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Reverse mortgage debate in overdrive
Submitted by ktexas  (www.chicagotribune.com)

The warning bells sounded pretty loud and clear earlier this month when a top banking regulator compared the potential risks of reverse mortgages with the subprime lending crisis.

Article | Jun 26, 2009 | Views: 97 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgage, economy, retirement, housing, subprime, real estate, debt, personal finance, recession, reverse mortgage

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California, Illionis Sue Countrywide
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

Even as shareholders of Countrywide Corp. gathered in Calabasas to approve the sale of the company to Bank of America, the Attorney Generals of California and Illinois filed lawsuits suing...

Article | Jun 25, 2008 | Views: 186 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgage, subprime, countrywide, crisis, lawsuit, angelo, mozilo, california, illinois

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Has the American Dream Become a Fairy Tale?
Submitted by ktexas  (finance.yahoo.com)

A creatively written fairy tale of the mortgage mess

Article | Jun 12, 2008 | Views: 334 | Comments: 2 
Tags: subprime, housing bubble, mortgage mess, banking industry

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As UBS Cuts Jobs, More Signs that We are nowhere near done with the subprime crisis
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.nytimes.com)

Banks are just getting going with the job cuts and there are still more write-downs to come. People are trying to paint a pretty picture on the subprime mess, but we still are nowhere near done...

Article | May 6, 2008 | Views: 172 | Comments: 0 
Tags: subprime, bank subprime mess

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Fed Getting Desperate Appeals Directly to Homeowners
Submitted by PhilR  (www.boston.com)

The President of the Boston Federal Reserve, Eric Rosengren wrote an opinion piece that is more public service announcement. He encourages homeowners with subprime mortgages to get help before...

Article | Mar 16, 2008 | Views: 541 | Comments: 0 
Tags: subprime, federal reserve

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Banks to shrink by $2 trillion
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

A new paper on leveraged losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis uncovers a $2 trillion shrinkage in banks' balance sheets and a GDP takes a hit of 1 to 1.5%.

Article | Feb 29, 2008 | Views: 247 | Comments: 1 
Tags: mortgage, subprime, crisis, leveraging, losses

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Captain Capitalism Blog Explans Mortgage Mess in Cartoon Form
Submitted by Sam Cass  (docs.google.com)

A Blogger calling himself Captain Capitalism has put together a short cartoon that explains the mortgage mess. From what I can tell he's an economics professor at a university in Minnesota.

Article | Feb 25, 2008 | Views: 1002 | Comments: 0 
Tags: subprime, housing bubble, mortgage mess

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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid -- Gov'ts latest bailout for distressed homeowners
Submitted by chriscd  (jumbocdinvestments.com)

The Gov't is looking to roll-out another homeowner/bank bailout. Look out!

Article | Feb 22, 2008 | Views: 257 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, subprime, distressed, homeowner

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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: 373 | Comments: 0 
Tags: subprime, federal reserve, credit crunch, banking industry

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Goldman Sachs Backup Plan
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

Intriguing article on how Goldman Sachs beat the subprime market crash inspite of being one of the giant firms of Wall Street, all of whom followed the herd...

Article | Jan 19, 2008 | Views: 336 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgage, subprime, index, goldman, sachs, abx, crisis, short, positions

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Citi Looking For $10 Billion, Countrywide Near Bankruptcy
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

Facing new writeofs, Citi could be looking to get as much as $10 billion, likely all from foreign governments...Countrywide Corp. on collision course with bankruptcy...

Article | Jan 10, 2008 | Views: 348 | Comments: 1 
Tags: mortgages, subprime, countrywide, citigroup

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US Subprime is affecting Sweden and Australia
Submitted by Carol Grey  (footnoted.org)

It seems like the entire world was thrown by the US mortgage meltdown. This article about its affects in the government of Sweden. A separate article in today's Wall Street Journal discussed how...

Article | Oct 4, 2007 | Views: 272 | Comments: 1 
Tags: subprime, sweden, australia

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How S&P and Moody's Goofed on Calculating Sub-prime Ratings
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.businessweek.com)

S&P and Moody's those venerable rating institutions totally missed the coming storm on the sub-prime market. Until June sub-prime bonds were rated AAA. Most are now junk. So much for the experts.

Article | Sep 26, 2007 | Views: 476 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, bonds, subprime, moodys



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