The Institutional Risk Analyst

In this edition of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we announce the release of The IRA Bank Book for Q1 2019. We focus on some of the key...

Scottsdale | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, Ralph Delguidice expounds on the world of leveraged investing in the...

New York | First a travel note. The Institutional Risk Analyst will be at the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) conference in Los...

Washington | Consider the irony of the American housing sector. In the District of Columbia, various pundits, market retreads and...

New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we note a couple of reader comments. First, we’ve been accused of having a...

New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, contributor Ralph Delguidice ponders the aftermath of the retreat last week by...

“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, "The Sun Also Rises" New York | Last week the Federal...

"When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and...

New York | Once again it is time for earnings in the world of financials. Go back and compare the Sell Side view of financials at the...

Richmond | The 10 year Treasury bond peaked in yield at just shy of 3.25% around Thanksgiving. Since then, the world’s most important...

Paris | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a timely comment from Robert Eiesenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...

Paris | Those of us who anticipated a quiet holiday break have been greatly disappointed. It is tempting to blame the electronic...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment from our friend Ralph Delguidice, a veteran fixed income markets...

New York | First a safe and happy holiday to all. In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder past prognostications and...

Volatile markets have finally made policy makers start to fret about excessive leverage and sky-high asset prices, two results of years...

Charleston | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature an important comment by Robert Eisenbeis, PhD., Vice Chairman &...

New York | Last week Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell blinked and thereby changed the monetary narrative. We suspect that this...

New York | Reading the financial press over long holidays in essential. In the days immediately before or after a holiday, there are...

New York | Last week in The Institutional Risk Analyst we mentioned the transition from that carefully managed reality, that “new...

Washington | Last week in response to popular demand we published our first Top Ten List for the largest US lenders. We noted that...