Entries from December 2009

Yield Curve and Interest Rates – 9 posts

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

  Rising Interest Rates – In a debt burdened economy like that of the United States, interest rates are the lifeblood. In a previous article, I suggested selling call options on TLT (long treasury ETF) under the theory that interest rates probably could not go much lower and it [...]

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Fed, Treasury, Government Related: GSE Pay, Half Trillion, China, Fed Term Deposits

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

  Regulators to disclose salaries of up to $6M for top execs at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac  By: ALAN ZIBEL -  Federal regulators plan to disclose Thursday that the top executives of government-controlled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each earned between $4 million and $6 million this [...]

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GSE Bailout – Part 4: includes Paul Krugman, Peter Wallison, Linda Lowell

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

  LINK TO PARTS 1-3 Questions Surround Fannie, Freddie – By NICK TIMIRAOS – … Mahesh Swaminathan, senior mortgage analyst at Credit Suisse, said the firms could use their increased capacity to purchase delinquent loans from pools of mortgage-backed securities that they guarantee. … Others said the new flexibility means that [...]

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Predictions Part 3 plus 2009 Lookback: Jim Rogers, 10 Lies, Flops, ETFs, PIMCO, Richard Russell, Geithner, Corso on Krugman

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

    This is Part 3.  Here is  Part 2   and  Part 1  <<< CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO Jim Rogers- World Wide Depression – CNBC interview with Maria Bartomoro – he is short term long the dollar – Youtube ———– Wall Street’s 10 Greatest Lies of 2009 [...]

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