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Blogs about: Toxic Assets

Big Bad Bank and Little Red Trustbuster15 comments

chidemkurdas wrote 4 days ago: by Chidem Kurdas A surprising new Small-Is-Beautiful movement is afoot.  Mario Rizzo, Jerry O’ … more →

Tags: bailouts, Financial Markets, regulation, Chris Dodd, gary becker, Goldman Sachs, Harry Kaufman

Transunion,Equifax and Experian Unfair Drop in Credit Scores With Foreclosures, Short Sales and Bankruptcies

GEENA wrote 1 week ago: I just learned today that the FAB 3 Experian, Equifax, Transunion drop scores in the following range … more →

Tags: Connecticut Real Estate, Homes, Connecticut Housing Inventory, housing inventory, Short Sales, Foreclosures, Loss Mitigation, LOAN MODIFICATION, obama

I'm telling you again... (your pension and insurance contributions)2 comments

guidoamm wrote 1 week ago: As I have written in several previous posts, the most recent report issued by the Bank of Internatio … more →

Tags: Current events: economics & politics, Boondoggle, Crisis, Politics, Scandal, Deflation, bank reserves, Debt, credit

Geithner Says Commercial Real Estate Woes Won’t Spark Crisis - What!?

JW Najarian wrote 2 weeks ago: In a recent article on Bloomberg.com Geithner is asked about Commercial Real Estate setting off anot … more →

Tags: recovery, Banks, Bloomberg, Commercial Real Estate, CREDAA, crepig, Crisis, distressed assets, Economy

A problem with credit default swaps

csissoko wrote 2 weeks ago: Once again a lot of dust is being raised over the fact that Goldman Sachs survived the crisis better … more →

Tags: Brief comments, CDS, Derivatives, CDO

How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash

JT wrote 3 weeks ago: McClatchy Washington Bureau Sun, Nov. 01, 2009 Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers November 01, 2009 … more →

Tags: Adjustable Rate Mortgages, Baba Booey, Bear Stearns, Citibank, Henry Paulson, tarp, Tim Geithner, treasury, Wall Street

Fed's Chicken-and-Egg Problem in CMBS & Two Suggestions on TALF1 comment

malaybansal wrote 3 weeks ago:   By Malay Bansal Originators want to originate new loans, investors want to buy bonds with new … more →

Tags: credit crisis, Commercial Real Estate, CMBS, tarp, talf, PPIP, credit crunch, "troubled assets", distressed assets

Backdoor taxes hit Americans with public financing in the dark10 comments

guidoamm wrote 3 weeks ago: This article highlights information that is much too important to show excerpts for. I warmly sugges … more →

Tags: Current events: economics & politics, Boondoggle, Crisis, Inflation, Politics, Scandal, Deflation, Money Multiplier, fractional reserve banking

The Commercial Real Estate Distressed Assets Association is now in Pre-Launch

JW Najarian wrote 3 weeks ago: CREPIG is launching a new site dedicated to commercial distressed assets and non-performing notes. A … more →

Tags: CREDAA, ARGUS Software, Banks, CDO, CMBS, Commercial Real Estate, crepig, distressed assets, FDIC

Remember this1 comment

guidoamm wrote 1 month ago: Government is allowing banks to hide losses. Government is allowing banks to disregard those account … more →

Tags: Current events: economics & politics, Boondoggle, Crisis, Politics, Scandal, Deflation, Debt, credit, deleveraging

Born Derivatives

lens1 wrote 1 month ago: Not to be confused with the Bourne Identity, where Jason Bourne is battling a nasty case of psychoge … more →

Tags: News, Politics, activism, Congress, Journalism, The Homeland, Economy, media, change

Economy Got You In A Bad Mood?

aconservativeedge wrote 1 month ago: 2007, Moody’s Investors Service, whose investment ratings were widely trusted, responded by pu … more →

Tags: Hillary "Cattle Futures" Clinton, Swindle-Us Bill, The Dots Get Connected Here, Wall Street, Crisis, Depression, Service, Investors, Financial

When Financial Ignorance is Bliss

Armel wrote 1 month ago:      Bank Regulators in Africa in the wake of the financial meltdown: When Ignorance is Bliss. While … more →

Tags: africa 2.0, Cameroon, Emerging markets, Personal Finance, Philosophie Negre, Africa banking, African Banker, African Finance Ministers, BEAC

Houses at $7000 (seven thousand Dollars)

guidoamm wrote 1 month ago: The cost of a house can never drop below construction cost right? Right? http://finance.yahoo.com/ne … more →

Tags: Current events: economics & politics, Boondoggle, Crisis, Politics, Scandal, Deflation, Money Multiplier, fiat money, Debt

The role of toxic assets in global imbalances 2

csissoko wrote 1 month ago: For a follow up piece discussing this question:  Did synthetic assets slow the current account adjus … more →

Tags: Brief comments, Imbalances

The role of toxic assets in global imbalances

csissoko wrote 1 month ago: In June Martin Wolf wrote approvingly of a report on the role of global imbalances in the financial … more →

Tags: Brief comments, Imbalances

Dylan Ratigan Breaks Down the TARP Fiasco

JT wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: 23-7, AiG, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Citibank, Corporate Communists, Credit markets, Dylan Ratigan, FDIC

FDIC Recommends that Lenders Provide Borrowers Temporary Relief of Mortgage Payments4 comments

GEENA wrote 1 month ago:  Announced in September a forbearance proposal by the FDIC only applies to 53 institutions that have … more →

Tags: Connecticut Real Estate, Homes, Connecticut Housing Inventory, housing inventory, Short Sales, Foreclosures, Loss Mitigation, LOAN MODIFICATION, obama

TARP turns one -- a birthday with no candles, no cake from me1 comment

davidkirkpatrick wrote 1 month ago: TARP, the original bailout jammed through in a blind panic, turns a year-old tomorrow. Its expiratio … more →

Tags: Politics, Business, recession, Economic Crisis, Bailout, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Timothy Geithner


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