Research Zeitgeist: Top Posts and Hot Topics
The continued fallout from the subprime market regained center stage this week after a one-week respite while Research Recap readers focused on shopping and private equity.
The most widely read post this week was Subprime Borrowers Six Times as Likely to End in Foreclosure, which examined a working paper from the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, looking at the correlation between subprime mortgages, home resale values and foreclosures.
Next was a related post, Lenders Mostly Able to Handle ARM Reset Markdowns, focusing on the likely impact of the Paulson-led plan for resetting terms on select mortgages.
Moody’s recent comments on MBIA led interest in Monoline Bond Insurers Under the Spotlight, as investors seek to better understand the risk to MBIA, AMBAC, FGIC, SCA and CIFG.
Other posts capturing readers’ attention this week include Fixed-Income ETFs Growing Rapidly in Popularity and Type and IEA Countries Better Able to Handle Oil Supply Disruptions.
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