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Acknowledgements.Introduction.Part I The Wizard Calls the Ball.Chapter 1 The Implosion of the Housing Agencies.Get Back to Where You Once Belonged: August 11, 2008.The Cost of Not Honoring Obligations: August 19, 2008.The Agencies Uncertainty: August 25, 2008.The GSE Agencies as an Opportunity: August 27, 2008.What is Given Can Be Taken: September 8, 2008.We Have Been Grievously Mislead: September 9, 2008.One Moment Please! September 10, 2008.Freddie Mac The Fairy Tale: March 12, 2009.Chapter 2 The Call on the Ten Year Treasury.There Is No Blushing in Brussels: June 30, 2010.Spasms of Fear: July 15, 2010.One of These Days: August 01, 2010.The Legacy Influences: August 19, 2010.Highway to the Danger Zone: August 20, 2010."The First Class Indicator": September 07, 2010.Chapter 3 The Importance of the Euro.Dolphins/Pelicans-Things That Matter: March 4, 2009.Manna From Heaven: April 17, 2009.Greek Downgrades-The Fallout: February 25, 2010.It Is Not All Greek To Me: March 24, 2010.Self Determination Becomes An Issue: May 14, 2010.If You Know How to Work It: July 28, 2010.With an Eye on Europe Once Again: August 12, 2010.Chapter 4 Turmoil in greece.The Greek Tragedy Becomes Farce: January 13, 2010.Greece on the Skids: January 29, 2010.The Shut Down in Greece: February 11, 2010.Greek Austerity Other Fairytales: February 12, 2010.The Fifth Labor of Hercules: February 22, 2010.Why Greece Matters: March 21, 2010.Greece for Dummies: March 23, 2010.AΦHΣTE TA ITAIXINIDelta;IA NA APXIΣOYN: April 9, 2010.I Am Not Backing Down: April 14, 2010.The EU Scenarios for Greece: April 29, 2010.Chapter 5 The Crisis in Europe.The PIIGS of Europe: December 16, 2009.The Volker Rule-A Call for Action: January 24, 2010.Achtung, Absolument Being There: March 9, 2010.The Fire is Out of Control: April 8, 2010.The European Union in Stress: April 21, 2010.The European Union in Crisis: April 26, 2010.A Matter of Perspective: May 4, 2010.I Make the Call-The Credit Crisis Part II: May 7, 2010.Stopped at the English Channel: May 19, 2010.An Easy Choice: June 2, 2010.Record Deposits at the ECB: June 3, 2010.Nationalism is the Trump Card: June 23, 2010.The Wizard's Stress Test Primer: July 19, 2010.Who Espied the Beggars's Leap: July 26, 2010.The EU Ambassador Now Speaks for Britain: August 13, 2010.Part II Learning to Dance Until It Moves.Chapter 6 CPI Linked securities.Structured Products: January 27, 2006.The Time is Right: July 29, 2008.The Value of CIPS: August 15, 2008.The Mouse Trap is Baited: April 13, 2010.The Deflation Trade: August 18, 2010.Chapter 7 The Wisdom of Buying Senior Debt to Preferred Stock.Ahoy - Your Key to the Treasure!!! November 17, 2008.The Gift: November 18, 2008.The Most Unique of Opportunities: November 19, 2008.Songs of the Siren: November 20, 2008.With Apologies to My Mother: November 28, 2008.Unintended Consequences: December 10, 2008.Seize the Opportunity (Carpe Vicis): May 15, 2009.The Process of Elimination: December 14, 2008.Chapter 8 AIG Debt.Our Undiscernable Future; October 31, 2008.His God Was Compound Interest: November 14, 2008.Unintended Consequences and Opportunities: November 22, 2008.The Church Separates from the State: December 26, 2008.The Wizard’s Apprentice: July 29, 2009.The Implications of AIG: August 9, 2009.Citigroup, AIG Peg Legs: August 28, 2009.One Place to Go One Place to Avoid: September 22, 2009.Hold On; I'm Coming: March 10, 2010.Chapter 9 Fixed-to Float Bonds.A Rare Glance at the Sages: November 13, 2006.The Fixed-to-Float Opportunity: November 17, 2009.Rumors of the Wizard in New York: November 20, 2009.?2010? The Specifics: December 31, 2009.On a Mission: January 8, 2010.The Casting of Magic: January 10, 2010.The Most Undervalued Bonds: February 1, 2010.Play to Win: March 11, 2010.Chapter 10 Grant’s Gambit.Grant's Gambit: July 4, 2010.Bearing the Scars of Battle: July 7, 2010.Sailing Past the Statue of Liberty: July 22, 2010.Part III Market Issues.Chapter 11 Bear Stearns Lehman Brothers.The Bond Insurance Companies: December 20, 2007The Bet to Make! March 14, 2008.The Calm Before the Storm: March 16, 2008.A Requiem for Bear Stearns: March 16, 2008.The Crisis Passes; The Issues Remain: April 20, 2009.Devastation on Wall Street: September 15, 2008.A Look Back-Heroes Villains: September 1, 2009.Chapter 12 The American Credit Crisis.Exaggerated Projections: December 27, 2007.The Cost of the Window: March 20, 2008.A Financial Crisis is a Normal Event: April 4, 2008.The Financial Crisis: April 7, 2008.Just Nowhere to Hide: July 10, 2008.A Time for Contemplation: September 26, 2008.And into the New Year: January 2, 2009.The Lessons of a Financial Collapse: August 11, 2009.Chapter 13 The Bailout.The Death of Logic Proportion: September 17, 2008.On the Waterfront: September 23, 2008.Congress Understandably Balks: September 24, 2008.We Have Now Pledged $4.7 Trillion: November 24, 2008.Opportunity Knocks Then Rings the Bell: January 29, 2009.The Soap Opera “As the World Turns”: September 19, 2008.Part IV: The Great Game.Chapter 14 Politics.The Squeeze is On: January 28, 2009.A Consideration of Political Risk: February 4, 2009.Political Risk Knocks Then Enters: February 17, 2009.Just One Moment Please: March 5, 2009.Pact with the Devil: April 1, 2009.The Inclusion of Political Risk: April 6, 2009.A Look Back - Heroes Villains: September 1, 2009.Pay No Attention to What They Say: September 11, 2009.The Wisdom of Jefferson: January 28, 2010.Chapter 15 The Great Game.The Wizard’s Wishes for You: December 31, 2008.The Hour of the Shire-Folk: April 28, 2009.The Change of Rules: June 5, 2009.Captain Hook at the Aegaean Sea: March 2, 2010.Bearing the Scars of Battle: July 7, 2010.And On Every Note In between: August 11, 2010.Common Sense Dictates the Game Has Changed: August 26, 2010.Chapter 16 You Know You Work on Wall Street When.You Know You Work on Wall Street When: January 13, 2006.You Know You Work on Wall Street When: January 28, 2006.You Know You Work on Wall Street When: March 10, 2006.You Know You Work on Wall Street When: March 21, 2006.You Know You Work on Wall Street When: March 13, 2009.You Know You Work on Wall Street When: September 12, 2009.About the Author.Index.