By John Rubino – Re-Blogged From Dollar Collapse
Record student loan balances? Check. Trillion dollar credit card debt? Check. Six tech stocks dominating the Nasdaq? Check. 669 more words
By John Rubino – Re-Blogged From Dollar Collapse
Record student loan balances? Check. Trillion dollar credit card debt? Check. Six tech stocks dominating the Nasdaq? Check. 669 more words
Quick note that I’ll be giving the same talk twice this month. First, this weekend in Philly I’ll be at the American Ethnological Society’s annual meeting… 1,119 more words
The world is in a bit of a pickle. Using this analogy, let’s assume the pickle is the world, the vinegar this notion of security and the glass jar representing just how treacherous this political climate can/will/possibly be if not handled appropriately. 457 more words
CJ Holmes leads the fight to stop foreclosures, keep people in their homes, stop Fannie, Freddie and the banks from selling REOs in bulk to hedge funds, and enact true mortgage reform. 20 more words
BPER is said to arrange a 2Bn NPL securitization. This deal will be in addition to the 1Bn already planned for Banco di Sardegna division and will probably use GACs guarrantee on the investment grade tranche. 75 more words
Today I’m going to introduce the concept “Securitization”. This is useful to understand some of the discussion about security around the world. This concept entails the argument that the security issues are actually constructed. 327 more words
Just as everyone seems to have made the adjustment to life in securitization with Risk Retention, comes the US Treasury’s announcement that they agree with what most industry insiders have been saying for years. 317 more words