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Housing: Buy? Re-Fi? Question Is, Who Can Qualify - CNBC 
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More BLS BS - John Mauldin’s Weekly E-Letter 

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Fiscal “Stimulus” Doomed To Fail  - a bit long, but thoughtful - globaleconomicanalysis 

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Fed Funds: Odds Moving Towards 100bps Rate Cut - Calculated Risk 

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The Home Equity Crisis Ahead -  Even banks that dodged the subprime bullet face losses from loans based on homes now at risk - BusinessWeek 

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on your own - quite bizarre cartoons - It’s Jerry Time! 

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The Institutional Risk Analyst: Are Countrywide Financial Bonds Bankruptcy Remote?  - IRA 

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Words from the wise for the week - that was (Jan 14 - 20, 2008) - by Prieur du Plessis -  investorsinsight.com

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‘Supercapitalism,’ ‘Richistan’ & mere millionaires -  Greed and the Faustian bargain made by millions of Americans  -  MarketWatch 

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Will the cure be worse than the disease? - Fortune

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Bond Issuers Face New Costs In Insurance Crisis - With four bond insurance companies facing the potential loss of their triple-A financial strength credit ratings, the effects are bound to ripple through not only banks but bond issuers. … -  Forbes

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What Does Goldman Know That We Don’t?: Michael Lewis (Update1) - Commentary by Michael Lewis - Bloomberg
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Countrywide May Be Bank of America’s One Good Deal: David Pauly  -   Bloomberg

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Divide Between Rich, Poor Grows in Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Market -  The Dallas Morning News -   knowledgeplex

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Will CDS Replace Subprime to Cause $1 Trillion Total Loss for this Credit Crisis? - Vestopia - Safehaven
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Overvalued homes discourage buyers -  Washington Times