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Morning Quickie 03/23/2009

by phillenbrandMarch 23, 2009 We're Reading

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Brad Setser: Follow The Money - Financial de-globalization, illustrated
Money And Markets - Dangerous Unintended Consequences
The Big Picture - Public-Private Investment Program
Housing Doom - Crack of Doom: Fed Counterparty Risk
Naked Capitalism - Fed Rescue Programs: No Exit?
Huffington Post - The AIG Bonus Clawback Bill Won’t [...]

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Afternoon Quickie 03/11/2009

by phillenbrandMarch 11, 2009 We're Reading

Huffington Post - TARP Oversight Panel Says It’s Been Ignored By Geithner And Paulson
Mortgage Insider - Mortgage giant requests $30.9 billion in aid
Huffington Post - Eric Holder, State And Federal Prosecutors, Preparing For Surge Of Financial Fraud Cases
Calculated Risk - FDIC Collected Few Insurance Fees for a Decade
Huffington Post - How Dumb Does Alan Greenspan Think We Are? Very
ML-Implode - BREAKING [...]

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Afternoon Quickie 03/05/2009

by phillenbrandMarch 5, 2009 We're Reading

Mortgage Insider - Fed buys net $30 billion in mortgage bonds
Housing Wire - House Passes Cramdown Legislation
Huffington Post - Socialization Is A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
WSJ Developments - Bankruptcy Filing Stalls ‘Extreme Makeover’ Home’s Foreclosure
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis - Frank Monstrosities
Huffington Post - Morgan Stanley’s 13% Payout Offer To Short Ford Stock (EXCLUSIVE)

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Morning Quickie 02/03/2009

by phillenbrandFebruary 3, 2009 We're Reading

The Big Picture - Property Owners Lost $3.3 Trillion in 2009
Irvine Housing Blog - Liar’s Poker
The Big Picture - The Rise And Fall Of WaMu
The New Republic - Foreclosing The Crisis

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Greenspan tries to play the ingenue

by Constantine von HoffmanOctober 24, 2008 Economy

A guest post from Constantine von Hoffman, veteran business journalist and author of the blog CollateralDamage.biz, a humorous look at marketing, business and his dog.
Alan Greenspan tried to mimic Michael “Heckuva Job, Brownie” Brown during his testimony before congress yesterday. Mr. Greenspan attempted to place blame squarely on anyone except himself. Mr. Brown’s performance in [...]

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Hidden threat in ?under water? mortgages

by Constantine von HoffmanOctober 23, 2008 Mortgage News/Insight

A guest post from Constantine von Hoffman, veteran business journalist and author of the blog CollateralDamage.biz, a humorous look at marketing, business and his dog.
Under water is the industry term for homes with negative equity ? where more is owed on them than they are worth. You know the cliché about the iceberg and only [...]

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