The Bond Insurer Meltdown

 

Today, Ambac lost its triple-A rating. This story talks about the implications of a bond insurer failure. This is basically the second shoe to drop.

The Bloomberg article also

The Bloomberg article also states that "if Berkshire is looking to be part of a solution for one of the guarantors looking for capital, Security Capital or FGIC with their material capital needs are much more likely candidates than MBIA or Ambac.."

I don't think Ajit Jain is going to be talking turkey with Ambac anytime soon...