Since financial myths exploded in the 1980s, the perspective of time creates a unique opportunity to update and expand the analysis begun in Glenn Yago's 1991 book,Junk Bonds: How High Yield Securities Restructured Corporate America (Oxford University Press). At the time of its publication, Junk...

This paper is based on the author's comments before the Group of 15 (G15) Conference "Cooperation among G15 Stock Market Exchanges - G15 Capital Markets: Challenges & Opportunities in the New World". The conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt, and sponsored and...

This study estimates the total value of trade settlement failures in the US bond markets. Analyzing data from multiple sources, it shows that the value of settlement failures is rising. Regulatory and market efforts to reduce the problem have been largely unsuccessful. In April 2008, fails to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to connect the dots between subprime mortgage lending and the financial crisis of 2008. Design/methodology/approach – Descriptive analysis of structured securities. Findings – The innovation of structured securities was incorrectly implemented in the...