Fri 2009-07-24 00:00 EDT

Economic Meltdown - Articles: The Roots of the Financial Crisis: Who Is to Blame?

-- John Dunbar, David Donald; top 25 subprime lenders; wall street backers; banks that financed subprime industry collecting bailout billions

article; blames; economic meltdown; Financial Crisis; rooted.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

Prosper CEO says P2P lending could reboot economy | Webware - CNET

Prosper offers trading platform called Open Market that lets any financial institution securitize (package and re-sell) its portfolio of loans to individual P2P lenders

CNET; Prosper CEO says P2P lending; reboot economy; Webware.

Wed 2009-05-20 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Commercial Real Estate Limbo; Lenders Ignore Defaults

Commercial Real Estate Limbo; Lenders Ignore Defaults; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products: Credit Default Swaps -- Exercises in Surrealism

Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products: Credit Default Swaps - Exercises in Surrealism; CDS payouts are placing a material pressure on the price of underlying bonds and loans exacerbating broader credit problems ``The CDS market is also complicating restructuring of distressed loans as all lenders do not have the same interest in ensuring the survival of the firm. A lender with purchased protection may seek to use the restructuring to trigger its CDS contracts''

Credit Default Swap; exercised; fears; financial products; loath; Satyajit Das's Blog; surreal.

Wed 2009-04-01 00:00 EDT

William K. Black: The Two Documents Everyone Should Read to Better Understand the Crisis

credit rater rebuffed by rating agency senior management; FBI reports endemic lender-initiated mortgage fraud

better understand; Crisis; documentation; reads; William K. Black.

Wed 2009-02-11 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Steve Waldman: First, Let's Shoot All the Lenders

``credit is to investing what heroin is to painkillers''

lender; Let's Shoot; naked capitalism; Steve Waldman.

Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT

Bronte Capital: The end-goal of any bailout or government takeover

``The end of this financial crisis will occur when unsecured lenders feel safe lending to financial institutions again''

Bailout; Bronte Capital; end goal; government takeover.

Sun 2008-08-24 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: GM, Ford Seek Taxpayer Bailout

``GM is not really a manufacturing company at all, but rather a subprime lender that sells cars.''

Ford Seek Taxpayer Bailout; GM; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Fri 2008-08-08 00:00 EDT

Financial Armageddon: Economic blackmail?

Fannie bailout impelled by overseas lenders

Economic blackmail; Financial Armageddon.

Fri 2008-03-28 00:00 EDT

An inside look at a subprime lender's collapse - International Herald Tribune

An inside look at a subprime lender's collapse, by Vikas Bajaj; auditor KPMG condoned and enabled improper and imprudent practices at busted lender New Century Financial - International Herald Tribune

International Herald Tribune; looking; subprime lender's collapse.

Wed 2008-03-26 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Mad Max Check Out Time

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Mad Max Check Out Time; "The lender of only resort to the shark in suits black box crony capitalists has caused quite a splash. It is clear to me that the Pig Men will line up around the block to get the kind of terms offered in the JPM-BSC Ponzi finance liquidation"

economic; mad Max Check; Market; Time; watch; winter.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> The Lender of Only Resort

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> The Lender of Only Resort; "the financial sphere will be rapidly downsized, large layoffs spun as bullish, and power and capital more intensely concentrated...if you thought financial markets were rigged and manipulated before, you ain't seen nothing yet."

economic; lender; Market; resort; watch; winter.

Fri 2007-11-30 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Lenders Rapidly Tighten Credit

watching LIBOR spreads widen dramatically; "increasing risk of a major bank failure or major market dislocation"

Lenders Rapidly Tighten Credit; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Mon 2007-10-08 00:00 EDT

Maverecon - Willem Buiter's Blog: Murder in the Markets: Whodunnit?

Willem H. Buiter and Anne C. Sibert: A brief history of securitisation and off-balance sheet finance (SIV; subprime implosion; lender of last resort (LOLR))

Market; Maverecon; murdering; whodunnit; Willem Buiter's Blog.

Thu 2007-09-27 00:00 EDT

Calculated Risk: Who Should Pay the Rating Agencies?

comparison to FICO, consumer credit scores; lenders seen "going out of their way to make sure those reports didn't tell the whole picture"

Calculated Risk; pay; Rating Agencies.

Tue 2007-09-18 00:00 EDT

Behind Bravado: Certain Doom -- Courant.com

Behind Bravado: Certain Doom: A Connecticut Lender's Crash Foreshadowed The Subprime Implosion, by Kenneth R. Gosselin -- Courant.com; Mortgage Lenders Network implosion

bravado; certain doom; com; Courant.