By John T. Reed
The problems with the movie are that it lets many villains of the subprime crisis off the hook and tars some of the heroes apparently merely because they have similar job titles as the bad guys or because they made a lot of money on the subprime .... Longs shout from the rooftops that their companies or investment are going to do great—hoping it will be a self-fulfilling prophesy. Shorts do the opposite as you would expect given they hold the opposite financial position. ...
John T. Reed on Headline News - http://www.johntreed.com/headline/
Economist's View: "Inequality, Leverage and Crises"
By Mark Thoma
In our model, a crisis materialises in period 30. It is characterised by large- scale household debt defaults on 10% of the existing loan stock, accompanied by an abrupt output contraction as in the 2007-2008 US financial crisis, ... First, if capital owners allocate most of their additional income to consumption and financial investment rather than to productive investment, leverage increases much more because workers' income does not benefit from a higher capital stock. ...
Economist's View - http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/
Monthly Economic Update – February 2011 | Complete Money Management
By Colin Meeks
At January's end, the European Financial Stability Facility (the rescue fund set up by the European Union last year) appeared to be shifting focus. The EU was said to be near an agreement by which the EFSF would buy bonds directly from ... EU Economic and Monetary Commissioner Olli Rehn commented that when it came to the sovereign debt crisis, “the worst could be over.” In other positive news, Germany's jobless rate diminished to an 18-year low last month and the Markit ...
Complete Money Management - http://www.completemoneymanagement.com/
MICHAEL LEWIS: Merrill Lynch Fired Analyst Who Predicted Irish ...
By Henry Blodget
Merrill Lynch is the investment banking division of Bank of America. The firm was acquired by Bank of America in 2008, during the financial crisis. It provides investment banking, capital markets and advisory services, as well. ... fired its Chief Investment Officer because he kept saying "the dotcom bubble will be the greatest single disaster for the American investor." Of course he was kinda wrong. It is probably the second worst disaster after the Mortgage/CDO bubble. ...
Clusterstock - http://www.businessinsider.com/clusterstock
The necessity of deleveraging | Analysis & Opinion |
By Felix Salmon
The end of the housing market's era of financial sobriety came, by one plausible reckoning, with passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. That much-praised legislation ended the tax deductibility of interest on credit cards and other consumer .... If a bank borrows at 3% and loans at 7%, should it pay tax on the 4% margin (less expenses) or on the full 7% revenue? This admittedly seems to treat corporate debt preferentially to corporate equity, but that is reversed from the ...
Felix Salmon - http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/
Wake up to investment risk as we enter an age of unrest - MoneyWeek
Egypt's problem is not that its economy has done badly. Indeed, until the uprising, investment banks were pitching it as an exciting new 'post-Brics' market to bored clients – real GDP growth has been close to 5% over the past two years. ... it was faith in 'the Greenspan put' (the idea that the Fed would always be able to keep monetary policy loose enough to keep stocks high and the economy growing without ill consequences) that led us into the crisis of 2008. ...
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Weiss Ratings: Florida, Arizona and Georgia among Worst States for ...
By admin
“However, we feel that, whether they ultimately fail or not, all harbor weaknesses that imply vulnerability to adverse financial or economic conditions. ” Only the banks receiving a Weiss rating of “very weak” (E+ or lower) — 468 or 6.1% of all banks rated — are considered very likely to ... The Weiss study also explored the probable causes of the failure rates in each state — especially the relative depth of the real estate crisis and the state of the economy overall. ...
www.GLOBALFINANCIALMELTDOWN.com - http://www.globalfinancialmeltdown.com/
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China's Borg Assimilation ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock)
In a 14-page document distributed last year to hundreds of British banks, businesses, and financial institutions, titled "The Threat from Chinese Espionage," the famed British security service described a wide-ranging Chinese effort to blackmail Western businesspeople .... King World News October 30 2009. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. May 2009: My Speech at Google - on Blogging and the Economy ...
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/
Land Auctions WATERFRONT PORT CHARLOTTE/PUNTA GORDA FLORIDA LOT ...
By admin
TIRED OF MEAGER & RISKY INVESTMENT RETURNS ? ( 401K'S, IRA'S, STOCK, BONDS, MONEY MARKET FUNDS, BANK SAVINGS INTEREST) REAL-ESTATE: Control if you buy, the price you pay, the price you sell and when to sell. .... STILL HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT INVESTING IN FLORIDA REAL-ESTATE CLICK ON THIS LINK TO READ THIS RECENT ARTICLE CLICK ON THIS UNDER-LINED LINK TO READ The fall, 2007 mortgage/credit crisis is creating many opportunities to buy well located land & lots at bargain prices. ...
Land Auctions - http://land-auctions.net/
Opinion: SMART REMARKS: Should states go bankrupt ...
Without bankruptcy, the only option, should obligations not be able to be met, is to default on bond payments as well as not meet other obligations. Some Republican lawmakers want to change this. They want states to be able to file ... This is not a made-up crisis. The money really isn't there. Report Abuse. toobad. Well we (the world) couldn't allow the 27th largest economy in the world (Greece) go bankrupt. It would be impossible to allow the 9th largest economy ...
