Ever wonder what it'd be like to steer a portfolio through today's turbulent credit market? Now you can! "The Accidental Trader", an online game developed by New York-based structured finance consultancy R&R Consulting simulates the real-life experience of a risk manager managing the credit risks of...

By Aaron L. Task | Editor at Large @ thestreet,com | 8/23/2007 10:53 AM EDT As the carcasses of subprime mortgage-backed securities lie rotting on Wall Street, the buzzards are circling heretofore untouchable prey: the rating agencies. Critics say the ratings industry was too late in downgrading...

The Analysis of Structured Securities is a much needed text book covering an important and growing segment of capital markets. The authors combine rich institutional knowledge with illustrative examples that make the topic especially accessible. For the more technically inclined there are chapters that address...

This is an extremely informative book. Each page is rich with institutional detail and analytical insights. Raynes and Rutledge are clearly very experienced and knowledgeable practitioners on a mission-to bring a new level of analytical depth and precision to pricing, portfolio management and other decisions...