lyrics, and no satisfying shots of the band. Origami should be used for cover art, and a relatively off-the-radar band like Asobi Seksu should draw in prospective fans with riskier, more interesting visual effects. Let’s hope their next video riffs a little more on the idea of playful sex. —Andrew F. Nunnelly