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PIMCO poised to become the Federal Reserve’s PIMP-CO
Your Mortgage or Your Life | October 8th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"Who can we appeal to for justice when the corruption is so insidious that it doesn't warrant even the most modest attempts to cover-up the crimes? Who will look out for the interests of the American taxpayer now that the mechanisms for regulation ha read more
Did JPMorgan Almost Fail? Jekyll Island Investment Still Paying…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | October 6th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"This begs the question: What exactly is the relationship between Jamie Dimon's JP Morgan Chase and the regulatory elements of the Federal Government charged with overseeing the financial system, but who seem to be acting as the personal agents of "t read more
WHO REALLY OWNS YOUR MONEY? Part Two: Inherent National Bankruptc…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | October 3rd 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"The economic rape of the public will be perpetuated as long as possible. Ever increasing deficits are necessary to pay the interest and make the economy look good. The increasing deficits will escalate the cost of debt service exponentially. Congres read more
If Fulmer Really Loved Tennessee, He’d Step Down
The World According to MoonDog | October 3rd 2008 by Fred
I was having a conversation with Ken yesterday and after taking care of business, the subject turned to football. We exchanged thoughts about the situation at Tennessee and the much maligned head coach, Phil Fulmer. I mentioned the article I wrote ye read more
Buyer Beware! JPMorgan Sees WaMu Value Decline
Your Mortgage or Your Life | October 2nd 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"This is the kind of evidence that will drive the “survivors” - like JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Bank of America and the other “chosen“ few - to demand more in the way of taxpayer dollars and guarantees before they comply with an invita read more
WHO REALLY OWNS YOUR MONEY? Part One: The Depository Trust & C…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 30th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is the biggest Bank in the World that you have probably never heard it. They happen to be the registered owners of 99% of all paper (stocks, bonds, securities, etc.). Scary, but true. And they have a p read more
European Markets Dip After Sharp Drops in Asia - NYTimes.com
Seth Goldstein.net -- Code Hound | September 30th 2008 by Seth Goldstein
PARIS — European shares were mixed Tuesday, following a similar pattern in Asia, as investors refused to panic about the failure of American lawmakers to pass a financial bailout and were encouraged by gains in futures contracts on Wall Street inde read more
The Final Bill Language - But Not the Final Bill for Taxpayers
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 28th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
$700 Billion (eventually into the Trillions) - 103 pages of vague language, few guarantees, and what looks like a whole lot of gaps where the truth of this shameful debacle will escape. The instruction booklet for a 1040 is longer and more complicate read more
Another One Bites the Dust: JPMorgan Owns Washington Mutual
Be Rich Blog - Build Capital. Eliminate Debt. Know Economics… | September 26th 2008
What has been portended has finally happened. The long predicted collapse of Washington Mutual (or more fondly known as WaMu) has finally come to be. Bleeding nearly $17 billion worth of deposits (mainly due to freaked out customers pulling out their read more
11,666,666 Home Owners Could be Rescued from Foreclosure
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 26th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"11,666,666 Home Owners could be rescued from foreclosure. Wow, that is more homeowners than are going to Actually Be At Risk over the next three years. Way more. And the likelihood it will take an average of $60,000 to bailout every homeowner facin read more
Paulson, Bush and the Grifters - The Manufacturing of a Crisis
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 25th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"Even if every loan was modified and no one ever defaulted on a single mortgage, the banks would all still be facing steep losses because they themselves leveraged their assets to 100% or more, obviously following their own lame advice. They built H read more
Yahoo AOL deal back on?
Digital Media World | September 25th 2008 by digital media world
According to Search Engine Watch the Yahoo buyout of AOL may be back on with the Yahoo board approving talks with Time Warner. The buyout/merger saga has been going on for an age now with many seeing it as the only way to get a true competitor to G read more
Bush’s Bane - What the Prez did not tell you…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 24th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
Without immediate action by Congress, America could slip into a financial panic and a distressing scenario would unfold," Mr. Bush said in a prime-time address from the White House East Room that he hoped would help rescue his tough-sell bailout pack read more
Liars, and the Lying Lies They Are Telling You
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 23rd 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"When they say they did not know, they are lying to you. While they are lying to you they are stealing your money. While they are stealing your money they are tying your hands. While they are tying your hands they are enslaving your children to fo read more
Bailout Plan Moves Too Much Economic Control To President
The Policy Report | September 23rd 2008
The Issue: The Unites States Congress is working with President Bush to draft a bill that will spend $700 Billion buying bad debt from lenders this week. This bill is a response to the crash occurring in the Wall Street lending market. Congress has read more
critic stays put
daily observations | September 23rd 2008
David Stabler David Stabler, the classical music critic for the Oregonian newspaper, has stated on his blog that he’s not taking a buyout from the paper, and is staying on indefinitely. It’s good news. Full-time classical music critics read more
Conspiracies and Headlines - What’s the Difference?
