Like It or Not, the Credit Default Swaps Market is Too Big to Fail

A piece by John Dizard in the Financial Times, "Get used to underwriting big lenders," made me realize a bit of cognitive blindness ... involved in the agreement.... The group will reduce [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 08:16:18

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Ron Paul and I Stand Alone on Gaza and Israel (The Gaza Slaughter 5/6)

Although outvoted last year in the House by a vote of 404-1 on the Gaza situation, ... to be one-sided that reduces the incentive for opposing sides to reach a lasting peace agreement.” Well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:03:35

Duergar

Sneaky The Duergar, those dark dark dwarves of the underworld, gray, pallid, insidiously evil little bastards that are the anti-dwarves ... , also called gray dwarves, were once a settlement of shield dwarves in the dwarven kingdom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:02:28

5 tips to get out of foreclosure

by Doc Schmyz Your house is the last thing that you want to loose ... is sold to a third party. The proceeds will go to the mortgage lender as a settlement for the debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:48:36

2 Banks Will Buy Back $17 Billion in Securities

Hat tip to Movie Guy 2 Banks Will Buy Back $17 Billion in Securities August 6, ... . The investments are preferred shares or debt instruments with rates that reset regularly, usually every week [more...]

Date: 2008-08-10 15:16:23

new procedure for settling tax debts with the irs

The Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 has ushered in new rules for settling tax debts with the IRS ... . The new procedures for filing for tax debt settlement ... . The settlement proce , often called an offer in compromise, underwent a ma ive alert with the pa age of the Tax [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:56:56

" Credit Swaps Top $33 Trillion, Depository Trust Says"

Even though the (supposed) supervising grownups in the credit default swaps market keep making reassuring noises about the credit default swaps ... not participate in the DTCC settlement (the only reason [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 08:36:58

Rauchway on the Great Depresson and the New Deal

Eric Rauchway of the University of California at Davis and the author of The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction, ... . Back to the 1920s, run-up to the Depression. Have to go back to 1919. New system of debt created after [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 11:30:32

Hurry Stimulus, The End is Near ... by gimleteye

.fullpost{display:inline;}In the first months of the Obama administration, ... is not the volume of debt. It is corruption. And since corruption and its first cousin-- trespass of ethics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:43:00

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