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Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won

2 hours ago ago from Securities Law News Blog

Mr. Egol, a Princeton graduate, had risen to prominence inside the bank by creating mortgage-related securities, named Abacus, that were at first intended to protect Goldman from investment losses if the housing market collapsed. As the market soured, Goldman created even more of these securities, enabling it to pocket huge profits. Goldman’s own clients who bought them, however, were less fortunate. Pension funds and insurance ...

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Hoekstra Criticized By Former National Security Officials For Scare Tactics Liberal Values

5 hours ago ago from Liberal Values

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We didn’t stand a chance

14 hours ago ago from House of Bread

In an article that appeared in the New York Times on Christmas Eve, Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story reported how several investment banks created and sold shaky mortgage-based securities and then bet against their failure, reaping huge returns in the process. I found it too depressing to post until after Christmas, but now that the holiday is over . The best summary of the questionable behavior was offered by Sylvain R. Raynes, an ...

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Requirements of Property Investment and Bank Securities - Finance …

12 hours ago ago from Economic Finance news

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Property Investment and Bank Securities, Part I

14 hours ago ago from Worldly Articles

An important consideration as you expand your real estate portfolio for investment purposes is reducing the risk of losing assets in the case of insolvency due to bank securities. How you structure your business and its financing will largely determine how safe you are from the possibility of losing the property and its accrued equity. First we present a bit of background. Banks and Gearing Rules Simply put, gearing rules ...

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Lie #2: New Accounting Rules Show Banks Are All Right

9 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks

Earlier in the year, U.S. lawmakers and financial companies pressured the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) into changing its rules to help out the banks. "Changes to fair-value, or mark-to-market accounting ... allow companies to use 'significant' judgment in gauging prices of some investments on their books, including mortgage-backed securities," wrote Bloomberg . "Significant judgment" really meant "whatever the hell the banks ...

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