Posts Tagged ‘Subprime’

Part 2/2 Bird & fortune – Financial crisis – Silly Money, Nov 08

2nd Nov 2008. Bird and Fortune on Silly Money satirising the absurdity of the financial crisis. … satire comedy humour credit crunch banks subprime mortgages global finance investment banker cdo greed fear economy bailout property derivatives debt tax payers regulation deregulation capital gains private equity business cycle lending leverage de-leverage bonuses risk securitization interest structure vehicle colaterised obligation wallstreet bad loans market house prices ratings agencies George …

Joseph Gyourko on Fannie, Freddie, and the Housing Bust

Wharton Professor Joseph Gyourko details the numbers underlying the downward spiral of the credit and mortgage markets. … wharton credit markets mortgage market subprime crisis meltdown Joseph Gyourko financial

Savings & (Mis)Trust: A Credit Crisis XPLANATiON

A four minute animated movie that clearly explains the flawed subprime mortgage lending practices that fueled the current economic crisis in the United States. Starting in 2000 and ending in current day, it details the role that home buyers, mortgage lenders, banks, financial institutions and ultimately asset backed securities played. The production was created by XPLANEs renowned information design team using Cintiq technology by Wacom to allow for live and still animation, and voiceover. …

Citigroup Bankruptcy: Federal Reserve & SEC Response

why the mortgage crisis, although real, is a ruse distracting the public from the real source of the problem. This is an unregulated shadow banking system dominated by hedge and private equity funds. Step one to turn the economy around should be that President Bush, Federal Reserve Chair Bernakke and SEC Chair Christopher Cox require these funds to register with the SEC and disclose their holdings and related accounting practices. Only then can confidence be restored. … Bill Parish Citigroup …

Lehman Update 4/5/08

Visit my new blog… mrmortgage.ml-implode.com Lehman ALT-A Update. A closer look at the nasty, low quality, low fico, high LTV ALT-A loans that Lehman pushed for years. This is an eye opener. … Mr Mortgage housing bubble bust home crisis Lehman Bear Stearns recession banks foreclosure real estate Subprime Alt

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