Research Zeitgeist: Top Posts of 2007
It comes as no surprise that the subprime-induced credit crunch dominated the list of most popular posts on Research Recap in 2007. All but two of the Top Ten posts of the year were related to the topic.
In a photo finish the Number One post of the year was a late entry to the chart, US “Housing Bust” Effects To Linger Until 2009, based on Aftershock: Housing in the Wake of the Mortgage Meltdown from Moody’s Economy.com.
Behind by a nose was More Bank, Brokerage Writedowns, Ratings Cuts Inevitable, based on an early November CreditSights report. CreditSights was also featured, along with Fitch Research and Standard & Poors, in the subsequent and related Number Four post BofA Joins the Writedown Party, But is There More to Come?
The ill-fated M-LEC Superfund designed to bail out Structured Investment Vehicles also drew strong interest. October’s Research Roundup: M-LEC Superfund , questioning the Superfund’s viability came in at Number Three and late December’s M-LEC obituary So Long SuperSIV, We Hardly Knew You rounded out the Top Five.
Other popular subprime-related posts were: the International Monetary Fund December analysis Role of Hedge Funds in Subprime Crisis Examined; November’s alliterative Research Roundup: Writedown Wrapup; and Commercial Real Estate Risks Less Severe Than Subprime from October.
The only non-subprime entrants in the Top Ten were two October posts: Top Executives Paid Double or More Than Their Deputies, based on a survey by salary.com for the Financial Times; and Web Recommendation Engines Can Miss The “Long Tail”, from a paper published by the Wharton School of Business.
It’s a sure bet that “subprime fallout” will remain a popular topic in 2008, including the growing role of Sovereign Wealth Funds, but what will the other hot topics be? Energy issues are likely to remain to the fore, along with economic, regulatory and political issues, which will become increasingly important as we approach the US elections in November. Check in with Research Recap to find out.
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