Research Zeitgeist: Top Posts of 2008
Research Recap’s most viewed posts, attracting thousands of visitors, reflect the credit crisis that spread from the subprime mortgage meltdown throughout the US financial system and into markets and economies worldwide.
All of the top 10 posts and 19 of the top 20 were related to the credit crisis, and it was not until number 26 that a more positive post made the list.
Interestingly, some posts from early in 2008 remained well-read throughout the year as readers tried to make sense of the deepening credit crisis, particularly primer posts like the Research Primer on Credit Default Swaps and the IMF analysis of the role of hedge funds in the subprime crisis.
Research Recap’s Most Read Posts of 2008 were:
1. Warning Signs Seen in Rising Credit Card Delinquencies
(CreditSights – Mar 27)
2. Lenders Slow to Address Florida Mortgage Defaults
(Barrons - Apr 21)
3. Role of Hedge Funds in Subprime Crisis Examined
(International Monetary Fund – December 2007)
4. US Mortgage Insurers’ Troubles May Worsen
(Fitch Ratings – Jul 17)
5. 2007 Worst-Ever Vintage for US Subprime, Alt-A RMBS
(Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service – May 23)
6. Research Primer: Credit Default Swaps
(Fitch Ratings – Jan 14)
7. Alt-A Borrowers Looking More Like Subprime than Prime
(Fitch Ratings -Jun 2)
8. Global Junk Bond Default Rate Doubled in First Five Months
(Moody’s Investors Service – Jun 10)
9. Subprime-Related Litigation on the Rise
(NERA Economic Consulting – Jul 15)
10. What Lies Behind Higher US Negative Equity, Default Rates
(Bank for International Settlements -Dec 9)
With the credit crisis far from over, we would expect it to be a prominent topic again this year. With a new administration in place in Washington, we also expect to see infrastructure and greentech emerge as hot topics.
Click here to see The Top Posts of 2007.
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