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How the Credit Crisis Will Impact Your Interest Rate
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The sub-prime crisis and the credit crunch are about the failure of a lending system creating by Wall Street. Instead of banks keeping loans on their balance sheets, they pooled them and sold them...

Article | Jan 30, 2008 | Views: 3830 | Comments: 2
Tags: credit crunch, credit crisis, securitization, bank lending

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Fed Balance Sheet Shows Growth in Mortgage Backed Securities
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

We've talked a lot about how the Fed's purchase of Mortgage Backed Securities has kept rates low. The chart below shows the Fed's balance sheet and how it has changes with the aggressive purchase...

Article | Feb 28, 2010 | Views: 105 | Comments: 0
Tags: federal reserve, mbs, mortgage backed securities

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Evil Speculators Trying to Profit
Submitted by Sean Riskowitz  (bestcashcow.com)

By publicly revealing that they sent requests to a bunch of hedge funds to keep trading records related to the Euro currency, the U.S. government is in effect telling hedge funds not to profit from...

Article | Mar 7, 2010 | Views: 245 | Comments: 2
Tags: euro, soros, bernanke, goldman sachs, paulson, regulation, greece, hedge fund, einhorn, greenlight

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Dubai's Collapse Leaves Overleveraged Foreigners Abandoning Homes and Mercedes to Get Out
Submitted by JRodgers  (realitylenses.blogspot.com)

This is an extraordinary article about the over-leveraged foreigners who came to Dubai for the good life and then are forced to rush out, leaving their homes and even their Mercedeses with the keys...

Article | Feb 15, 2009 | Views: 3909 | Comments: 7 
Tags: cars, economy, mercedes, homes, dubai, united arab emirates, global collapse

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The Fallacy of Unemployment
Submitted by Sean Riskowitz  (bestcashcow.com)

Most people, as well as politicians and the government, think unemployment is lower than 10% nationally. At least that's what they'd have you believe. Well don't believe it!

Article | Jan 20, 2010 | Views: 402 | Comments: 1
Tags: economy, jobs, unemployment, labor, underemployment, unemployment rate

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The Accountants Didn't Let Us Down
Submitted by KyleAAA  (amateurassetallocator.com)

While accountants make for a good scapegoat because of their inability to properly value bad mortgage securities, the blame doesn't rest on them. In defense of accountants everywhere.

Article | Sep 17, 2009 | Views: 142 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bank, securities, accountants

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Bernanke as the Democrats' Scapegoat
Submitted by JRodgers  (bestcashcow.com)

Enough with making Ben Bernanke their scapegoat before the fall elections. The United States Senate should confirm Bernanke for a second term.

Article | Jan 22, 2010 | Views: 188 | Comments: 1
Tags: bernanke, reid, feingold

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My Bagel Guy and Me
Submitted by soczie  (bestcashcow.com)

I had a discussion with the owner of the best bagel shop in New York, and I am convinced that the inflation is out of sight.

Article | Aug 9, 2007 | Views: 570 | Comments: 3
Tags: bernanke, inflation, bagels

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China criticizes GE quality control
Submitted by jsoc  (www.ft.com)

It is pretty funny that the Chinese- who seem to think that poisons belong in both foods and toys- are critical of GE's manufacturing standards. More seriously though, this kind of posturing may...

Article | Aug 12, 2007 | Views: 644 | Comments: 4 
Tags: ge, china, trade

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Bear Doug Kass Rips Ben Stein
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.thestreet.com)

Doug Kass is a noted bear so he obviously has his own perspective, but in this interesting article he rips Ben Stein for suggesting that these credit problems are not a serious threat to the economy.

Article | Aug 15, 2007 | Views: 760 | Comments: 1 
Tags: ben stein, doug kass, credit problems

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Fannie and Freddie Problems Show Collapse of Old Finance Regime
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are one other example of how the old financial system is collapsing. The result will be higher rates for everyone and sinking home prices.

Article | Jul 10, 2008 | Views: 1129 | Comments: 0
Tags: freddie mac, fannie may, mortgage market

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Merrill in Peril?
Submitted by JRodgers  (bestcashcow.com)

Probably not. This capitulation sale may be the end of the fall for Merrill, but it has real implications for the rest of the banking industry.

Article | Jul 29, 2008 | Views: 296 | Comments: 0
Tags: credit crisis, merrill lynch, john thain, cdo

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Too Many China Experts
Submitted by JRodgers  (bestcashcow.com)

Fast Money's talking heads showed how little they know about everything when they tried to present themselves as experts on China this evening.

Article | Aug 25, 2008 | Views: 399 | Comments: 0
Tags: cnbc, fast money, jon najarian, guy adami, pete najarian, joe terranova, melissa lee

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Soros: Don't expect Fed to Raise Rates; Yuan to Appreciate
Submitted by Sean Riskowitz  (bestcashcow.com)

Veteran hedge fund manager George Soros says he does not expect interest rates to rise in the US. He also has some interesting views on the massive growth currenty being experienced in China.

Article | Feb 28, 2010 | Views: 139 | Comments: 0
Tags: soros, interest rates, economy, china, fed, dollar, currency, yuan, bubbles, deficit, stimulus

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The Euro is Dramatically Overvalued
Submitted by soczie  (bestcashcow.com)

The Euro is overvalued.

Article | Jun 20, 2007 | Views: 710 | Comments: 6
Tags: euro, buffett, soros



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