Investment guru Warren Buffet famously said about the global financial crisis ( GFC) that only when the tide goes out do you know who has been swimming naked. He meant it as a statement about taking excessive risks before a market downturn , but it can just as easily .... Part of the reason cash rates have been unseasonably high is because with overseas lending costing so much, the big four banks have been keen to draw in more term deposits at home to fund their activities. ...
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Obama Proposes Fannie & Freddie Reforms as U.S. Housing Market ...
Most Republicans believe Fannie and Freddie were key players in the financial crisis and oppose any solution that would keep them in the business of backstopping most home loans. .... any manner whatsoever as recommendations to enter into a market position either stock, option, futures contract, bonds, commodity or any other financial instrument at any time. We recommend that independent professional advice is obtained before you make any investment or trading decisions. ...
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Argyll News: Russell Bruce on the HSBC report: Scotland is doing ...
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By their very nature banks need also to take risks. They need a balanced portfolio, like all good investors, so that the risks that pay off and the surer investments and lending can carry the failures without the shutters coming down and the ... Commenting at the time, Virgin Money chief executive Jayne Anne Gadhia said, 'The financial crisis has tarnished the reputation of many UK banks . Virgin Money will provide a better, different form of banking to its customers , ...
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Enforcement Action Coming Against Loan Servicers - CNBC
But in testimony before a House Financial Services subcommittee Wednesday, FHA Commissioner David Stevens said, "We are in discussion with 11 regulators, the attorneys general, the department of justice, in talking directly about ...
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oftwominds: You Want Inflation? Here's How To Get It
By Charles Hugh Smith
He's also accomplished a stupendous transfer of national income to the financial Elites in the banking sector by lowering interest rates to zero (ZIRP). Back in the low inflation 1960s, banks and savings and loans were required to pay ... The Fed's policies allow for only two ways to access this newly created " increase in real wealth" for the top 10%: sell the assets or borrow money from the banks. If people cash out their stock gains, then that would automatically push ...
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Bank of America Preys on Elderly Depositors; Culture of Greed ...
By admin
I'll tell you what fools buy Bank of America CDs at less than treasury rates. Little old ladies do. B of A has found that little old ladies will do just about whatever a good looking middle aged "financial advisor" tells them to do. ... 50K was in 20 year Freddy Mac bonds and 25k was in 30 year Fanny Mae bonds. I hit the roof! I told her that all three investments were a bad idea, and that she ought to move her money to 3, 5 and 7 year treasuries. ...
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Ten ways to stop inflation destroying your wealth
By The Investor
Inflation is a key reason why equities are better for long-term investments. Cash and bonds may sometimes seem likely to yield a higher income at less risk, but historical returns show equities nearly always perform better over ..... Site news: Monevator is the highest placed UK personal finance blog in the Wisebread Top 100 chart. I was recently listed as one of the top 25 personal finance Tweeters by The Times. My article on Buying Antique Furniture was picked for the ...
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Deferring Recession: A Short History Of The “Age Of Bubbles”
By The Daily Reckoning
David Rosenberg explains (in The Financial Times) what it means for the stock market: Just as the prior bear market rally was built on a shaky foundation of unsustainable credit and house price appreciation, the current bear market rally has been built ... The bubble in Japanese government bonds will blow up too. When it does, Japanese investors will rush to low-priced equities. Count on it. Okay, so it's a little harder to do. But who said investing was going to be easy ? ...
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Warren Buffett Speaks Out About the Financial Crisis - Yahoo! News
On Friday, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee released several hours of audio ... An investment operation in my view is one where you look to the asset itself to .... On structuring bank CEO pay to prevent financial crises: The best thing is to .... No banker would ever loan money in those day's for that risk. ...
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Phil's Favorites: February 8, 2011
During the financial crisis, investors fretted over "toxic," ... But banks still hold plenty of the bad assets that once spooked investors: .... That is, you don 't give someone a loan (which is what a bond is) unless you're reasonably ... US and global markets in my post Ten Economic and Investment Themes for 2011 ...
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Fannie and Freddie let the banks off easy: Fidelity
While bankers were pushing home loans during the housing boom on ... Imagine depositing your paycheck at the local bank each week only to have the bank lose your money, ... Department and a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. ... FBS makes available a full range of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds to ...
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Abet Chichi2 (Chichi2): Barrons= "In Muni-Bond Ills, Danger and Hope"
Investors HUB, One of the most active financial forums in the world, Join IH .... to encourage economic growth drew some investors into a rallying stock market, ... Banks' relatively modest position in muni-bonds means that further price ... lend to businesses and homeowners, as occurred during the mortgage crisis. ...
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Lord Abbett - February 7, 2011
During the financial crisis of 2008–09, investors, understandably fearful ... while mortgage lenders have relieved other downward pressures on the market by ... High-yield bonds and other lesser credits, such as bank loans and most municipal ... Nor is it intended to predict or depict performance of any investment. ...
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