Entries from August 2009

Risky Business: Shell Game, Hedge Funds, Pseudo Monte Carlo, Leveraged Finance, Taylor Bean, Reverse Mortgage Fraud, PE and Banks

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

  The Shell Game – How the Federal Reserve is Monetizing Debt – Chris Martenson – … The shell game that the Fed is currently playing obscures the fact that money is being printed out of thin air and used to buy US government debt.  The Federal Reserve is [...]

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Tags: Mortgage Market

Government Influenced: Fed Info, Amherst Research, Northern Trust, Nouriel Roubini, FHFA HPI, Clunkers & Home Sales, GSEs and Affordable Housing

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

  Fed Must Release Reports on Emergency Bank Loans, Judge Says – By Mark Pittman and Karen Gullo – The Federal Reserve must make records about emergency lending to financial institutions public within five days because it failed to convince a judge the documents should be exempt from the Freedom [...]

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Tags: Mortgage Market

Mortgage quotes from Google? Scary option ARM stats; Economic news moves rates higher

August 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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In news that is sure to “spook the herd”, the New York Times reports that “Google plans to begin offering loan quotes online as early as this month, a lawsuit filed in federal court this week claims. The suit was filed by LendingTree, which offers consumers mortgage quotes and conditional loan offers online, against Mortech, [...]

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Tags: Commentary · Mortgage Market · Rob Chrisman

Economy: Cramer’s Housing Bottom, Statistical Recovery, World Econ Emerging, New Sugar Daddy, Dian Chu on Inflation, Celebrating the “Recovery”

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

  Cramer’s housing bottom – By Ray – good charts – look at what’s moving … AnnuityIQ Blog ———— Thoughts from the Frontline Weekly Newsletter – The Statistical Recovery, Part Three – by John Mauldin – In this issue: The Statistical Recovery, Part ThreeCapacity [...]

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Tags: Mortgage Market