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The Best Bank You've Never Heard Of
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

The financial crisis has culled the world's herd of big banks, leaving survivors dazed and damaged. But there is a rare exception in the long line of walking wounded: Spain's Banco Santander,...

Article | Jul 24, 2009 | Views: 121 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, economy, stock market, stocks, investing, banks, credit crunch, recession, dividends, financial crisis

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Where were regulators when banks were failing?
Submitted by ktexas  (www.usatoday.com)

The inspectors general at the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) have both issued reports saying that bank failures surged because regulators in some cases didn't step in...

Article | Jun 15, 2009 | Views: 71 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, banks, credit crunch, fdic, recession, bank failures, ots, occ

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California's Economic Problems
Submitted by ktexas  (globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)

This is a good review of the rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in California at both the state and city level. Schwarzenegger is facing true lies from the state legislature while California...

Article | Dec 20, 2008 | Views: 1441 | Comments: 2 
Tags: economy, taxes, debt, credit crunch, depression, recession, california

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Up to 300 Banks Could go Under, According to Insolvency Experts
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Obviously, there is no shortage of doom and gloom about the credit crunch, but the loss of so many banks would create real headwinds for the economy.

Article | Aug 27, 2008 | Views: 271 | Comments: 0 
Tags: credit crunch

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Even the Best Borrowers Will Be Feel the Credit Crunch
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.marketwatch.com)

Think you immune from the credit crunch because you have good credit and aren't going to sell your own anytime soon. Thing again? Here are five ways in which you might also be impacted.

Article | Aug 20, 2008 | Views: 205 | Comments: 1 
Tags: credit, credit crunch

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Sometimes I Get it Right - Unfortunately
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

I've been often criticized for my views on the economy and been accused of not being a big name or a reputable writer. But I also sometimes get it right. So, here I am tooting my horn a bit.

Article | Jul 9, 2008 | Views: 269 | Comments: 0
Tags: credit crunch, bank losses, nouriel roubini

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How the Ratings Agencies Contributed to the Credit Crunch
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (www.nytimes.com)

Terrific article that explains exactly how the ratings agencies contributed to the credit crunch. The gist of the article is that the ratings agencies work at a conflict of interest. They need to...

Article | Apr 22, 2008 | Views: 501 | Comments: 0 
Tags: moodys, credit crunch, rating agencies, standard poor

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Despite Credit Crunch Student Loans Still Easy to Get
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.usatoday.com)

If you're going to college in the fall don't fret, you can still get a student loan pretty easily. Whether it's worth it is another story.

Article | Mar 19, 2008 | Views: 399 | Comments: 0 
Tags: college, credit crunch, student loans, student lending

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More people are tapping their 401(k) for cash
Submitted by ktexas  (www.msnbc.msn.com)

As home prices fall and banks tighten lending standards, more people are raiding their retirement savings just to get by. But dipping into 401(k) accounts can carry risks because defaulted loans...

Article | Feb 20, 2008 | Views: 366 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, retirement savings, credit crunch

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US banks borrow $50 billion via new Fed facility
Submitted by ktexas  (www.ft.com)

US banks have been quietly borrowing massive amounts of money from the Federal Reserve in recent weeks by using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch....

Article | Feb 19, 2008 | Views: 368 | Comments: 0 
Tags: subprime, federal reserve, credit crunch, banking industry

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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: 3643 | Comments: 2
Tags: credit crunch, credit crisis, securitization, bank lending

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Customers Not Banks Profited in 2007
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.nytimes.com)

The article tries to make the case that while the average consumer did okay in their investing, the banks and brokers did horribly. That's true at an institutional level, but as individuals, I bet...

Article | Jan 2, 2008 | Views: 417 | Comments: 0 
Tags: banks, credit crunch, brokerages, investment returns

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Falling Prices Driving Mortgage Crisis
Submitted by PhilR  (www.boston.com)

The recent spike in home foreclosures in Massachusetts is caused primarily by falling housing prices, and not by rising mortgage payments, according to research released yesterday by the Federal...

Article | Dec 4, 2007 | Views: 569 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, housing bubble, credit crunch, home prices



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