Just a week ago, Carlyle Capital warned the market that it had begun to receive default notices after getting margin calls for additional collateral from lender banks.

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Just a week ago, Carlyle Capital (other-otc: CARYF - news - people ) warned the market that it had begun to receive default notices after getting margin calls for additional collateral from lender banks.

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What really matters is whether the interest margin properly reflects the risk of default.

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The VAR calculations and predictions of default behavior at Citigroup turned out to be as useless for determining an adequate margin of capital as the 18-foot breakwater the Japanese built to protect Fukushima.

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Bond insurance guarantees investors will get their principal back if borrowers default on their loans, but First Marblehead will have to pay premiums that will shave its profit margin, he noted.

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