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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.
August 20, 2007
Walmart - The Final Banking Frontier
Analysis of: WAL-MART: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO BANK HAS GONE BEFORE... | tendencias.infoamericas.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
As Walmart dominates the world in its sheer size and impact, it takes a look at venturing into the banking world.  All it has to do to succeed is just implement a bank in every one of its stores.  They payroll to its employees alone could justify it doing so.  Add to that targeting its...
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...
July 11, 2007
Cracking the Whip Over Subprime Guidelines
Analysis of: Regulators Tighten Subprime-Lending Rules | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
This article does highlight how "up-in-the-air" the future of the subprime market is.  Different people have different ideas.  But if we take a long, thorough look, we can come up with the best solution for all.        
June 21, 2007
Bear Stearns - A rightfully nervous bear.
Analysis of: Bear Sterns Staves off collapse of 2 hedge funds | dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The Bear Stearns attempt to sell of $2 billion is just a sign that the risk is still present.  Mortgage backed investments of the sub-prime market can be a time bomb.  And with the aggressiveness that Bear Stearns lent this money at, it's pretty clear they aren't comfortable with it eithe...
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...
May 4, 2007
Pay Option ARM's: A Ticking Time-bomb?
Analysis of: The Risk in Subprime | money.cnn.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
-There may be huge risk with Option ARM lenders-Markets are vulnerable to bad Option ARM loans-Option ARM's may be able to outlast real estate slump 

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