Commentary
Third Quarter Report (Last of a Series)
As the year has progressed, there’s been a growing bifurcation between the level of activity from middle market pure loan…
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For two weeks in a row we’ve been blessed with memorable quotes from top market observers. We wrote in our…
Read MoreThird Quarter Report (First of a Series)
William McChesney Martin, the chairman of the Federal Reserve under five presidents from Truman to Nixon, famously said the Fed’s…
Read MoreLeveragin’ Loans
So much that was disturbing about the news last week. Social media was abuzz with opinions flying on both sides.…
Read MoreBig Game
Right on cue, with the tenth anniversary of Lehman’s collapse only now in our rear view mirrors, a mega-leveraged cross-border…
Read More#Yield Signs
Deep inside a cave some 200 miles east of Cape Town, South Africa, archeologists uncovered ancient markings that represent the…
Read MoreTen Years On – A Reflection
“With Lehman filing for bankruptcy, Merrill falling into the arms of B of A, and AIG scrambling to announce a…
Read MoreFood for Thought
News reached us on North Carolina’s Outer Banks of an unusual find in an Egyptian tomb. Archeologists discovered a “mysterious…
Read MoreSummer School
For those of us with liberal arts degrees, the topic can be a sensitive one. We’re talking about those published…
Read MoreFish in a Barrel
The San Antonio Aquarium was the site last week of an unusual heist. A horn shark was swiped from a…
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