If They Can Do It, So Can Banks
The other day my brother called me from his cell phone. Of course receiving a call from a cell phone...
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Subprime Securitization and the Credit Crisis
There is a very good article in this month's Financial Analysts Journal (March/April 2009 issue) called "Tumbling Tower of Babel:...
Say Ah: GMAC CDS Spreads Widen Way Out
GMAC LLC CDS spreads widened considerably today to 1,847.45 basis points, an increase of 241.69 basis points, or 15.05%. (See...
Criminal hackers up ante 33%
Every day new reports of another flaw and another breach. Today we learn attacks rise 33 percent. I’m not surprised....
Treasury Finally Launches FinancialStability.gov
Here. The Obama administration first announced word of the site earlier this year. Check out the Local Impact map. Very...
BANCVUE RECOMMENDS CREDIT DERIVATIVE BASED-FORMULA FOR FDIC’S SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
Directional Formula Based on Recent Analysis Showing MegaBanks With 23,000 Times More Exposure to Credit Default Swaps Than Community Banks...
That Sound You Hear Is Investors Chomping at the PPIP
Sound bite by sound bite, investors are starting to come around to the thinking that the Treasury Department's Public Private...
SBA AND LOANS TO SMALL FIRMS
SBA loans are down substantially for a number of reasons: (1) most are made by big bank with problems, too...
Conficker Virus; Computer Security
News of Conficker out of control then under control is everywhere. 60 minutes report on everything we have discussed in...
Residential Mortgage Delinquency
Residential Mortgage Delinquency of 90 Days or More Plus Foreclosures Forecast To Rise to 12% in 2010 Total Mortgage Delinquency-30...
