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11 months and counting ...ABX indices all @ lows. AAA's falling hard over last month.

Insolvency risk low for most bond insurers-Moody's Wed Jul 9, 2008 12:14pm EDT NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - Insolvency risk is low for most bond insurers, making it unlikely that they would have to make large payments to terminate credit default swap contracts, Moody's Investors Service...

rofl too funny...cus its true:D

Cheers to Sir John!

What was their first clue? the fact that mortgages are selling for 5 to 20 cents on the dollar?? "Credit Crisis To Worsen Dramatically, Taking Down Wall Street" DUH LOL:D

the funniest thing I have read on ET in 7 years. Thanks for the laugh.Sorry for your loss.

Ambac: Stock offering from March hasn't closed yet Bond insurer plans $50 million share buyback if offering goes through By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch Last update: 3:30 p.m. EDT July 3, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Ambac Financial said on Thursday that an offering of new shares that...

and that is why we went to great pains to convince IB to setup in Canada.:cool:

IB ceo made it crystal clear on qtrly conference call that retail and institutional would get access to the Futuretrade platform.

the problem with Cramer is he hasn't yet figured out if he wants to "educate the masses" or be a "market moving guru". So what you get is this clown screaming and jumping up and down on tv looking for ratings and ego stroking. nothing there for educated traders except maybe the odd...

No. This is a recent problem.

Have you tried a COMPLETE reinstall of QT? I have been running QT for years and and had some lock up recently(couple mths ago). I just bit the bullet and did a full reinstall.(preferences and all). Worked like a charm fwiw.

MBIA 'baffled' by Moody's analysis after ratings cuts, says funds will meet its obligations NEW YORK (AP) -- Bond insurer MBIA Inc. said late Thursday it was "baffled" by Moody's Investors Service decision to cut several of its ratings on the company. Moody's slashed MBIA's insurance...

interesting.

man even the super duper senior senior AAA new ABX index is down to 57! a few more bil writedowns for mbi abk almost seems overdue.

famous last words.:) They may not BK but if the financials unravel again this puppy is gonna get trashed.

Bill Ackman Was Right: MBIA, Ambac on `Ratings Cliff' (Update1) By Christine Richard June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Ackman was right: the world's largest bond insurers aren't worthy of a AAA credit rating and may be headed for the bottom of the scale. Ackman, the 42-year-old hedge fund...

Bond insurer cuts below "AA" risky for munis, banks-BofA Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:25pm EDT NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. money market funds may be forced to sell short-term municipal securities if troubled bond insurers are downgraded below "AA," potentially adding to banks' woes...

luv it. IE7 blows chunks.

I'm just in it for a squeeze into expiry friday. Not much headline risk until then. The sucker is way oversold. You get some momo here it just might have a quick multi dollar spike. Fast $ boys mention abk long tonight fwiw.