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Be Anti-Fragile in a Crisis

Nassim Taleb describes systems that benefit from dis-order rather than fracturing, like glass, in the face of stress or uncertainty. Think of the superior information processing found in market capitalism (anti-fragile) versus communism (fragile). Now that it seems crisis is upon us again, it is worth revisiting why we created DealVector. The 2008 GFC revealed […]

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FFELP Help

Many FFELPs issues are like the tortoise: solid and strong, but slow. Unfortunately, though nearly bulletproof from a credit perspective because of 97pct government guarantees, a variety of these FFELP bonds face technical default because of a slowdown in the prepayment behavior of pool borrowers since issuance. Slow and steady will not win the race, […]

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