published May 30, 2018 3:35:05 PM, by Robert Burgess (Bloomberg Opinion) — The Great Italian Crisis of 2018 lasted all of one day, at least judging by the financial markets. On Tuesday, investors were in full panic mode over the notion that Italy’s political situation had deteriorated to the point

published Jan 18, 2018 8:39:36 AM, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) – Hovnanian. We have talked a few times recently about Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., which got favorable financing from Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners through some credit-default-swap market machinations. GSO had bought CDS protection that would pay off if Hovnanian defaulted. Hovnanian will refinance its