Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds
6807
The notion that the failure of even one big bond insurer might touch off a chain reaction of losses across the financial world has unnerved Wall Street.
700064
A senior Treasury Department official and the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Thursday they were keeping a close eye on mounting losses of bond insurance companies linked to subprime mortgages.
130474
Wall Street tried to sort through some problematic readings on the economy and new concerns surfaced about the safety of owning financial stocks.
439856
Shares of bond insurers opened strongly Thursday on hopes of a bailout for the beleaguered sector, but ended up falling sharply after Fitch Ratings downgraded Security Capital Assurance.
562237
Two scary things can destroy the value of your portfolio.
638019
NEW YORK -- A downgrade of bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc. is likely to have far-reaching effects, making it more difficult for cities to issue new bonds and forcing further write-downs at financial services companies, analysts said Friday.
3438
MARSH &amp; McLENNAN, the worldâs biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard &amp; Poorâs, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.
700229
The proposal to break-up the businesses of bond insurers into two separate segments, with one covering "good" municipal debt and the other covering "bad" structured finance debt, may lead to years of litigation, said Bank of America analysts, in a note to clients, late last week.
552441
Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
319761
The obscure market for credit insurance will be put to the test as a looming economic downturn strains companiesâ finances.
460583
As concerns about a possible recession increase, there are steps that investors can take to protect their portfolios.
440779
Reports of fresh damage from the teetering U.S. subprime mortgage sector provoked financial market wobbles on Tuesday as central banks around the world said their interest rate intentions had been thrown into doubt.
318504
Troubles among U.S. bond insurers are forcing regulators to rethink a 1998 loophole that let an industry expand into the complex and now costly world of derivatives, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Tuesday.
719480
Commercial and investment banks could  see their credit ratings cut if the bond insurers which hedge  some of their assets were themselves downgraded, Standard &  Poor's said on Tuesday, as billionaire investor Wilbur Ross  mulled whether to invest $1 billion or more in the sector.
331126
So many disasters to avoid, so many uncertainties to resolve, no wonder so many investors have been cautious about buying stocks and bonds.
521180
American International Group, one of the world's largest insurers, continues to clash with regulators, but Wall Street seems more puzzled than alarmed.
110233
Problems in the bond markets put pressure on financial firms' shares.