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Debt? Equity? Let's Not be Nitpicky ... Invested Capital!
Here’s an interesting trend: lots of investment banks and buyout firms buying debt from their own and others’ acquisitions (and, obviously, the most recent headline, something that sounds … more »
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Fed Chair Bernanke Warns Foreclosures Could Sink US Economy -- Is He Threatening Lenders?
Fox wrote 3 days ago: In a speech today at the Columbia Business School, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke issued … more »
The Fed Nears the End of the Rate-Cutting Line -- Now its the Banks' Move
Fox wrote 1 week ago: After the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates on Wednesday for the seventh time since S … more »
Doomsday Scenarios for the Housing Market
Fox wrote 1 week ago: If the current economic news isn’t scary enough, two respected analysts have come up with Doom … more »
Judicial Nullification of Foreclosures Spreads to Bankruptcy Court
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Fox wrote 2 weeks ago: Back in March, we posted a blog on “judicial nullification” in mortgage cases. We ti … more »
Freddie Mac to Buy $10-15 Billion in Jumbo Loans -- Move Hopes to Jump-Start Liquidity in Home Loan Market
Fox wrote 2 weeks ago: Some relief may be in store for the battered residential real estate markets in California, New York … more »
Countrywide Closer to Indictment -- And Still Making Zero Down-Payment Loans
Fox wrote 3 weeks ago: Countrywide Home Loans is one step closer to possible federal criminal indictment following a bankru … more »
Debt? Equity? Let's Not be Nitpicky ... Invested Capital!
dearjohnthain wrote 3 weeks ago: Here’s an interesting trend: lots of investment banks and buyout firms buying debt from their … more »
Mortgage Meltdown Consequences
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livinglies wrote 1 month ago: Mortgage Meltdown Consequences — New Money, Old Money and New Dynamics — Cashless … more »
Banking System Takeover By The Carlyle Group -- Only The Carlyle Group Has The Capability To Study The Risks And Rewards Of Financial Institutions And To Supply The Necessary Funds
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haecus wrote 1 month ago: So what’s Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s call for changes in regulation of the finan … more »
U.S. Court Rips Subprime Lender as "Ticking Time Bomb" -- Faults New Century Executives and Big Four Auditor
Fox wrote 1 month ago: The Final Report in the federal bankruptcy proceedings involving subprime mortgage lender New Centu … more »
Bear Stearns: Where We Are, Some Little Known Facts, and Opinions
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dearjohnthain wrote 1 month ago: Well, it looks like the dust has settled on the situation. My predictions have actually fared quite … more »
Good News or Bad News First? (And Some Bear Links)
dearjohnthain wrote 1 month ago: The good, for continuity. I spent about an hour chatting over IM with Felix Salmon and Equity Privat … more »
Financial Institution Valuation
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rcrawford wrote 1 month ago: Back on November 7, 2007, I wrote a guest piece for Joe Ponzio’s FWallStreet.com blog. Joe … more »
How the Bush administration helped engineer current market tumble
judecowell wrote 1 month ago: Funny that Joe Wilson’s newspaper editorial got him in mega trouble with Bush-Cheney, and now … more »
Bush and Abuse, Where do we go from here?
justmytruth wrote 1 month ago: I’m no longer the huge fan I once was of the ACLU. I was, up until they started fighting for … more »
The Most Empirical Hedge Fund
dearjohnthain wrote 2 months ago: Here’s an idea for a hedge fund. First, you go out and hire some financial journalists. Next, … more »
The Citi Shouldn't be Sleeping (Well, anyway)
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dearjohnthain wrote 2 months ago: Citi is in a troubled spot. There is clearly bad news that is anticipated to come out as securitized … more »
You'll notice your paycheck is lower. We have reformed it!
dearjohnthain wrote 2 months ago: The F.T. had an article yesterday about an organization (that I’ve never heard of) coming up … more »
Foreclosure of a Dream
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g0thicicecream wrote 2 months ago: Again with the Megadeth, jeez, anyways so they did another song long time ago called “Foreclos … more »
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