Entries Tagged as 'GSEs'
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
All In or Keeping Some Chips in Reserve? - RANDALL FORSYTH - By holding rates unchanged, the Fed signals it’s done enough. No more bailouts — for now. - Barron’s
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The Joys of Ownership - GRETCHEN MORGENSON - … Make no mistake: we, the American taxpayers, are amassing quite a portfolio of flotsam and jetsam in […]
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September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Warren Buffett to FBN: “Shorting FNM/FRE Like Jumping Off a Pancake” - By Liz Claman - FOXBusiness
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great primer - Gauging Banks’ Loan Loss Reserve Adequacy: The Basics - Tom Brown - Warning! It’s not as straightforward a process as you might think. Why some anlaysts might overestimate coming reserve additions - bankstocks.com
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WaMu, National […]
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September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Fannie, Freddie default swaps likely to be reintroduced - Credit default swaps … are expected to be reintroduced with different terms, after payments on existing contracts were triggered by their government bailout, analysts said. … New CDS contracts without the conservatorship trigger should begin to trade,” analysts at Barclays Capital said in a report. … […]
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September 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Frannie’s Future - Felix Salmon - The NYT talks today of “Mr. Paulson’s long-term desire to wind down the companies’ portfolios, drastically shrink the role of both Fannie and Freddie and perhaps eliminate their unique status altogether”. It’s not a bad idea, and I like the way he’s going about it: let them increase […]
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THIS IS THE LONGEST POST I HAVE DONE. WHY? The Bailout forced me to wait to release regular news clips, so here is all of them. SPECIAL SECRET - the reason I do this is selfish - this blog has a Google search engine on the right side of the page. Anything that has ever […]
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The US Treasury’s takeover of Fannie and Freddie is the most important news going on right now. Today’s email is longer than usual because of this - and there is a lot of good information there. I will return to sending overall newsclips tomorrow. - BC
Basic Information on the conservatorship - prior post
China and Japan […]
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