Archives by Tag ' credit crisis '
Nov 27, 2009

Editor’s Note: This might not be as far-fetched as you think. Median income is dropping like a rock. Housing prices have historically been closely related to median income. I don’t know about the percentage drop, but another crash in real estate values seems likely. median income is still out of whack with housing prices indicating […]

Oct 21, 2009

It is difficult to imagine anything more obvious than splitting the risk taking core model of Wall Street from the risk averse core model of banking. The dilution of Glass-Steagel over the years and its eventual repeal is exactly how we got into this mess. Coupling that with deregulation and non-transparency created a context in […]

Oct 9, 2009

Editor’s Note: They just WON’T get it. Of course they will need a bailout because prices must continue to go down. Just look at the Schiller index that removes inflation from the price of housing and compares it to median income. A child could see where this is going and Washington is covering its eyes […]

Sep 3, 2009

By Walter Hackett, Esq. The federal government has trumpeted its Home Affordable Modification Program or “HAMP” solution as THE solution to runaway foreclosures – few things could be further from the truth.  Under HAMP a homeowner will be offered a “workout” that can result in the homeowner being “worked out” of his or her home.  […]

Aug 7, 2009

By Brad Keiser For those of you who have been to our seminars, (coming to Southern California next month) You have heard me ask about Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke…”Are they stupid or were they lying when they said everything was OK through out all of 2007 and most of 2008?” You have seen and heard why Neil and I declare […]

Jul 15, 2009

July 15, 2009 Calpers Sues Over Ratings of Securities By LESLIE WAYNE SACRAMENTO — The nation’s largest public pension fund has filed suit in California state court in connection with $1 billion in losses that it says were caused by “wildly inaccurate” credit ratings from the three leading ratings agencies. The suit from the California […]

Jun 6, 2009

HOMEOWNER FIGHTS AND WINS WITH ACORN: watch HOMEOWNER FIGHTS AND WINS ON PRODUCE THE NOTE: watch BLACKMAIL: NO LATE PAYMENTS? NO PROBLEM. GET OUT!: watch PRODUCE THE NOTE: WHEN THE BANK LOST OR DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE: watch “EVERYONE SHOULD PUT THE ‘LENDER’ TO TASK”: watch Servicers do everything they can to keep loans in default, make money […]

Jun 5, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE: It might seem unrelated, but the foreclosure crisis is very much related to BOTH the state budget problems and solutions. While Wall Street tinkered with real property in each state, making unrecorded transfers at huge profits, state Treasurers and county revenue departments have sat idly by watching tens of billions of dollars in […]

Apr 13, 2009

First From Comments: mers-info-excellent-submission-and-discovery And second: take a look at this site, which is under attack by Goldman Sachs for telling the truth and raising good questions. Goldman Masters of the Unvierse are going to try to shut it down. www.goldmansachs666.com

Apr 6, 2009

Editor’s Note: This article is on the right track. Using the guidelines of resolution trust, a fair and equitable distribution of risk and loss could be achieved while at the same time demonstrating to the world that the United States accepts the responsibility for what our “masters of the universe” on Wall Street and Main […]