Keyword(s): subprime
05/09/13
07:21:49 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 69 words 
Categories: Market research, Market characteristics, United States
UCLA researchers have found that leading up to the Financial Crisis, subprime lenders employed a novel method of influencing the political process. In addition to campaign contributions to key politicians, they gave special treatment to borrowers represe… more »
10/30/12
07:49:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 878 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment, Banks/Investment Banks, Industrial Firms, Regulation
Today, UBS announced a massive downsizing of its investment bank. Other banks are in the same process of will follow. This is a logical consequence after various of the investment banks had reached a "bubble stage" prior to the financial crisis. Excesses… more »
10/25/12
09:24:56 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 91 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Reinhart and Rogoff, many times referred to on this platform, show in their latest article on Voxeu.org that the current recovery is not slower as in previous financial crises. The de-leveraging process is at the best in a beginning stage. We will se… more »
08/25/12
08:58:09 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 140 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment, Regulation
Regulators of non systemic financial sectors should look at this:
Allen, Franklin, Trends in Financial Innovation and Their Welfare Impact: An Overview (September 2012). European Financial Management, Vol. 18, Issue 4, pp. 493-514, 2012. Available at… more »
10/22/11
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10/19/11
Regulatory policy mess cont'd...Keywords: US Real Estate, US Homeowners, Underwater Homeowners more »
10/11/11
07:52:27 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 78 words
Categories: Market research, Market characteristics, United States
At least early in the financial crisis, the high rate of foreclosures seemed to be due more to households' overreaching than to predatory lending. A disproportionate number of those being foreclosed on were well-educated, well-off and relatively young p… more »
07:13:35 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 129 words
Categories: Market research, Market characteristics, United States
read more about these surprising results here:
Robert B. Avery,
Kenneth P. Brevoort, The Subprime Crisis: Is Government Housing Policy to Blame? Division of Research and Statistics Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 205… more »
10/08/11
Michael Burry made tremendous amounts of money by betting on a collapse of the mortgage market. Burry is intelligent and knew that such bets can turn good or bad. Burry was on the good side and made tremendous gains. He was also intelligent enought to se… more »
Absolute Return reports that Paulson & Co's merger arbitrag and event arbitrage funds were down 46% in September 2011. A brutal awakening for an investor who once made billions with going short on subprime, that time in close cooperation with premier… more »
10/01/11
John Paulson became famous because he won huge amounts of money with a big bet on the subprime meltdown. His latest performance is definitely not very impressive. finanzen.net: The First Hint Of A Big Redemption Hits John Paulson, Sept. 28, 2011T… more »
09/21/11
07:17:30 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 208 words
Categories: Market research, Market characteristics
Hill, Claire A., Why Didn’t Subprime Investors Demand (Much More of) a Lemons Premium? (March 1, 2011). Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 74, p. 47, 2011; Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-31Abstract: "The subprime crisis would… more »
09/07/11
06:47:09 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 242 words
Categories: News, Market characteristics, United States
Felix Salmon, on Reuters, worries about the fact that an new bond, Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust, with subprime loans in the portfolio is rated Triple-A by Standard & Poors whereas the US is not:Reuters: Why the triple-A subprime bond is bad new… more »
09/03/11
02:01:49 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 198 words
Categories: Banks/Investment Banks, Fraud
Once more there is commotion in the banking industry. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (F.H.F.A.), which overseas the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 2008, is going to file a suit against some major banks, alleging fraud in the mortgag… more »
08/22/11
06:20:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 265 words
Categories: Investment, Central Banks/Government, Academic
Bertaut, Carol C., DeMarco, Laurie, Kamin, Steven B. and Tryon, Ralph W., ABS Inflows to the United States and the Global Financial Crisis (August 17, 2011). FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1028
Abstract:
"The "global saving glut" (G… more »
07/21/11
Keywords: US Economy, Bubble Economics, Micheal Burry more »
06/18/11
"the Fannie Mae scandal is the most important political scandal since Watergate" (David Brooks, NYT)
WSJ: Europe's Greek Stress Test; The longer banks hold rotten paper, the likelier a second financial crisis becomes, by John H. Cochrane And Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago, June 17, 2011..."The story centers around James Johnson, a Democratic sa… more »
06/05/11
Barry Ritholtz had such a great column in the June 5, 2011 Washington PostThe Washington Post: After a recession, the least rational rise (temporarily) to prominence. Ignore them, June 5, 2011that we redistribute here the full text. We did not ha… more »
04/16/11
09:03:23 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 249 words
Categories: Market characteristics, United States
It is worth to watch this recent Vanderbuilt Lecture by Dr. Michael Burry, former hedge fund manager:
Vanderbilt University Lecture by
Dr. Michael Burry (Video on Youtube)
More on Dr. Michael Burry (from Wikipedia):
"Michael Burry (born ca. 19… more »
03/29/11
06:25:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 229 words
Categories: Market research, Market characteristics, Europe
Salleo, Carmelo, Albertazzi, Ugo, Eramo, Ginette and Gambacorta, Leonardo, Securitization is Not that Evil after All (March, 15 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1787174
Abstract:
"A growing number of studies on the US subprime mar… more »
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