In Bubble Meter - Posted 1 week ago

From the Hot Property blog:Bailouts are in fashion. The financial industry got one. The automakers have their hands out. Now the National Association ...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 1 week ago

From Bloomberg: U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall on $600 Billion Fed Plan U.S. mortgage rates fell more than three-quarters of a percentage point today ... Th...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 1 week ago

Paul Kedrosky writes: The Option ARM Non-Bomb? (hat tip Brett) I just had someone email me something interesting today about their adjustable-rate mor...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 2 weeks ago

From the Independent: Rock makes Damascene conversion on repossessions Northern Rock ... has been roundly criticised for keeping its mortgage rates pu...

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In Big Picture - Posted 2 weeks ago

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 3 9, 2008)Welcome to Wall Street, Barack Obama. His victory signaled a change in ...

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In Big Picture - Posted 3 weeks ago

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 3 9, 2008)Posted by Prieur du PlessisWelcome to Wall Street, Barack Obama. His vi...

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In Big Picture - Posted 3 weeks ago

Mr. Moulle-Berteaux, along with Barton Biggs, is a partner of Traxis Partners, a hedge fund firm based in New York.They have had a series of disaster...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 4 weeks ago

Earlier the BofE announced a dramatic rate cut, The Times reports: Bank of England cuts interest rate by 1.5 points to 54-year lowBut apparently most ...

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In BusinessWeek Online -- Hot Property - Posted 5 weeks ago

Guest blog from BusinessWeek's Mara Der Hovanesian:The latest sign that the exuberance has ended: the Web s dancing cowboys have all but disappeared...

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In Economist's View - Posted 5 weeks ago

The financial crisis is still spreading, and emerging market economies are now in big trouble :The Widening Gyre, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Tim...

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