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 22nd 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"It's little consolation and a sad vindication for those of us they called the "doom and gloomers" - believe me, I would really rather be paranoid than be right anytime. So here is to all of those rejected who were rejected for being a wet blanket, a read more
Privatizing Profits and Socializing Losses: How the Rich are Sta…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 19th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"Paulson and Berneke are asking for a Blank Check to bailout people who had profited from the lax oversight and underwriting for years - and Pelosi Purse-strings has pledged to roll over on anything and push a bill through hastily, so they can all go read more
This is the end… No safety or surprise, the end…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 17th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"This is the end... No safety or surprise, the end..." read more
WaMu in Crisis - Starts Auction as Fed Takes Action
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 17th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"35 Min. after the closing Bell - Faux Biz is reporting that the WSJ has broken news that Washington Mutual has now began preparations to sell itself in - what it hopes will be - an Auction. It looks as if JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and HSBC as the pot read more
SEARCH AND DESTROY
This Might Hurt | September 17th 2008
You can't handle the truth. Well, maybe you can, but good luck finding it online. read more
Firesales and Mark-to-Market - Can the Markets Take it?
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 16th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"One off the factors that has Wall Street and the Financials in a major pucker today is the threat that Lehman and AIG Capital Desperation will force sales of assets at prices that will cause a massive reevaluation of everyone's MBS, with a net resul read more
Napster In the Best Buy Basket
Music Review Zone | September 16th 2008 by Music
Best Buy, the American consumer electronics giant, has worked out a deal to buy Napster for $121million in cash. That works out to be $2.65 per share. The deal is expected to to be signed, sealed and delivered this winter after due diligence is carri read more
AIG, Lehman, Merrill - What it All Means to You
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 15th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"What is scary is that the moves by the Fed are having less and less of a positive impact on the struggling markets. Up until now, one could expect at least a full day of rally when the Fed flexes it's muscle. Now, there seems to be little to no re read more
Lufthansa Buys 45% of Brussels Air
The Airliner Blog | September 15th 2008 by airlinerblog
Europe’s second largest airline, Lufthansa announced that it agreed to buy 45% of Belgian Airline, Brussels Air for 65 million euros or $92 million. The German based carrier has an option to buy the remaining 55% of the company starting 2011 wh read more
Wallingford Condo Owners Stunned by Buyout Plans
Wallingford Wired | September 15th 2008 by The Harriman Team
Move over, Eminent Domain. There's a new sheriff in town making its own waves in the real estate market. It's name is the Common Interest Ownership Act, and it left has the owners of some Wallingford condominiums in a state of shock.The story started read more
Lehman BK’s as 10 Banks Circling Their Financial Wagons
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 15th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"This means the problems for the FDIC just got way bigger - and the funds available to sop up the mounting losses are running out probably more quickly than anyone anticipated, especially with the threat of a WaMu bailout hanging over the Feds head t read more
B of A and Barclays Abandon Lehman - May Begin Bidding War for Me…
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 14th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"A Faux Biz reporter was talking from in front of Lehman HQ in NY as I wrote this piece, giving the latest Lehman Brothers updates to the sounds of a street musician playing the theme from Titanic - I kid you not - stated that Lehman employees have b read more
B of A Moves on Merrill Lynch - Deal Reached Sunday
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 14th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"B of A Lands Merrill Lynch: Everyone now anxiously looks to Asia and European markets for a glimpse at what is coming New York's way. Good luck sleeping tonight everyone! This may be a week of big plays - like Wells and JP Morgan may decide to do read more
Lehman Deal Possible Without FED Money
Your Mortgage or Your Life | September 12th 2008 by Anthony M. Freed
"Analyst Dick Bove said this morning in an interview with Faux Biz that if you look at Lehman’s balance sheet minus all recent writedowns and mark to market activity from Q3, they actually show about $3.5BB revenue with nearly $400MM in pretax prof read more
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