S&P Vs. Moody's: When It Comes To Credit Ratings, S&P Has Stumbled (Badly) Before The reasoning behind S&P's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating wasn't whether the U.S paid its debts, which of course it has; the focus was on the process and problems in getting the temporary deal done. Simultaneously, Moody's ratings agency decided that the U.S. still warranted a AAA credit rating and it maintained that rating accordingly. Who's right?
Updated Tue Aug 9, 2011
Initializing IPOs The recent spate of super hot IPO launches and announcements ignite the revitalized investment sector.
Updated Wed Jun 29, 2011
Credit Default Spreads Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago discusses capital management and capital markets
Updated Fri Jun 10, 2011
Korea's Won Is the Winner Institutional Investors have named the Korean Won the currency of choice for investing with the weakening U.S. dollar coming in second place.
Tue Oct 5, 2010
Japan's Intervention Intentions Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses how the Bank of Japan's currency intervention will affect the Forex market.
Tue Oct 5, 2010
Tableau in Toronto: the G20 Shifts Gears The implications and impact of the G20 Summit in Toronto
Wed Jun 23, 2010
Market Chaos! The 998.5 point drop and the mechanism explained Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the precipitous 998 point drop and its connection with the Greek debt crisis
Thu May 6, 2010
Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses finance at the Wharton Whitney M. Young MBA Conference Shawn Baldwin discusses the current state of the capital markets and finance at the Wharton MBA Conference with Ali Velshi of CNN, Robert Kapito of BlackRock and Wendell Motley of Credit Suisse
Sat Feb 27, 2010
A discussion on HealthGrid technology and Private Equity with Dr. Jonathan Silverstein As we continue to search for value in the highly volatile market, it's clear that the value will lie in areas that don't have electronic price quotations which can be delivered at lightspeed by fingers adept with command keystrokes at a terminal. To access tremendous value, investments will have to be made where the true value is not so easy to ascertain, so we will have to adapt private equity techniques to find value in fairly illiquid investments.
Fri Feb 12, 2010
Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook for 2010 As the economy continues to firm, expect a rebound in M&A due to lower valuations in combination with a lower cost of borrowing as the sector comes from a (6) six year low in terms of volume. Approximately 610 deals have been announced so far with a total par value of over $75B, giving 2010 a very robust start. The consensus is that M&A volume will most likely exceed $3T in 2010, with approximately $1t in European volume.
Wed Feb 3, 2010
Paradoxes in PE: IPO's, LBO's and M+A Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the paradigm shift in Private Equity and the implications going forward
Wed Jan 27, 2010
2010 Investment Outlook Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the 2010 Investment Outlook
Tue Jan 19, 2010
Currencies, Carbons and the CFTC Shawn Baldwin from CMG dicusses the commodities markets and opportunities
Posted Tue Oct 27, 2009
$3.7B in Digital Sales? That's Entertainment! Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses how private equity is investing in the media and entertainment industry.
Posted Mon Oct 19, 2009
Shawn Baldwin with Congressman Curt Weldon and Aamir Rehman from the 2009 CMG Conference in Chicago Shawn Baldwin discusses Middle East finance and policies with Congressman Curt Weldon former Vice Chairman of Homeland defense and special envoy to Libya along with Aamir Rehman author of Dubai & Co
Posted Sat Oct 17, 2009
Shawn Baldwin from CMG discussing finance with David Solomon, Head of Investment Banking Goldman Sachs at the Global 50 Shawn Baldwin of CMG discusses finance with Larry Bossidy and David Solomon, Head of Investment Banking of Goldman Sachs
Posted Sat Oct 17, 2009
Dow 10,000! Sellout or Dig in? Is the Market poised for a fall? Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the market opportunities at Dow 10,000 and Goldman Sachs
Posted Tue Oct 13, 2009
When the going gets tough, Shawn Baldwin behaves like a true Wall Streeter and heads to the Hamptons (for a fundraiser)! Shawn Baldwin from CMG reports from the Reginald F. Lewis memorial event at the Lewis estate in East Hampton
Posted Mon Jul 13, 2009
