Banking Links – February 21, 2010 Plunging Commercial Real Estate Values Not Reflected On Banks Balance Sheets– WP Does Foreclosure Assistance For The Long Term Unemployed Make Sense? – Bloomberg Discount Rate Hike Meaningless To Savers As Rates Stay Low – Bloomberg Insurers Of Municipal Debt May Face Huge Claims – Bloomberg Pros Ponder Merit […]
Regulators Cannot Stop Foolish Lending Decisions
February 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 19, 2010 Frightened Banks Hoard Cash – The Economist Second Mortgage Writedowns Next Big Problem For Banks – NMN “Council of Regulators” To Protect Against Systemic Financial Risks – Yahoo News Debts That Cannot Be Repaid Will Not Be Repaid – Munis At Risk – WSJ Fed Hikes Discount Rate – […]
Indebted Governments See Central Banks As Final “Funding Option”
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 18, 2010 Is Your Bank On The “Do Not Trust” List? – Yahoo Finance With Fiscal Policy Options Exhausted Japan Looks To Central Bank For Salvation – Bloomberg Banks Take Blame For Collapse of Greece – FT With Economy In “Recovery” Question Of How To Shrink Fed Balance Sheet Debated – […]
US Treasury Needs New Buyers At Debt Auctions
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 17, 2010 “Fool Me Once Shame On You” – US Asks Foreign Governments To Buy Mortgage Backed Securities – Again – WP China’s Threat To Diversify Away From US Debt Becomes Reality – Bloomberg Fed’s “Exit Strategy” A Mirage – Financial Sense Goldman Sachs Sandbags Bond Investors On Sale Of Invisible […]
Taxpayers – Last Option To Bail Out Governments
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 16, 2010 Will US Housing Market Collapse As Government Winds Down Aid? – NYT Paulson Attacks Obama’s Financial Regulation Plans -Says Big Banks Essential To Financial Recovery -Times OnLine Europe At The Crossroads – Greece Rescue Would Open The Floodgates – FT Forgiving Mortgage Debt Makes Payments Easier But At Whose […]
The Return Of Risk – A World Of Bankrupt Governments
February 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 15, 2010 China Follows Same Script Leading to Japan and U.S. Real Estate Crash – LAT Banking Industry A Mere Sideshow Compared to Sovereign Debt Crisis – Trader Mark How Wall Street Helped Greece To Borrow Beyond Its Means – Debt That Isn’t Debt – NYT Lender With the Biggest Exposure […]
Will A New Flood Of Mortgage Bailouts And Defaults Crush Bank Earnings?
February 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links Expect Homeowner Mortgage Bailouts To Continue On Massive Scale – Mortgage Balances Exceed Home Values For 1 of 5 Homeowners – Bloomberg Looming Credit Downgrades For Citi and BofA – FT Easy Money Fuels Canada’s Housing Boom – WSJ What Caused the Housing Bubble – Lax Monetary Policy or Poor Regulation? – Credit […]
Was The Banking Crisis The Genesis Of Sovereign Default Concerns?
February 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 5, 2010 The Acquisition Ken Lewis May Live To Regret – The Merrill/Bank Of America Saga – Bloomberg Losses on Mortgages Cause $5 Billion Quarterly Loss At GMAC Financial – MLive Is The Fed Causing Mortgage Rates To Rise As Purchases of MBS Ends? – Bloomberg Homeowners With ARMs Blindsided By […]
Defaulting Mortgages Continue To Inflict Wide Spread Losses
February 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 4, 2010 Why “Strategic” Mortgage Defaults Will Continue – NYT Conforming Mortgage Delinquencies Continue to Skyrocket – Trader Mark, SA Small Private Investors In Commercial Real Estate Face 100% Losses As CMBS Market Remains Frozen – WSJ FHA Facing A Crush of Foreclosures As Delinquencies Increase – NYT Proposed Banking Regulations […]