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September 7, 2007
FHA Secure, Who does this Really Help?
Analysis of: Bush, Bernanke Pledge To Stabilize Mortgage Meltdown | www.consumeraffairs.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
To Qualify for FHASecure Home Loan: eligible homeowners must meet the following five criteria: 1. A history of on-time mortgage payments before the borrower's teaser rates expired and loans reset; 2. Interest rates must have or will reset between June 2005 and December 2009; 3. Three percent cash or...
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...
September 4, 2007
Curing the Mortgage Industry without Killing It
Analysis of: Credit turmoil has hallmarks of bank run | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Mr. Weber's analysis of the situation is quite accurate and highlights the areas of information we don't know.  Simply put, this roller coaster ride could be in for another precipitous drop.  It will take wise action on the part of the Federal Reserve and the current Administration...
August 28, 2007
Past Mortgage Underwriting Guidelines will show you the future.
Analysis of: Some Banks Better Positioned Than Others to Survive Mortgage Fallout | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The quality of lending which a lender has done is really the critical issue here.  Being overzealous on delivering 100% CLTV loans, particularly to stated income document clients, is really the biggest way to degrade the quality of investment. So with this postulate in place, one can subsequently...
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.

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