March 2008
March 31, 2008 –
Just a little ditty about the recent spate of articles, newscasts, and other interesting attempts to shift blame for falling investment prices.
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March 31, 2008 –
What'll happen to all those contracts out there, all the sales prices, and all those mortgage-backed securities if uppity local politicians decide to stop selling foreclosed homes? [more]
March 27, 2008 –
Because people refuse to lower the prices, even when it's obvious they should. [more]
March 27, 2008 –
Why not? After all, so much of that consumption was financed via HELOCs on bogus "equity" that has disappeared, and now, the bills are coming due and the houses are in danger. 2nd mortgage holders don't have much power, but they're using whatevery they've got to try and stonewall the refi process until they get paid what they're owed. (Dirty, cigar-munching plutocrats!) [more]
March 27, 2008 –
Saw this first on HousingPanic, but apparently it originates here.
March 26, 2008 –
...talks about radio. Better when you close your eyes!
March 26, 2008 –
Wow. Things seem to be gettin' uglier.
"Homeowners, that's more than $1 trillion (in mortgage debt), you're crazy," one man in a suit screamed at a protester on the street.
March 26, 2008 –
PLEASE stop sending photogs out to shoot For Sale signs. Just run one of the other 4,000,000 recent for sale sign photos and save shareholders some gas money. [more]
March 25, 2008 –
I suspect there's another on the way.
But I've been buying anyway. You?
Sj
March 25, 2008 –
this is the only chart uglier than my recent CAPS score.
And think, just yesterday the commission hounds at the NAR were pumping a "housing is back" story. Tar & Feathers needed.
March 24, 2008 –
Rebate checks won't get spent
Majority of Americans say they plan to put their tax rebate checks in the bank or use it to pay off debt, according to a recent poll.
According to the story "majority" is an understatement. Only 20% said they'd spend it.
March 20, 2008 –
I'm not sure how original this thought was, but it occurred to me the other day that the Enron spirit didn't die out, it just infected the entire banking industry and, oh, everyone who bought real estate thinking it always goes up.
So, I wrote about it here:A Nation of Enrons
March 20, 2008 –
Well, my CAPS score, anyway. So much for my short-term bearyness over the past week or so.
I'm just glad my real portfolio is opposite.
Sj
March 20, 2008 –
After all, his call on Bear Stearns (top video) wasn't any less wrong than his call on subprime mortgages (video number 2). [more]
March 19, 2008 –
According to this story in the Post, the stuff they found ain't some kind of naturally-occuring "oops." [more]
March 19, 2008 –
Something must be done. [more]
March 18, 2008 –
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(referring to the thread below, the Cramer thing...)
But here I am doing my best Cramer imitation -- though you gotta watch the whole thing before we get to the monkeyboy routine.
March 18, 2008 –
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After a long absence, Patrick Byrne is back posting at Fool.com. It's because he's got something to share. He wants us all to know that, well, here it is in his own words: [more]
March 17, 2008 –
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Although Hidden Gems is eating most of my time, I just had to bust out of the blog on stuff: [more]
March 17, 2008 –
I especially love this post, about how young Republican fave, Fed Gov Warsh (born, 1970) would explain subprime to the children.
Don't forget the Google aps presentation, subprime primer. (Warning: dirty words aplenty.)
March 16, 2008 –
Bear Sells for $2 a Share
J.P. Morgan agreed to buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share in a stock-swap transaction. The deal values Bear Stearns at just $236 million. At the end of Friday, Bear's stock-market value was about $3.54 billion. [more]
March 16, 2008 –
Sure looks that way. Let's all thank the NAIR for proving it value to society with programs like the homeflippers hall o' fame. [more]
March 15, 2008 –
Another one I owe to HousingPanic. [more]
March 14, 2008 –
Just noticed this via housingpanic. Nice to see Ben finally got some religion, but he's a couple years too late, and he neglects to mention that it was his job to oversee lending. So, essentially, he's coming close to admitting that he shirked his duty. [more]
March 14, 2008 –
Let's begin here: US Pres Bush praises Fed, says Chairman Bernanke "doing a good job ...
This could only come from the same, language-impaired leader who gave us, "heckuva job, Brownie!" Bernanke has done a horrible job of managing this credit crisis. Let's not forget he was part of the Greenspan rubberstamping crew, and he spent years failing utterly to oversee the lending practices that have gotten us here. [more]
March 13, 2008 –
Consumer discretionary? Banks? Homebuilders? Oil? Gold? Ammo and bottled water?
Just askin!
March 10, 2008 –
typical story. [more]
March 10, 2008 –
It's always fun to check in with this blog. Here's a great recent sample. [more]
March 07, 2008 –
Now they're sending out unsolicited spam with the old fake message to someone else. [more]
March 07, 2008 –
Note to Helicopter Ben. Mo' money ain't gonna make a difference. People aren't loaning to each other because of costs, it's because they don't trust anyone. And that situation exists because you, Helicopter Ben, and your predecessor, Easy Al Greenspan, neglected your mandate to properly oversee credit markets. [more]
March 06, 2008 –
I wrote about how horrible Lawrence Yun is at forecasting home sales, and how the clowns at the NAR consistently down their forecasts while issuing ridiculous, upbeat soundbites. This year, we're off to the same thing. [more]
March 06, 2008 –
Calls for more congressional action to allow people to get more rope with which to hang themselves. [more]
March 06, 2008 –
Homeowner Equity Falls Below 50 Percent- AP
The Federal Reserve says Americans' percentage of equity in their homes has fallen below 50 percent for the first time since 1945. [more]
March 06, 2008 –
It will all go away once we get home prices stabilized!
In other words, the bubble won't pop so long as we unpop the bubble.
Greenspan has screwed up so badly, for so long, that he doesn't even know he's become a clown.
(Shamelessly shoplifted from Housing Doom.)
March 06, 2008 –
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Check out this crock of you know what. "Housing: Best Time to Buy in Four Years" "Housing valuations are almost back to long-term norms," said National City's chief economist, Richard DeKaser. He called current affordability "the best in the past four years." [more]
March 05, 2008 –
The FDA has reportedly found a "heparin-like" compound in 5-20% of samples of Baxter's Chinese-manufactured heparin, a very important, front-line therapy that has mysteriously killed many people lately. They're not sure if the stuff is being put in as a filler (a la the chemicals put into dog food proteins in order to fake nutrition tests) or if it's in there accidentally. [more]
March 05, 2008 –
I think Keith asks a good one here at HousingPanic. [more]
March 04, 2008 –
Hey folks, [more]
March 02, 2008 –
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So sez the government. [more]
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