BP Collapse Potentially More Devastating than Lehman! :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

SULTANS OF SWAP: BP Collapse Potentially More Devastating than Lehman! :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website: "As horrific as the gulf environmental catastrophe is, an even more intractable and cataclysmic disaster may be looming. The yet unknowable costs associated with clean-up, litigation and compensation damages due to arguably the world’s worst environmental tragedy, may be in the process of triggering a credit event by British Petroleum (BP) that will be equally devastating to global over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. The potential contagion may eventually show that Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns were simply early warning signals of the devastation lurking and continuing to grow unchecked in the $615T OTC Derivatives market.