FHLB-Seattle Sues Wall Street
Posted by Larry Doyle on January 27th, 2010 9:54 AM |
When people lose a lot of money, it’s no surprise that they find a lot of lawyers and a lot of reasons to start bringing lawsuits.
Talking about losses, I first introduced readers to the expected red ink within the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) system last May. I wrote “FHLBs: Red Sea, Dead Sea or Both?” and “Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae Deja Vu?” to highlight the embedded losses within the FHLB system. The losses are centered in the massive mortgage portfolios within the system. The toxic waste within a lot of these mortgages is now being realized in terms of actual losses as an ever increasing percentage of the mortgages default. What’s the result? Let’s go to court.
Thank you to a loyal Sense on Cents supporter for highlighting a developing lawsuit. The FHLB-Seattle is effectively suing all of Wall Street. This suit and its underlying roots deserve significant broad based coverage. Why? (more…)
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Posted in Federal Home Loan Banks, General | 5 Comments »
Corporate Bond Model Points to 13.5% Unemployment . . . MUST READ
Posted by Larry Doyle on April 9th, 2009 8:51 PM |
To all our readers celebrating a religious tradition, I wish you a beautiful and blessed holiday.
Not to spoil the feast, but I feel compelled to share this WSJ piece reviewing an econometric model’s results of analysis of the corporate bond market. It’s not very pretty. In fact, it is downright scary.
Over the course of my career, I have found that plenty of short term research misses meaningful variables. Research that incorporates longer term fundamental analysis has intrigued me much more. To that end, this piece plays into my long term concerns. (more…)
Tags: corporate bond model, corporate default rates, high yield bond spreads, Journal of Monetary Economics, lack of credit, paying down debt, Unemployment, widening corporate bond spreads
Posted in Unemployment, Wall Street | 3 Comments »
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