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Exit, Stage Right ““ Fed to Stop Bond Buying, Uncharted Waters Ahead
Written on 3 Nov, 2014 at 10:16
The Fed has unquestionably made it clear that quantitative easing is coming in for a landing, so get ready everyone. Buckle your seat belts because we're going to experience some turmoil ahead.... (Continue reading)
Optimism Lost, and by Optimism, I mean Ben Bernanke and the NYT
Written on 19 Oct, 2011 at 8:54
I think the nice folks at the New York Times have been spending too much time at Zabars? Because I'm pretty sure it's not a confidence deficiency... I think it's money we're missing... as in income, and the lack... (Continue reading)
Only One Paycheck Away from Disaster… No kidding, really? Go figure.
Written on 5 Oct, 2011 at 17:19
Since then, we've been bubbled into financial ruin. We bought high and sold low, until our 401(k)s turned into 201(k)s, and then we doubled down on shares of Pets.com, never bothering to question how the company planned to deliver... (Continue reading)
Dear Banking & Government People Who Are Reading This…
Written on 8 Jun, 2011 at 5:47
You guys all now know that this thing had about as much to do with sub-prime borrowers as World War II. Unless you can point out a sub-prime borrower who was selling synthetic CDOs in Iceland, I think we're... (Continue reading)
Please Stop Bernanke’s Transparency – He’s Frightening the Children
Written on 30 Apr, 2011 at 7:55
Okay, that's it... I'm convinced... Ben has never actually been to a "troubled community." Would someone in Washington D.C please take him on a tour of pretty much anywhere Southeast will do... Minnesota Avenue, Lincoln Heights, I'm sure Anacostia... (Continue reading)
FEDS Announce Enforcement Actions Against 14 Servicers, LPS and MERS… Hot Towels in Washrooms Threatened Once Again
Written on 19 Apr, 2011 at 14:41
Still, I'm committed to covering this subject even when doing so means that I have to start drinking at 9:30 in the morning... kidding, I'm just kidding... so, here's the news on the FEDS and their "enforcement actions," and I... (Continue reading)
House Financial Services Committee: Spending $1610 to Save a Home is Too Much – Votes to Kill HAMP
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 8:56
You should all hide your faces from the people who sent you to Washington... you should all be ashamed for everything you have and haven't done. Your ignorance and insensitivity will be disdained for many years to come.... (Continue reading)
What Does Bernanke Think? Does It Matter?
Written on 20 Dec, 2010 at 11:30
If you miss you forecasts 11 months in a row, and by some significant margin, is it still considered forecasting, or does it become guessing? ... (Continue reading)
BREAKTHROUGH: Why Americans Are Allowing the Foreclosure Crisis to Continue
Written on 17 Dec, 2010 at 11:46
More than half of our country doesn't care about the foreclosure crisis because to them, it's just bankers acting in their own best interests by foreclosing on homes that borrowers irresponsibly bought knowing they couldn't afford them. It's therefore... (Continue reading)
How to Tell Legitimate Loan Modification Firm from an Illegal Operation or Scam… The FTC’s New Bright Line MARS Rule
Written on 6 Dec, 2010 at 13:55
The facts of the matter today as related to the foreclosure crisis and loan modifications, however, could not be considered positive, I'm afraid. Help does not appear to be on the way, or on the horizon. As inconceivable... (Continue reading)
QE2 Leaves Port, Bernanke Takes Leave of Senses
Written on 15 Nov, 2010 at 13:59
I want to go on record as saying that Bernanke's QE2 has no chance of working, in the sense that it will do nothing positive in the long run, and won't even do much in the short run to help... (Continue reading)
Chief Judge Gonzalez calls WaMu’s Conduct “Immoral, Unethical, Oppressive, Unscrupulous or Substantially Injurious to Consumers” (You go, Your Honor.)
Written on 10 Nov, 2010 at 0:18
Now, tell the truth... I'm not saying that this is what happened next, but what if I told you that the next thing that happened was that Khast bought a handgun and shot a banker in the head, would you... (Continue reading)
ANOTHER THUMPIN’. And, damn if he doesn’t have me hoping for change again.
Written on 5 Nov, 2010 at 16:10
It's worth considering, for example, that in the extreme crisis of the last two years, we might have dutifully followed a president if he would have just read us a bedtime story about a rabbit and a mule a couple... (Continue reading)
Worst June EVER for New Home Sales
Written on 27 Jul, 2010 at 7:12
Adjusted down to a rate of 267,000 annual sales was the worst month on record. That "rate," and I do love the way they report monthly numbers as an "annual sales RATE," means that 22,250 new homes were... (Continue reading)
Greenspan Says Housing is Nowhere Near Bottom
Written on 26 Jul, 2010 at 22:13
It's amazing how different it is when you're the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, as opposed to being the retired Chairman of the Federal Reserve. ... (Continue reading)
Once in a Great While You See Something That Means Something
Written on 17 Jul, 2010 at 17:33
It doesn't happen every day... far from it, perhaps... but, once in a great while you see something that really means something... something that you are unlikely to ever forget. This video is one of those types of things. ... (Continue reading)
Banks Obviously in Trouble, 91 Banks Missed May Payments to Treasury
Written on 17 Jun, 2010 at 23:00
In some cases, banks are attempting to renegotiate or modify their loans. For example, Midwest Banc Holdings offered to swap $84.8 million in preferred shares issued under the TARP program for $15.5 million in common shares, but that would... (Continue reading)
Banks Lobbying, Financial Reforms & Who’s Recovering?
Written on 16 May, 2010 at 18:07
Like the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, they've been summoned by the bankers to our nation's capital; flying in from around the country until they hit the steps of the U.S. Capital building... when they're transformed into lobbyists... (Continue reading)
WaMu and We Don’t Lose Deals to Income!
Written on 14 Apr, 2010 at 5:55
Those are the words that were printed on a large banner that hung above the cubicles at Ameriquest Mortgage in Sacramento, California, according to an ex-employee of the now defunct sub-prime mortgage banking lender that was shut down by Citigroup... (Continue reading)
MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER VERSION 7.0
Written on 13 Apr, 2010 at 7:57
1. Wells Fargo - Out of frying pan into fire. 2. Nicholas Cage Looses Home to Foreclosure and No One Bids at Auction. 3.Arizona Homeowners at Meeting on Stopping the Foreclosure. 5. Two Women Sentenced for Scamming... (Continue reading)
What We All Should Have Learned by Now About Loan Modifications
Written on 7 Apr, 2010 at 4:33
Okay class... if you've been keeping up with your reading assignments, then the following should be no problem for you to keep up with... but it also may cause motion sickness.... (Continue reading)
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter: Issue 4.0
Written on 2 Oct, 2009 at 5:02
1. A Trial Period Modification is NOT a Modification 2. Mandelman's Mandates... 3. Bernanke Blathers... 4. A Deflationary Spiral That Dreams of Being a Standstill 5. How's the President Doing With His Whole Loan Modification Thing? 6. How About a Principal Reduction? Why yes,... (Continue reading)
Bernanke’s Fed: The Only Decent Thing to Do Is to Deceive Us
Written on 29 Aug, 2009 at 18:10
So, the Federal Reserve said: "Okay, we're sorry," and released the information. What? It could happen. It didn't, of course, but it could... maybe... someday. In real life, the Fed is preparing an appeal. ... (Continue reading)