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September 5, 2007
Pushing a string
Analysis of: Banks to Test Debt Market This Week | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
There is never a bad bond, just a bad bond price. Do not underestimate who has the power right now in the Wall Street equation. Cash is king. Long live the king! If they price the First Data correctly, it will trade. If not, it will be difficult. There has been a market all summer for mortgage...
August 24, 2007
No Fed rate cuts
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
1) The difference between a corporate bear market and a real estate bear market is the speed in which the markets correct. Corporations, currencies, commodities are quick to discount, and the market "remarks to the market" quickly. In a real estate bear market, it bleeds, seaps, and we wait every 30...
August 24, 2007
In for a penny In for a pound...
Analysis of: Bank of America to Invest $2 Billion in Countrywide | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The Bank of America infusion of $2bil into a company (Countrywide) that probably borrowed $3bln from them last Thursday, highlights a couple of old sayings….”in for a penny, im in for a pound” (BOA) and “If you are going to borrow, borrow a lot. That way the bank doesn’t own you, you own the bank…”...
August 24, 2007
Mortgage Meltdown Domino Effect
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The subprime melt down continues and is taking with it big players in the lending arena. More will follow. But that is old new after reading today's business section.
August 22, 2007
Walmart is about percentage efficiency and this will help
Analysis of: WAL-MART: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO BANK HAS GONE BEFORE... | tendencias.infoamericas.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Walmart has a corporate culture that rewards finding small efficiencies to generate cash flow from their massive scale.  This is a fast way to add 2% to the bottom line for as many consumers as they can attract to their banking services.
August 22, 2007
A Casualty of Corporate Image and Market Expediency
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Capital One financial did not make this move in a vacuum, it is a part of their overall strategy to re-brand their lending operations when the time is right.  Corporate concerns about short term profits outweigh book values in the credit crunch (what's new?).  Even well...
August 20, 2007
The Fed is Too Late
Analysis of: Fed Cuts Discount Rate to 5.75% to Ease Credit Crunch | www.bloomberg.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The Fed has been acting on acidemic theory when in  fact the reality of the situation calls for a hands on approach to fixing the economy. The prime rate in of itself will not fix inflation. The recient inflation has been cause by high fuel prices and wages not keeping up with those costs.
July 16, 2007
Tighter On who? How many lenders will be left?
Analysis of: Regulators Tighten Subprime-Lending Rules | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The article does state the good of regulations but we already have enough regulation. The continued passing of regulation without enforcement does little good in the long run. Besides the way big lenders and the large players are going out of business there will be none left to regulate.  Following...
June 4, 2007
Why would individuals open a self directed IRA or Solo401k, and acquire real estate in their retirement plan?
Analysis of: Diversify your retirement plan, Invest in residential and comercial real estate | www.forbes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The retirement plan space represents the fastest growing and largest segment of the financial services industry. Individuals now have significant funds inside their retirement plans ($15trillion) to now be in a position to invest in real estate, and alternative investments INSIDE their retirement plans....
May 29, 2007
Self-Destruction of Sub-Prime Lenders, Self-Motivated by Greed: Kruger & Associates LLC, business consultants
Analysis of: US subprime crisis hits house sales | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Housing market did not need to suffer such a fallout that is continuing now.  Some lending products were designed to create borrowers to fail in keeping current with loan payments.  Many Mortgage Brokers and Lenders were more concerned with their bottom line that their clients.  Not all...

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