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nakedcapitalism.com - 2 hours ago
Einhorn: First, Let’s Kill All the Credit Default Swaps
— nakedcapitalism.com — David Einhorn, who enjoys his considerable reputation for hard-fought battles against firms with shaky finances and dubious accounting (Alliance Capital and Lehman), has taken aim at a new and equally deserving target: credit default swaps. In an ... (more) Einhorn: First, Let’s Kill All the Credit Default Swaps

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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 55 minutes ago
Senator Seeks to Break Up Banks 'Too Big to Fail'
— dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com — Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont has introduced legislation that would force the Treasury Department to break up all financial institutions whose failure could cause a major disruption to the nation's financial system. (more) Senator Seeks to Break Up Banks 'Too Big to Fail'

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dealbreaker.com - 41 hours ago
The Man Who Sunk Citigroup Launches Hubris Fund
— dealbreaker.com — Having just written a book on the subject ( When Mooks Fail , currently #15 on the Amazon.com best-seller list ), Charlie G. continues his intrepid reporting on the utter shamelessness of Wall Street. Now, Tom Maheras , the former Citigroup president, ... (more) The Man Who Sunk Citigroup Launches Hubris Fund

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thereformedbroker.com - 2 days ago
3 Potential Bubbles for Retail Investors
— thereformedbroker.com — The “everybody’s a real estate mogul” era started innocently enough, with a distaste for the stock market after the dot com meltdown and an incredibly long stretch of time with 1% interest rates. The leap from trading up in house ... (more) 3 Potential Bubbles for Retail Investors

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ft.com - 5 days ago
Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust
— ft.com — Since March there has been a massive rally in all sorts of risky assets – equities, oil, energy and commodity prices – a narrowing of high-yield and high-grade credit spreads, and an even bigger rally in emerging market asset classes (their stocks, ... (more) Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust

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mcclatchydc.com - 6 days ago
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash
— mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send ... (more) How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash

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businessinsider.com - 5 days ago
Sorry, Folks: Goldman's Bet Against Housing Was Hardly A "Secret" (GS)
— businessinsider.com — It's time to finally lay to rest claims stretching back as far as 2007 that Goldman Sachs was peddling securities backed by risky home mortgages while it was secretly betting that the US housing market was in trouble. Far from being "secretly" down on ... (more) Sorry, Folks: Goldman's Bet Against Housing Was Hardly A ...

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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 3 hours ago
Best and Worst Performing S&P 500 Stocks Since Obama's Election Win
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — Interestingly, Ford Motor (F) has been the best performing S&P; 500 stock since the 2008 election. With all the troubles that the US auto industry has gone through over the past year, Ford has made it out alive and now appears to be getting stronger. ... (more) Best and Worst Performing S&P 500 Stocks Since Obama's ...

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politico.com - 25 hours ago
Report: 237 millionaires in Congress
— politico.com — Center for Responsive Politics releases new report describing the wealth of members of Congress. (more) Report: 237 millionaires in Congress

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deepmarket.com - 4 minutes ago
Recent Stock Market Chatter on Twitter – 2009-11-07 15:19:02.0
— deepmarket.com — Stocks in the Twitter stream:2009-11-07 19:14:30.0 - NI Technology report on cloud computing covering $GOOG $VMW $AAPL $PALM $RIMM - Have to optin but it's interesting - http://bit.ly/1obKIc2009-11-07 18:42:55.0 - RT @alleyinsider: iPhone For Verizon In 2010 $AAPL $VZ $T by @fromedome ... (more) Recent Stock Market Chatter on Twitter – 2009-11-07 ...

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hf-implode.com - 23 minutes ago
Fannie Mae’s Sale of Tax Credits Is A Bad Deal, Treasury Says
— hf-implode.com — Fannie Mae’s request to sell $2.6 billion in low-income housing tax credits would be a bad deal for taxpayers and won’t be allowed, the U.S. Treasury said. The government decided the deal would cost taxpayers more than Fannie Mae would gain from the sale, according to a letter sent to the ... (more) Fannie Mae’s Sale of Tax Credits Is A Bad Deal, Treasury ...

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vixandmore.blogspot.com - 14 hours ago
Combining Bollinger Bands on Rates of Change in the VIX
— vixandmore.blogspot.com — As far as I can tell, I have not yet posted about the use of Bollinger bands in conjunction a rate of change (ROC) indicator to identify volatility breakouts. In summarizing the action in the VIX over the course of the past two weeks, the chart below captures some of the drama in terms of 10% ... (more) Combining Bollinger Bands on Rates of Change in the VIX

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hf-implode.com - 30 minutes ago
RMBS Ratings Proposal Will Determine Insurers’ Capital Requirements
— hf-implode.com — " The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on Thursday approved a proposal to establish a new model for determining ratings of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).The new model will establish ratings designations for approximately 18,000 RMBS owned by US insurers by ... (more) RMBS Ratings Proposal Will Determine Insurers’ Capital ...

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hf-implode.com - 37 minutes ago
BarCap Sees ‘Limited Use’ of Fannie’s Deed-for-Lease Program
— hf-implode.com — "Although a new foreclosure alternative program announced Thursday by Fannie Mae (FNM: 1.04 -7.14%) presents a new step in mitigating foreclosure risk among distressed borrowers, it looks to have only a “marginal” effect on prepayments within Fannie residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), ... (more) BarCap Sees ‘Limited Use’ of Fannie’s Deed-for-Lease Program

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Dividend Stocks: A Disciplined Approach
dividendsvalue.com - 3 days ago
Dividend Stocks: A Disciplined Approach
— dividendsvalue.com — Those that have read this space for any period of time are well aware of my enthusiasm for using dividend growth stocks as a vehicle for building long-term wealth and income. However, with that said, a successful investor must do more that just buy stocks that pay a growing dividend, or ... (more) Dividend Stocks: A Disciplined Approach

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news.yahoo.com - 10 hours ago
Fannie Mae to rent out homes instead foreclosing (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced Thursday. (more) Fannie Mae to rent out homes instead foreclosing (AP)

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baselinescenario.com - 28 hours ago
Accounting at B of A and Fannie
— baselinescenario.com — Via Yves Smith , John Hempton analyzes the quarterly results of Bank of America (so-so) and Fannie Mae (terrible). The underlying issue is that bank quarter-to-quarter results are largely driven by the amount of provisions they take against future loan losses. You can think of this as a very ... (more) Accounting at B of A and Fannie

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brontecapital.blogspot.com - 34 hours ago
Fannie Mae’s results – oh, and what if Bank of America reported the same way…
— brontecapital.blogspot.com — There have been some mathematical corrections to this post discussed in the comments. My pencil notes had the numbers right. By the time I got to writing it out errors had entered. Sorry. Fannie Mae just put out awful looking results based primarily ... (more) Fannie Mae’s results – oh, and what if Bank ...

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