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Posted December 18, 2007
GE mulls throwing in the towel in US credit card arena
Analysis of: GE disappoints with forecast | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
GE is considering divesting its US credit card business. Chase, Citi, HSBC, Barclays, RBS and BNP could each have a rationale to acquire it. Carrying the logic further there’s an argument for spinning off GE Money in toto.  
Posted December 17, 2007
Every action has equal and opposite reaction
Analysis of: Countrywide doubles foreclosures | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The increase in non-recoveries are a direct result of Countrywide's former lending on an unscientific basis. The increase in its ultimate NPAs is the real position for which corrective measures have to be taken. The news about increase in deposits from 24 billion $  to 31 billion $ in one year...
Bill Bradway Posted December 17, 2007
How Bad Can It (the Subprime Meltdown) Get?
Analysis of: Countrywide doubles foreclosures | www.ft.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director Bradway Research, LLC
Banking, mortgage, capital markets and other industry participants are comparing the current “subprime” mortgage market meltdown to the U.S. Savings and Loan crises whose roots were caused by archaic deposit and loan regulations and nurtured under the Reagan administration’s hands off regulatory watch...
Posted December 17, 2007
Micro Finance- The Most Attractive Financial Instrument For Big Financial Institutions
Analysis of: JPMorgan enters micro-finance field | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Small is beautiful but not only that, it is profitable Microfinance is no longer in the purview of small people or small institutions All for good, Every institution, small in particular and now big in this context is having a good time with microfinance
Posted December 17, 2007
Assault on Credit Squeeze: An Increase Market Liquidity
Analysis of: Countrywide doubles foreclosures | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1. If the sub- prime markets are NOT controlled more cash MUST be made more readily to the Financial Markets. 2.Volatility within the marketplace will cause the Financial Traders to abandon defensive strategies. 3.Share prices will be lowered as illustrated by the price of energy. 4.Many gains in the...
Posted December 17, 2007
Housing Meltdown Far from Over
Analysis of: Countrywide doubles foreclosures | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
This particular article is of minor importance, other then the fact that it talks about Countrywide specifically. The important point about this issue, is that Countrywide is the tip of an iceberg, not the iceberg itself. The housing industry meltdown is far from over and merely represents huge excesses...
Posted December 17, 2007
Countrywide's Greed Has Led To A Loss of $19 Billion In Market Value In 2007
Analysis of: Countrywide doubles foreclosures | www.ft.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Countrywide's Home Loan Unit is under scrutiny by the IL and CA Attorney Generals regarding its loan origination practices. The SEC is also investigating Countrywide's CEO, Angelo Mozilo, who made significant stock trades before Countrywide's stock took a nose dive this year. Countrywide's shares has...
Posted December 11, 2007
An Ill Conceived Idea Fizzles Out?
Analysis of: Big Banks Scale Back Plan to Aid in Debt Crisis | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The logic behind the super-SIV has been fatally flawed from the start because a cornerstone of the proposed solution relies on the original cause of the problem, the lack of transparency, and therefore could be more harmful than helpful.
Posted December 10, 2007
Law of Unintended Consequences is at work again.
Analysis of: Llenders Agree to Freeze Rates on Some Loans | www.nytimes.com
Author: Joseph Smith, President & CEO Default Mitigation Management
Potential Lawsuits, repurchase demands and flawed collateral documentation will cause many more problems than the intended solution will solve. The limited nature of the eligible loans will be far less than the 1,000,000 loans identified by the administration. The parties making the agreement do not...
Posted December 10, 2007
Not Enough....Not Even Close
Analysis of: Llenders Agree to Freeze Rates on Some Loans | www.nytimes.com
Author: James Butler, President Rigley Financial Corporation
The rate-freeze approved and being implemented by the government is not nearly the answer to the problems facing the Mortgage Industry, or the Financial District as a whole. The problem is systemic, and the solution is only one of a bitter pill to swallow.
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