A Man, A Tan, A Plan: Countrywide
This morning’s must read MSM article is a long form piece from Gretchen Morgenson, titled: How Countrywide Covered the Cracks....
The Subprime Debacle: Act 2
The Subprime Debacle: Act 2 October 15, 2010 By John Mauldin The Subprime Debacle: Act 2 Where is the Housing Recovery? The Foreclosure...
The Foreclosure Mess
This commentary, forwarded by David Kotok, is a very worthwhile read — but it has a significant legal flaw in it that requires me...
Foreclosure Fraud: “Systemic, Industrywide, Pervasive”
A strong article in the Washington Post makes it so clear that even a CNN anchor can understand it: A huge portion of the Fraudclosure...
Bernanke QE2 Speech Word Cloud
Ahhh, good old Wordle. Sorry, I’ve neglected you baby. Let me make it up to you — why don’t I pour some wine, light...
Banks (like Airlines) Have NEVER Made Money…
Fascinating discussion in Alan Abelson’s column in Barron’s today (Courting Trouble) about the Banking Sector. It is,...
Atomic Tom’s Take Me Out — LIVE on iPhones
The spin is the band Atomic Tom had their instruments stolen. They were riding the New York subway, happened to have a speaker set up...
Ritholtz: States Slash Budgets While Politicians Debate...
This was recorded Thursday, October 14 Source: Ritholtz: States Slash Budgets While Politicians Debate Austerity vs. Stimulus Stacy...
Succinct summation of week’s events
Positives 1) Sept Retail Sales follow good Aug 2) CPI report benign 3) Corporate earnings off to good start, GOOG rocks 4) Oct NY Fed...
Where’s the Note?
A site (gone viral) that allows homeowners to request to find out who actually owns their mortgage note: “When Wall Street banks...