Archive for 'bubble' Category
Feb 18, 2011

http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2011-02-11/dodd-frank-cds?ref=email_33624 Milestone Dodd-Frank compliant CDS trade completed Dow Jones Newswires 11 Feb 2011 The first credit-default swap trade that is believed to be compliant with new swap trading rules being proposed by US regulators as a result of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law was completed yesterday. Behind the trade were BlueMountain Capital Management, a US hedge […]

Feb 18, 2011

I’ve been the target myself, so I know what they are talking about. The reports I am receiving is that finding lawyers willing to take foreclosure defense cases is getting more difficult because of successful intimidation by opposing counsel. They are doing background checks on the lawyer, finding things that might be embarrassing or threatening […]

Feb 17, 2011

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary Amid Protests Over Cuts, Wisconsin Lawmakers Prepare to Vote EDITOR’S NOTE: In the last year, a growing number of ordinary citizens of many states and countries have been taking to the street, furious over the mishandling of their government finance. So far Wall Street and […]

Feb 17, 2011

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary A Political Divide Over the Inquiry of the Financial Crisis The investors are saying it, the homeowners are saying it, even some governments are saying it, and nobody is denying it. Instead we hear double speak about excessive risk-taking and leverage. We are living a […]

Feb 17, 2011

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary It may take many years but eventually everyone will realize how pernicious this securitization scheme became — like the worm used to destroy Iranian equipment or the viruses that are spread as mal-ware throughout our computer system. Only yesterday did it dawn on anti-terrorism experts […]

Feb 16, 2011

EDITOR’S COMMENT: Once again Simon JOhnson hits the nail on the head. Those of you who want a more sophisticated picture of this mortgage mess along with the macro-economic view would do well to visit www.baselinescenario.com. With the latest move in New York allowing legal aid to homeowners in foreclosure, the number of contested cases […]

Feb 16, 2011

FROM THE ATLANTIC The Rise of the New Global Elite F. Scott Fitzgerald was right when he declared the rich different from you and me. But today’s super-rich are also different from yesterday’s: more hardworking and meritocratic, but less connected to the nations that granted them opportunity—and the countrymen they are leaving ever further behind. […]

Feb 16, 2011

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Foreclosureblues U.S. Trustee To Federal Judge: “Fidelity Operated An Affidavit-Execution Process That Systematically Caused The Execution Of False Affidavits!”   The U.S. Trustee’s Office has recently filed a Post-Trial Brief in ongoing bankruptcy litigation in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Orleans, Louisiana in which it asks Judge Elizabeth […]

Feb 15, 2011

By DAVID STREITFELD NY TIMES   New York court officials outlined procedures Tuesday aimed at assuring that all homeowners facing foreclosure were represented by a lawyer, a significant shift that could give thousands of families a chance to strike a better deal with lenders. Enlarge This Image Yana Paskova for The New York Times Jonathan […]

Feb 15, 2011

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary WALL STREET: THE UNTOUCHABLES Representative Stephen Lynch, Democrat of Massachusetts, warned: “You think regulation is costly? How about the $7 trillion we just lost from not regulating the derivatives markets.” EDITOR’S NOTE: Our institutions are compromised with moral hazard every way you turn. The FDA, […]