The five biggest U.S. commercial banks in the derivatives market — JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup and Wells Fargo & Co. — account for 97 percent of the notional value of derivatives held in the banking industry [$605 trillion], according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Goldman Sachs Demands …
Goldman and JPM Still Playing with Other People's Money Read More »
The reason for this requirement of transparency and the cutting edge of claiming or clawing back the illicit profits is simple: in a true fair and free market, the lender would know his risk and the borrower would understand the terms. Both would be on alert if unusual fees, profits and kickbacks were known to …
Liability of Participants in Securitization Chain Read More »
See NY Times Morgenstern Article on Goldman/AIG COnflict See GRAPHICAL TIMELINE OF GOLDMAN\’S STRATEGIC \”DEFAULTS\” Understandably this is a lot to take in so I invite you to pick up a copy of the New York Times, or go to the links above and study this article. First, I have excerpted what I think is …
Goldman-AIG Conflict Reveals Inside Story on Housing Scheme Read More »
And then there is the main question which everyone on Wall Street is stonewalling: were the obligations created in mortgage origination paid off by government or insurance? To put it another way, were the homeowners already bailed out and don’t know it? Editor’s Comment: Barofsky is like Elizabeth Warren — someone Wall Street doesn’t like, …
An Investigator Presses to Uncover Bailout FACTS: Neil Barofsky Read More »
“The problem is not that the mortgages are in default. The problem is that the investment banks are in default of their obligations to investors and homeowners. Until Government and the Courts realize this simple fact, they will never untangle the debris caused by the illusion of a crash. If that day ever comes, more …
NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE/AMAZON Gretchen Gets It. The entire article is worth reading and even studying. If you get what she is saying, you can understand just how false this Waltz has been. “The very design of the federal assistance to A.I.G. was that tens of billions of dollars of government money was funneled inexorably …
GRETCHEN MORGENSON Takes the Lead in Media Coverage of Mortgage Meltdown in NY Times Read More »
Government officials, perhaps influenced by spending too much time with bankers, forgot that if you want to govern effectively you have retain the trust of the people. And by treating the financial industry — which got us into this mess in the first place — with kid gloves, they have squandered that trust. During the …
NOW AVAILABLE on KINDLE/AMAZON The Emperor\’s New Clothes: THOSE FORECLOSURES ARE NOT REAL FOLKS, GET IT? 1-in-10-u-s-mortgage-delinquencies-reach-a-record-high-going-up The Emperor is still strutting around as though he was fully clothed in the best silk, color and design. Wall Street is still the darling of government and a whole lot of other people, even if it was …
The Emperor's New Clothes: THOSE FORECLOSURES ARE NOT REAL FOLKS, GET IT? Read More »
Editor’s Note: In this article you have the nub of the problem for the investors, for the foreclosers, for the pretender lenders. What did the taxpayer actually pay for and what did they get for it? And if the money all went to pay off credit default swaps at 100 cents on the dollar then …
Editor’s Note: OK if you exclude that small matter of a $182 billion dollar loss, they made a profit. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play? It is absurd to allow this kind of reporting. Ever since they started monkeying around with reporting standards in the 1960’s, things like this have …
AIG Reports Profits Increase — More Smoke and Mirrors Read More »
While my editorial opinion has been fairly obvious in these articles, I feel the need to express them directly. The fundamental truth that is missed in the media and those in government and finance close to the microphones is that this did not start with the borrowers — it started with the investors who bought …
