Market Ticker

Jan

2010

Market Ticker’s Take On Bernanke

UncategorizedBen Bernanke, Karl Denninger, Market Ticker

This is definitely one of those don't miss posts from Market Ticker with all the bells and whistles. Karl puts the puzzle pieces together; 'actions speak louder than words'. Make sure to go over and read the entire article; it is eye-opening. Financial Terrorism? You Decide Remember this? $125 billion of "slosh", or excess liquidity, drained from the system in the four days from 9/19 - 9/24/2008. To put this in perspective that was a drain of sixty-five percent of the total excess liquidity in the system - a "starvation diet" if you will - and that withdrawal was an intentional act! The…

Aug

2009

By Logistics Monster

“FHA Running Leverage Equal To Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers”

PoliticsFHA, Ginnie Mae, Karl Henninger, Leverage, Market Ticker

If you have not put Market Ticker on your subscribe list, better do it now! DAMNIT, STOP THE LOOTING NOW! Put the kids away before reading. If this does not make your blood boil..... Herein lies the problem. The FHA’s standard insurance program today is notoriously lax. It backs low downpayment loans, to buyers who often have below-average to poor credit ratings, and with almost no oversight to protect against fraud. Sound familiar? This is called subprime lending—the same financial roulette that busted Fannie, Freddie and large mortgage houses like Countrywide Financial. The article goes on to note that as…

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