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Easy Money
“The world is going up in a straight line, but for how long?” Such was one Euro banker’s query from…
Read MoreAnd Such Small Portions (Last of a Series)
In case our readers missed the reference of our series title, the joke goes like this: Mel and Harry are…
Read MoreAnd Such Small Portions (First of a Series)
Last fall we ran a special series on the size of the middle middle for loans (“How Big is the…
Read MoreAnimal Farm
2018 will be a good year for loans. We know because, according to the Chinese calendar, we will soon begin…
Read MoreDéjà View
Another year, another fruitcake article. This one from last Thursday’s WSJ. Long-distance hikers are the latest consumer market niche to…
Read MoreThe Creditors’ Ball
The Who’s Who of leveraged finance showed up for the Wells Fargo Investment Thought Leadership Forum at the Plaza Hotel…
Read MoreGrinding it Out
Last week’s feature on Hershey PA proved to be one of our more popular commentaries. Several faithful Lead Lefters recounted…
Read MoreSweet Success
Thanksgiving weekend included this family’s first trip to Hershey, Pa. For three little girls HersheyPark and Chocolate World were candy-coated…
Read MoreState of the Loan Market (Last of a Series)
In what was the highest price ever paid for a painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” sold last week for…
Read MoreState of the Loan Market (Third of a Series)
Besides the Annual LSTA Conference, the other recent industry gathering of note was the Creditflux CLO Conference in NY. The…
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