LancasterOnline - Opinion Columns - http://lancasteronline.com/
Crash Course: Chapter 8 – The Fed & Money Creation by Chris Martenson
By admin
The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) brought up some Real and Tangible Solutions to ACTUALLY SOLVE OUR ECONOMICAL, SOCIAL & ECOLOGICAL CRISIS – to know more about it, watch: “Awakening – Multilang – 1/4″ (short video) and “Zeitgeist ... It would have been a much better route to go but equally politicians aren't much better at managing money. The government doesn't loan the money with interest, the banks do. The government pays interest on the loan from the Federal Reserve. ...
Dow Jones Stock List - http://dowjonesstocklist.com/
Bank restructuring? Lessons for Georgia | Sale And Buying A Business
By melfit
It is also clear that the restructuring of these systems, which can not in crisis and recovery without assistance. Finally, (you must see private financial hardship) in terms of restructuring, we absolutely have to discuss any bank. .... This hardening of the relations of the money must play a leading role ( private avoid barter and other non-cash “payments” in the economy). This must be the provision of activities to promote investment in the real sector of the economy ...
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'Conditions right for bond market' - Business - Jamaica Gleaner ...
Jamaica's investment bankers believe that conditions are ripe for the revival of ... Jamaican government competed aggressively with private borrowers for loans. ... chief executive officer of Jamaica Money Market Brokers said at the same ... For example, if a bond or similar instrument is not listed on the stock ...
gleaner-ja.com/gleaner/20110202/business/business3.html
'Toxic' Mortgages Rally as Resets Accelerate: Credit Markets ...
Commercial Mortgage Bonds. Payment changes on option ARMs will lead ... The Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index, which investors use to ... The loans were among the “toxic” debt the Financial Crisis Inquiry ... “As you might expect when banks make a great offer like that, ... More News ». Advertisement ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../-toxic-option-arm-mortgages-rally-as...
Deflation in 2011 and Beyond as Financial Deleveraging Persists ...
Buy Treasury Bonds and Sell Developing Country Stocks and Bonds. ... and smaller banks are likely to fail as troubled commercial real estate loans mature in ...
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?...
Market & Economic Update - The Private Client Reserve of US Bank
from the safety of bonds sought during the financial crisis. .... The public Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market outperformed the .... associated with U.S. Bank in any way. The Mortgage Bankers Association's ... Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) is the representative stock market index of South Korea. ...
privateclientreserve.usbank.com/.../Market_and_Economic_U...
A Mockery of a Sham | The Austin Report
Ignoring how low rates created the crisis is like blaming the crash of the ... mortgages and government-mandated loans to non-creditworthy minority borrowers for the ... government regulators would not have prevented the financial crisis. .... from a variety of news sources before making any investment decisions. ...
www.austinreport.com/WordPress/archives/5409
TMB Bank profits continue to surge | Asian Banking and Finance
INVESTMENT BANKING Deduction of cost incurred to acquire treasury share under an employee ... Bank losses under scrutiny Since the global financial crisis, ...
asianbankingandfinance.net/.../tmb-bank-profits-continue-surg...
UPDATE 9-Bank of America posts Q4 loss on mortgage problems | Reuters
A trader looks at a screen at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai March 13, ... CORRECTED-UPDATE 7-Goldman profit slides as bond trading wilts ... not make enough money to overcome the bank's massive losses from mortgages. As the financial crisis was ramping up, then Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis bought Countrywide ...
in.reuters.com/.../bankofamerica-idINN2119577220110121
Muni crisis: How serious is it? - News
In the municipal market, economic stress is exposing years of undisciplined ... Also, some investors who had been in money market funds were dissatisfied with ... So, it is important to choose your municipal bond investments wisely. ... changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. ...
https://news.fidelity.com/news/article.jhtml?guid=/...
U.S. regulator struggles to gain faulty mortgage info | Financial ...
Financial News Blog. by Nathan Hamm. Skip to content ... said Scott Buchta, head of investment strategy at Braver Stern Securities in Chicago. ... including those by bond insurer MBIA Inc and some Federal Home Loan Banks. ... I have some money not too much .. how can I start a small business which is 100% safe . ...
www.nathanhamm.net/.../u-s-regulator-struggles-to-gain-fault...
Looking into the crystal ball - Alan Bollard: Looking into the ...
This speech presents our economic view of 2011, and then ... The Global Financial Crisis was a deep and damaging event. Even in New Zealand where ... falling prices and lengthy legal delays on the mortgage foreclosure process, workers have .... This could be very disruptive, risking loan defaults, poor bank balance ...
www.bis.org/review/r110128c.pdf
How I learnt to stop worrying and love The Bank | Before It's News
Wholesale credit: All corporate and SME credit stock (loans and bonds outstanding) ... by the shadow banking sector from the banks creates both money and debt; ... To ignore this aspect of credit after the biggest financial crisis since the ... and to meet consensus forecasts of world economic growth, credit levels ...
dell.beforeitsnews.com/.../How_I_learnt_to_stop_worrying_an...
Report: Volkswagen to produce 260-mpg plug-in XL1 — Autoblog Green
Discussing the origins and consequences of the financial crisis of 2007 would take ... Banks were never required to make bad loans, which is what you're suggesting. ... Chris, you don't understand how the mortgage market works. ... government secured loans and given a AAA rating by bond companies who were carrying ...
green.autoblog.com/2011/01/27/volkswagen-produce.../2
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