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05/09/13

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

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

Permalink 09:24:56 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 91 words   English (US)
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

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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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Categories: Investment
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10/19/11

Permalink 03:38:08 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 32 words   English (US)
Categories: News, United States
Regulatory policy mess cont'd...Keywords: US Real Estate, US Homeowners, Underwater Homeowners more »

10/11/11

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 »
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

Permalink 11:48:40 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 352 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
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 »
Permalink 12:12:57 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 55 words   English (US)
Categories: Analysts, Investment
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

Permalink 08:26:11 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 129 words   English (US)
Categories: Investment
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

Permalink 07:17:30 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 208 words   English (US)
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

Permalink 06:47:09 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 242 words   English (US)
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

Permalink 02:01:49 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 198 words   English (US)
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

Permalink 06:20:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 265 words   English (US)
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

Permalink 06:25:21 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 241 words   English (US)
Categories: Investment
Keywords: US Economy, Bubble Economics, Micheal Burry more »

06/18/11

Permalink 07:51:00 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 152 words   English (US)
Categories: News, United States
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

Permalink 07:54:27 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 920 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
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

Permalink 09:03:23 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 249 words   English (US)
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

Permalink 06:25:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 229 words   English (US)
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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