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• The Dark Gray Swan: No More Foreign Dollars With Which To Buy US Treasuries

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  Could the next black/green/dark gray swan be so obvious that it has avoided everyone? Well, except for the deputy governor of the Bank of China, who just gave the world a startling reminder of economics 101, when he said that it is " getting harder for governments to buy United States Treasuries becausethe USs ...
  13 hours ago

• We May Never Pass This Way Again…

  
  Lynchburg Real Estate — Authority: 128
  It is said all good things must come to an end. While this may not be true in all areas, with phenomenally low interest rates, it is true. Mortgage rates have been artificially low for the last twelve months, thanks to support from the Federal Reserve and U.S Treasury. Last November, liquidity in the financial ...
  1 day ago

• Guest Post: American Purgatory

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  Submitted by Greg Simmons and Brett Buchanan of Scope Labs Are financial markets a direct reflection of the overall health of a nation? I wish they were not, but I fear they are. I wonder at times if our nation has entered a state of purgatory –all of us mulling around in the waiting room to Hell, ...
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• Pillaging the Average American: Wall Street Paying Back Bailouts with Bailouts.

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 512
  Pillaging the Average American: Wall Street Paying Back Bailouts with Bailouts. December 16th, 2009 admin In the last few weeks the corporatocracy has gone on a massive Madison Avenue public relations tour touting the great job banks are doing and how they are paying back the taxpayer for the generous gift of ...
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• Much of the Same from the FOMC

  
  HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority: 131
  The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ended their two-day meeting today the same way they have been for months now: keeping the target for the Fed funds rates between 0 and 0.25%, and claiming that the economy continues to recover, albeit very slowly : Although economic activity is likely to remain weak for a ...
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• FOMC Statement: "Exceptionally" And "Extended", Liquidity Swap Arrangements Coming To An End On February 1, 2010

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  Release Date: December 16, 2009 For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met inNovember suggests that economic activity has continued to pick up andthat the deterioration in the labor market is abating. The housingsector has shown some signs of improvement over recent ...
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• Is The Fed About To Announce An Increase In The Discount Rate?

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  One of the things that spooked the market yesterday was not so much any concerns of tightening language in todays FOMC statement, as much as a rumor that the Fed was planning on bumping up the discount rate. Krishna Guha, in a blog post, wondered , "might the Fed raise the discount rate at this week’s policy ...
  2 days ago

• Lenders Oppose Ratings Rule

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 153
  A pending Securities and Exchange Commission rule would amend the filing of registration statements, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. Registrants would be required to disclose preliminary ratings on mortgage-backed securities, according to a letter sent by the trade group to the SEC. But MBA is concerned that ...
  2 days ago

• When This Chart Gets to $1,250,000,000,000 – Mortgage Rates Are Going to Go Up….

  
  tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com — Authority: 139
  So what does this chart represent?   The Fed’s purchase of mortgage backed securities.   They committed last spring to spending $1.25 Trillion worth of our money buying mortgage backed securities and originally planned on doing it by November.    They then decided to “ease” out of things and take until ...
  2 days ago

• The Federal Reserve Becomes the ‘Buyer of Last Resort’

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 616
  The Federal Reserve is pursuing a pernicious policy that is insidiously debasing the dollar. This policy has generally been met with indifference, if it has even been noticed at all. The Federal Reserve is debasing the dollar by purchasing inferior assets of poor quality. These assets are mortgage-backed securities ...
  2 days ago

• When This Chart Gets to $1,250,000,000,000 – Mortgage Rates Are Going to Go Up….

  
  Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate — Authority: 435
  So what does this chart represent?   The Fed’s purchase of mortgage backed securities.   They committed last spring to spending $1.25 Trillion worth of our money buying mortgage backed securities and originally planned on doing it by November.    They then decided to “ease” out of things and take until ...
  3 days ago

• CMBS Lender Restarts Originations

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 153
  Bridger Commercial Funding announced that it has restarted commercial mortgage originations. Originations will be funded through commercial mortgage-backed securities. Loans are available from $2 million to $20 million.
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• Jeff Gundlach Starts Own Firm With Oaktree Money, TCW Most Likely Furious

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  The big guns in LA are out swinging, with news emerging that Jeff Gundlach will get funding and a minority investment from of bond giant and other major TCW defector, Oaktree. Howard Marks firm is now set to eat TCWs municipal lunch. And all the disciples of Robert Day had to do was promote the guy. Also, futures in ...
  4 days ago

• The Next Shoes To Drop In Commercial Real Estate - Part 2

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  Continuing our series of impending Commercial Real Estate debacles (click for part one ), today we focus on CMBX 3 (H1 2007 transactions). As Fitch disclosed on Friday, the November delinquency rate across CMBS increased by 43 bps to 4.29%, while more than double, 9.16% of the entire Fitch universe, was in special ...
  4 days ago

• Kucinich Prepared Statement In Todays Bank of America Hearing

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  As a reminder, here is the link to the live webcast . Highlights: After reviewing over 400,000 pages of documents and interviewing the key players at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, we have found evidence of possible securities law violations at Bank of ...
  1 week ago

• TCW Gundlach Update: 30% of MBS Team Has Resigned

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  December 10, 2009 Dear Valued Clients, I am writing to update you about developments stemming from our December 4 announcement concerning Metropolitan West Asset Management (MetWest). We believe this combination provides TCW with the continuity required to ensure stability in managing our clients’ high-grade fixed ...
  1 week ago

• More Changes Coming for FHA Mortgages?

  
  All Home Loan Info — Authority: 129
  FHA mortgages may soon cost borrowers more money and become harder to qualify. Ever since the market for mortgage-backed securities dried up, FHA mortgage loans have become a popular financing source for borrowers because of lower costs and easier qualifying. FHA mortgage volume has increased from a market share of ...
  1 week ago

• Dubai Just Can’t Get A Break

  
  Stock Market Analysis, Trading, And Financial Commentary - Rebel Traders — Authority: 432
  Dubai, unable to make payments on its debt is being rattled yet again. This time it is the investment arm of Dubai World. NEW YORK (AP) – Dubai World’s investment arm, Istithmar, lost ownership of the W Union Square New York hotel in a foreclosure auction Tuesday.One of the hotel’s interim lenders, a private ...
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• Do credit-rating agencies have ANY credibility anymore? Are global economies recovering?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 542
  Didn’t they fail doing prudent due diligence when they rated all these sub-prime mortgage backed securities AAA? If anything Fitch’s, Moody’s and Standards and Poor are at least complicit in this disaster. They NEVER asked the tough questions, which was avoided, at all costs. How can investors seek a safe-haven ...
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• More Bad News For Dubai As Istithmar Loses Foreclosure Auction For Union Square W Hotel

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 741
  The WSJ reporting that Istithmar, the investment arm of Dubais royal family, has lost the foreclosure auction for the Union Square W Hotel, which as we pointed out a month ago was the most likely next CRE casualty. The winner: mezzanine specialist LEM Capital . We wish them all the best. Presumably this means the ...
  1 week ago

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