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COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary SEE CASE LAW AND 1933 SECURITIES ACT FOR DEFINITION OF A SECURITY: cl001-ch02_thumb Attorneys for lenders have an index for me that I’ll call the “obnoxious” scale because that is what they say out loud but I don’t know what they call it internally. Among […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: I GUESS IF YOU HAVE A WINNING STRATEGY, AND IT CONTINUES TO WORK EVEN THOUGH IT INVOLVES MISREPRESENTATION, DECEIT AND FAILURE TO DISCLOSE, YOU JUST KEEP GOING WITH IT. “With all these winners, who will the losers be? The average investor, of course, who will get left holding the bag when, […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S COMMENT: People are doing what they need to do to survive after their living quarters have been taken in foreclosure, after losing a job in an economy brought down by catastrophic irregularities in foreclosures and mortgages. I would only add that besides doubling up […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary Notable Quotes: “The men share a common goal: to protect the interests of big banks in the vast market for derivatives, one of the most profitable — and controversial — fields in finance. They also share a common secret: The details of their meetings, even […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary It could get even worse, and probably will. The current status of title and the current status of these obligations is such that a moral hazard exists that is sure to be exploited by a new group of third parties who perceive the opportunity. Because […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary Notable Quotes: “For this, there’s only one similar example. It’s like the Enron e-mails.” “on Nov. 29, the director of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, said in an interview that he intended to “take down” a major American bank and reveal an “ecosystem of corruption” with a […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary I know I’m going against a headwind here, but the problems we face locally and as a nation are not the fault of labor unions. There is plenty of history of graft, mob connections and slackers who are not held to competitive standards and none […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary I am not much for politics, because it seems obvious that the banks have bought virtually all government functions at the state and Federal level. And I don’t know much about the new Governor of New York except that he apparently understands what the banks […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S NOTE: FLOYD NORRIS in the article appearing in today’s New York Times points out what we have been saying here for three years. We have the mid-size and smaller institutions — about 7,000 in number —- unlike most other countries, that can easily pick […]
COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary CHECKLIST AND NOTES ON LAYMEN SEMINAR While looking for something else I discovered my notes from a seminar I gave in July, 2009. Besides some obvious spelling errors, there are numerous items that remain as relevant today as they were when those notes were prepared. […]


