Research Zeitgeist: Top Posts and Hot Topics
Interest in esoteric financial instruments remains strong among visitors to Research Recap. The top post of the week, Primer on Credit Default Swaps, highlighted a new report from Fitch Ratings discussing some of the market forces driving credit derivative trading.
Also popular was Private Equity-Owned Companies Facing Tougher Times, in which Moody’s took a detailed and revealing look at the different approaches of buyout firms in handling their acqiusitions.
The International Monetary Fund’s working paper, Role of Hedge Funds in Subprime Crisis Examined, showed real staying power, marking its fourth straight week in the Top Five.
Research Zeitgeist itself also cracked the charts with the Top Posts of 2007.
Rounding out the Top Five was Current Financial Crisis on Same Path as Past Ones, a sobering academic analysis of how the current US financial woes are closely tracking the trajectory of previous financial meltdowns.
Hot topics in the coming week will certainly include economic stimulus proposals and the continuing travails of financial institutions.
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